Health Promotion Glossary of Terms 2021
apps.who.int › iris › restDec 06, 2021 · The first edition of this Health promotion glossary was commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1986 as a guide to readers of WHO publications and other materials. It was published in the first volume of the Health Promotion journal in the same year (Nutbeam 1986). Its original purpose was to help clarify the meaning and relationship
Health Promotion - World Health Organization
www.who.int › teams › health-workforceHealth Promotion Health Promotion We work to enhance people’s wellbeing and reduce their health risks associated with tobacco use, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity, thereby contributing to better population health. We develop and implement cross-cutting normative, fiscal and legal measures and capacity development tools.
Health promotion - World Health Organization
www.who.int › item › health-promotionAug 20, 2016 · Health promotion enables people to increase control over their own health. It covers a wide range of social and environmental interventions that are designed to benefit and protect individual people’s health and quality of life by addressing and preventing the root causes of ill health, not just focusing on treatment and cure.