CHAPTER SIX: promoting health in australia Flashcards
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what is health promotion?
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- 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. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over the [factors] of health and thereby improve their health. Participation is essential to sustain health promotion action’ (WHO, 1998)
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why smoking is targeted
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