Nursing 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Soho, World Health Organization
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The process of empowering people to increase control over and to improve their health world health organization (who, 2006) This is a broad definition and includes the spectrum of health enhancement, health education, health protection, disease prevention, health restorations/recovery. Where and when did health promotion begin: not always called health promotion. Let your thoughts travel through your past and consider where activities that promoted health were used that benefitted you. Discuss among your group: think back to other historical methods that were used to protect population health. Don"t limit your thinking to only modern" practices. Please be prepared to report back to the class. Did you know??: babylonians and romans did the following. 600 bc: health promotion strategy, quality water, if they had a system that flushed away waste, people would be healthier for longer, dug channels to drain marshy areas.