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Health Promotion

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Health Promotion


Health promotion, according to the 1986 American Journal of Health Promotion (www.healthpromotionjournal.com), is “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health”. Similar definitions are also available from the 1974 Lalonde report from the Government of Canada (www.hc-sc.gc.ca), which stated that health promotion is “aimed at informing, influencing and assisting both individuals and organizations so that they will accept more responsibility and be more active in matters affecting mental and physical health” and from the 1979 Surgeon General of the United States (www.surgeongeneral.gov) which said that health promotion “seeks the development of community and individual measures with can help people develop lifestyles that can maintain and enhance the state of well-being.”

There are many organizations around the world that focus on using health promotion as a means to improve the well-being of its people. Some of these organizations include:

International
World Health Organization (WHO www.who.int)

Australia
Australian Health Promotion Association (www.healthpromotion.org.au)

Canada
Ministry of Health Promotion (www.mhp.gov.on.ca)
Canadian Health Network (www.phac-aspc.gc.ca)

New Zealand
Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand (www.hpforum.org.nz)

United Kingdom
Terrance Higgins Trust (www.tht.org.uk)
Royal Society for Public Health (www.rsph.org.uk)

United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov)
American Public Health Association (www.apha.org)
Wellness Council of America (WELCOA www.welcoa.org)
URAC (www.urac.org)

Health promotion is an absolute necessity in order to contain costs and improve the health of individuals and employees around the world. If you would like to learn more about Kersh Risk Management and its health promotion materials for corporate wellness programs, please fill out our free request corporate wellness program proposal form.

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