Ninth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

The Red Lotus Health Promotion Model was published in 2007 and has since been used in undergraduate and graduate health promotion courses in Australia, USA, UK, UAE, and Qatar, as well as in research studies and health promotion programs. The Red Lotus Health Promotion Model is designed to support critical health promotion as a public health practice, and responds to the calls in all health promotion declarations from the Ottawa Charter onwards, to move practice away from biomedical-behavioral approaches. The distinguishing feature of the Red Lotus Health Promotion Model is the inclusion of a system of values and principles for critical practice. These values include, but are not limited to: health equity, social justice, holistic health paradigm, strengths-based salutogenic approaches, socioecological science, non-maleficence, and the redistribution of power and decision making. In 2018, we investigated the impact of using the Red Lotus Health Promotion Model as a pedagogical foundation for health promotion courses on the practice of graduates. As a result of this evaluation, a process of peer review, and our own ongoing critical reflection, we have refined the model’s content to enhance its utility. This workshop will introduce the new version of the model, and provide participants with an opportunity to use the critical reflection tool to explore how the Red Lotus Health Promotion Model might be used in their own health promotion practice.