Definition:
      “Health education is the process by 
      which individuals and group of 
      people learn to “:
     Promote, Maintain, Restore health
     Address risks, prevent disease/injury
     “Education for health begins with 
      people as they are, with whatever 
      interests they may have in improving 
      their living conditions”.
     DEFINITIONS OF HEALTH PROMOTION
     A planned combination of educational, 
     political, regulatory, and organizational 
     supports for actions and conditions of living 
     conducive to the health of individuals, 
     groups, or communities.
                    Green & Kreuter, 1999
         DEFINITIONS OF HEALTH PROMOTION
      The process of enabling people to increase control 
       over and improve their health…
      A commitment to dealing with challenges of 
       reducing inequities, extending the scope of 
       prevention, and helping people to cope with their 
       circumstances…
      Creating environments conducive to health, in 
       which people are better able to take care of 
       themselves
        BASIC CHARACTERISTICS 
        OF HEALTH PROMOTION
    1. Enabling people to take control over, and 
     responsibility for, their health as an important 
     component of everyday life.
    2. Requiring the close cooperation of sectors 
     beyond the health services.
    3. Combining diverse, but complimentary, 
     methods or approaches.
    4. Encouraging effective and concrete public 
     participation. 
       Health Promotion Action Means:
        Build Public Health Policy
        Create Supportive Environments
        Strengthen Community Actions
        Develop Personal Skills
        Re-orient Health Services
        Moving into the future