[Lalonde's paradigm, World Health Organization and new public health]

Abstract

The authors present the origins and evolution of the New Public Health idea assuming the fundamental significance of Lalonde's health field concept in this process. The other crucial events which contributed to it was the formulation and implementation of WHO strategy HFA 2000, publication of Ottawa Charter, defining by WHO the essential public health functions and concepts of Gro Harlem Bruntland from 1998-1999 when she was the Director General of WHO. Authors present for discussion their working definition of New Public Health, which is based of the public health definition of J. Nosko et al. from 2001.