Health promotion

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.

WHO PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES About the Health Promotion unit (HPR) About the Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion HEALTH PROMOTION IN WHO REGIONS African Region European Region Western Pacific Region Region of the Americas–PAHO Eastern Mediterranean Region South-East Asia Region

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Health promotion School health and youth health promotion RELATED TOPICS Chronic diseases Mental health Physical activity Nutrition

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