Health Promotion

Health Promotion (in the Human Development Area)

In this context, Health Promotion means:

health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health promotion represents a comprehensive social and political process, it not only embraces actions directed at strengthening the skills and capabilities of individuals, but also action directed towards changing social, environmental and economic conditions so as to alleviate their impact on public and individual health.

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See Also

• United Nations
• Human Development
• Health