Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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This document provides definitions and concepts of health promotion and disease prevention, focusing on motivation, potential, and the state of well-being. It also references key figures in the field.
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Health promotion and Disease Prevention Health promotion:... any combination of health education and related organizational, economic, and environmental supports for behavior of individuals, groups, or communities conducive to health ---Green and Kreuter (1991, p. 2)... that which is motivated by...
Health promotion and Disease Prevention Health promotion:... any combination of health education and related organizational, economic, and environmental supports for behavior of individuals, groups, or communities conducive to health ---Green and Kreuter (1991, p. 2)... that which is motivated by the desire to increase well-being and to reach the best possible health potential ---Parse (1990) Definitions of Health "A state of complete well-being, physical, social, and mental, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". ---World Health Organization (1958)
