Health promotion is evolving into a discrete concept with a definition commonly understood
by all who use the term. This is to be distinguished from the kind of umbrella approach used …

Background: In April 2013, the inaugural meeting of the Board and Committees of the IUHPE
European Health Promotion Accreditation System was held in Paris. The meeting heralded …

Introduction: In recent years, several research studies have investigated health promotion
practices in Saudi healthcare organizations, yet no published literature exists on health …

Background: Health initiatives have been established in many workplaces to promote
healthy behaviors among employees. Health Self-Empowerment Theory (HSET) suggests …

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Since then, diverse activities related to this issue have been undertaken, in a more or less
coordinated manner, in diverse places all over the globe. Following are several examples …

Background Health professionals face barriers in carrying out effective health promotion and
disease prevention. To indicate what are the needs for curriculum development in …

This paper reports on a study undertaken with health promotion specialists working in the
National Health Service in England. In-depth interviews were held with 25 people with the …

Objective: This scoping review investigates current developments in the professional
characteristics of health promotion (HP) with a focus on the German speaking part of …

The new approach to pre-registration nursing education in the UK (Project 2000) has an
overt health focus as well as a specific remit to prepare nurses for a role as promoters of …