title: The social determinants of health: is there a role for health promotion foundations?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  If they are to respond effectively to health inequities, organisations involved in health promotion need to refocus on the social determinants of health (SDH) and the distribution of resources for health.
  
  
  METHODS
  This paper examines the potential of health promotion foundations (HPFs), a semi-autonomous arm of the state, to act at several policy and program intervention points to address the SDH and reduce health inequities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The public purpose, enterprise and innovation potential of health promotion foundations provides them with unique capacity to respond to SDH. In the complex and contested policy environment surrounding action on the determinants of health, the role that foundations can most usefully play is that of a change agent in a broader social movement seeking health equity.
authors.affiliation: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia. bmouy@vichealth.vic.gov.au
authors.forename: Barb
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mouy
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barr
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005582:Foundations; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D011640:Public Policy; D012380:Role; D012922:Social Change; D012931:Social Environment; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors