| David S. Gochman - 1997 - 564 pages
...health (Green & Kreuter. 1991). Another. slightly different definition is suggested by O'Donnell (1989): "Health promotion is the science and art of helping...lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health. . . . Lifestyle change can be facilitated by a combination of efforts to enhance awareness. change... | |
| Donald J. Breckon, John R. Harvey (M.P.H.), R. Brick Lancaster - 1998 - 478 pages
...definition of health promotion, including the concept of optimal health, is provided by O'Donnell: Health promotion is the science and art of helping...emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of efforts to enhance awareness, change behavior... | |
| Irving Rootman, Michael Goodstadt - 2001 - 564 pages
...environmental conditions (3), until the late 1980s the most widely used definition merely referred to "the science and art of helping people change their...lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health" (9). Biomedical and epidemiological research models, as well as quantitative approaches, thus dominated... | |
| Thomas C. Timmreck - 2003 - 268 pages
...educational, organizational, economic, and environmental support for behaviors conducive to health."4 Optimal health is defined as "a balance of physical,...emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of efforts to enhance awareness, change behavior,... | |
| Zili Sloboda, William J. Bukoski - 2003 - 728 pages
...near future (personal communication). Health Promotion Approaches Health promotion has been defined as "the science and art of helping people change their...lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health" (O'Donnell & Harris, 1994). Health promotion programs are designed to raise awareness and change behavior... | |
| Robert J. McCunney, Paul P. Rountree - 2004 - 430 pages
...evaluation considerations IX. The future — facing the challenges and opportunities 45 KEY POINTS • Health promotion is the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move to an optimal state of health. • The scope of health promotion practice today has evolved and strives... | |
| Diane Huber - 2005 - 305 pages
...]ournal of Health Promotion (1989) promulgated a definition of health promotion Its definition is: Health promotion is the science and art of helping...emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of efforts to enhance awareness, change behavior... | |
| Wendy M. Nehring - 2005 - 468 pages
...health promotion, the development of secondary conditions, and overall health status. I. Introduction Health promotion is the science and art of helping...lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health (American Journal of Health Promotion, 1989, p. 5). A. Health is achieved through a balance of intellectual,... | |
| Roger Blanpain - 2005 - 270 pages
...been done so far, and what the future may hold. Does health promotion make sense? Health promotion, ie the science and art of helping people change their...lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health, should make sense in a world where non-communicable diseases linked to lifestyle factors are on the... | |
| Simon P. R. Jenkins - 2005 - 426 pages
...attitudes, and practices that contribute to motivate the actions people take regarding health and wellness. Health promotion is the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle and move toward a state of optimal health. See also KINESIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS.... | |
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