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Health Promotion International, Vol. 14, No. 1, 65-72, March 1999
© Oxford University Press 1999

Links between humans and ecosystems: the implications of framing for health promotion strategies

Donald C. Cole, John Eyles, Brian L. Gibson1 and Nancy Ross2

McMaster Institute of Environment and Health, Hamilton, Ontario, 1 Occupational and Environmental Health Programme, Lakeshore Area Multiservice Project, Etobicoke, Ontario and 2 Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Address for correspondence: Donald Cole, McMaster Institute of Environment and Health, HSC 2C1, 1200 Main Street W, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5

SUMMARY

To explore potential links between ecosystems and human health, we set out three ways of seeing or frames: environmental hazards and burden of illness; ecosystem conditions and human well-being; and environmental justice and human core values. Each frame provides a basis for making connections but also poses certain challenges: expanding research methods, linking with other conditions of human well-being and clarifying value bases. We discuss actions which build on the strengths of the different frames to deal with the challenges: linking with those seeking greater ecosystem protection, focusing on clean production strategies, emphasizing environmental degradation as one aspect of social justice and building on concerns such as reproduction which are closer to human core values. Health promotion practitioners and policy makers can flexibly use the frames in arguing for the betterment of both ecosystems and humans.

Key words: determinants of health; environmental health; health education


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