Health PromotionFrequently Asked QuestionsWhat is Health Promotion and Education?
Health Promotion and Education is a profession focusing on the behaviors, systems, environments and policies affecting health at a variety of levels. This requires intensive specialized training encompassing the biological, environmental, psychological, social, physical and medical sciences. It also involves the development of individual, group, institutional, community and systemic strategies to improve health knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors, and it empowers people to take more control over their personal, community, and environmental health and well-being. Health Promotion and Education strategies include: individual and group education, training and counseling; audio-visual and computerized educational materials development; community development, social action, and social planning; advocacy; and coalition building.
