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Health promotion and disease prevention
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health promotion is not just the responsibility of the health sector, but

goes beyond healthy life-styles to well-being.

 Health Promotion engaged in health care system through national

legislation and policies that provide economic & political support for

health promotion services in the community.

 Health Promotion is the provision of information and/or education to

individuals, families, and communities that-encourage family unity,

community commitment, and traditional spirituality that make positive

contributions to their health status.

Examples of health promoting behaviors:

 Dietary teaching during pregnancy (individual).

 Education regarding smoking, adequate sleep at night, normal average

weight, habit of eating breakfast, dental care, recreational activity and

nutritional counseling (family).

 AIDS and other STD education for high school students (group).

 Environmental sanitation (community).

Health protection, also known as risk reduction, refers to actions that

protect people against health & safety risks. It refers to programs aimed

toward facilitating behaviors that enable people to react to health threats

through early identification and avoidance of risks.

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