The health promotion approach views health in a positive way, as a resource for living. It sees people as having interactions with their environment. It may take a self-help approach and link with agencies outside of the formal health sector. Sir Michael Marmot WHO’S commission on the Determinants of Health had said that in order for people to take control over their lives they need the opportunity to do this and so they need the conditions that would allow them to. This supports the social model of health as it allows individuals to take control and take responsibility of their health.
In response to the social model of health the WHO held its first international conference in health promotion in 1986 in Ottawa, Canada. The outcome of the
In response to the social model of health the WHO held its first international conference in health promotion in 1986 in Ottawa, Canada. The outcome of the