Health promotion is a process that urges people to maintain and improve their health.
Health promotion was first put forward by the World Health Organization at the First International Conference on Health Promotion held in Ottawa, Canada1986165438+1October 2 1. It refers to the use of administrative or organizational means to widely coordinate all relevant social departments, communities, families and individuals to fulfill their respective responsibilities for health, which is the same as maintaining and promoting health.
Development of health promotion:
According to the latest statement of American Journal of Health Promotion, health promotion is the science (and art) to help people change their lifestyles to achieve the best health. Optimal health is defined as the level of physical, emotional, social adaptability, mental and intellectual health. Lifestyle change will be promoted through the combination of improving cognition, changing behavior and creating a supportive environment. Among the three, supportive environment is the biggest factor to maintain health and continuous improvement.
Health education is the foundation and forerunner of health promotion. On the one hand, health education plays an important role in promoting behavior change. On the other hand, health education plays an important role in stimulating leaders' political will to expand health promotion, promoting people's active participation and promoting health promotion atmosphere. Therefore, without health education, health promotion will be water without resources.