title: Children in the context of "Achieving Health for All: a Framework for Health Promotion".
abstract: We analyze Achieving Health for All: A Framework for Health Promotion with respect to children. Although the document acknowledges the health needs of children, it depicts them as passive beneficiaries of health care efforts taken by others on their behalf. We believe that, like adults, children should become active participants in all of the health-promoting activities proposed in the framework and that they can do so if taught life skills for health which emphasize decision making, coping and community participation skills.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hart-Zeldin
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Kalnins
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Love
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D003657:Decision Making; D006266:Health Education; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D011209:Power, Psychological