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In [[health care]], '''health promotion''' is "encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[health care]], '''health promotion''' is "encouraging consumer [[Health behavior|behaviors]] most likely to optimize [[health]] potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
== | Internet websites for health promotion may improve [[health behavior]] according to a [[randomized controlled trial]].<ref name="pmid21421955">{{cite journal| author=Hughes SL, Seymour RB, Campbell RT, Shaw JW, Fabiyi C, Sokas R| title=Comparison of two health-promotion programs for older workers. | journal=Am J Public Health | year= 2011 | volume= 101 | issue= 5 | pages= 883-90 | pmid=21421955 | doi=10.2105/AJPH.2010.300082 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21421955 }} </ref> | ||
== Prerequisites for health—defining health == | |||
:''See also: [[Health]] | |||
To promote health policies and behaviors requires a clear understanding of what precisely constitutes health. | |||
== Role and influence of 'theory' in health promotion practice == | |||
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==References== | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:19, 24 June 2011
In health care, health promotion is "encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care."[1]
Internet websites for health promotion may improve health behavior according to a randomized controlled trial.[2]
Prerequisites for health—defining health
- See also: Health
To promote health policies and behaviors requires a clear understanding of what precisely constitutes health.
Role and influence of 'theory' in health promotion practice
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Health promotion (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Hughes SL, Seymour RB, Campbell RT, Shaw JW, Fabiyi C, Sokas R (2011). "Comparison of two health-promotion programs for older workers.". Am J Public Health 101 (5): 883-90. DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2010.300082. PMID 21421955. Research Blogging.