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Health Promotion Is About Raising The Health Status of Individuals and Communities
Health Promotion Is About Raising The Health Status of Individuals and Communities
communities.
Health promotion is an umbrella term for the range of activities carried out in
various settings, with various groups which tackle causing ill-health
Emerged as a discipline within public health movement during the late 1800s,
early 1900s - primary aim concerned with encouraging behavioural change.
Mass health education programme to deal with 1st World War soldiers
returning home with some form of venereal disease (20%).
Views and values held health and health determinants influences health
professionals and politicians decisions about which health promotion
strategies or approaches should be used.
Peace
Shelter
Education
Food
Income
A stable eco-system
Sustainable resources