Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health, acting on the behavioural, social, economic, and environmental determinants that shape wellbeing rather than on disease alone. As articulated in public-health frameworks, it combines health education, community acti…
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health, acting on the behavioural, social, economic, and environmental determinants that shape wellbeing rather than on disease alone. As articulated in public-health frameworks, it combines health education, community action, supportive environments, healthy public policy, and the reorientation of health services toward prevention. Its strategies include behaviour modification, screening, mentoring and coaching, tobacco and obesity control, and the building of partnerships across health and social sectors, with the goals of reducing health disparities, fostering informed choices, and strengthening population health. The peer-reviewed work assembled here reflects this scope: community-based mentoring and coaching for the mental health of primary-school children, mental-health promotion through global opinion data, tactile-contact techniques to improve compliance with health-promotion messages, roadmaps for tobacco control, the health of older populations, the management of overweight and obesity through behaviour change and cultural adaptation, physical exercise as a means of managing disease, and partnerships within health and social-services organizations. Across these studies health promotion appears in mental health, tobacco and obesity control, healthy ageing, and preventive services. The collection situates health promotion as a multidisciplinary public-health practice addressing the determinants of health through education, policy, behaviour change, and community engagement, connecting naturally with physical activity in the prevention of disease.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
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