Dennis Raphael - School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

For over ۳۵ years Ronald Labonté has been critically analyzing the state of health promotion in Canada and the world. In ۱۹۸۱, he identified the shortcomings of the groundbreaking Lalonde Report by warning of the seductive appeal of so-called lifestyle approaches to health. Since then, he has left a trail of critical work identifying the barriers to — and opportunities for —health promotion work. More recently, he has shown how the rise of economic globalization and acceptance of neo-liberal ideology has come to threaten the health of those in both developed and developing nations. In his recent commentary, Labonté shows how the United Nations’ ۲۰۱۵ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can offer a new direction for health promoters in these difficult times.

Health Promotion, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Economic Globalization