Health Promotion | Vibepedia

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. This concept is closely tied to the work of pioneers like Ilona Kickbusch, who has worked with organizations such as the WHO and the European Commission to advance health promotion globally. The field has been influenced by various movements, including the social determinants of health approach, which was shaped by researchers like Michael Marmot and the Whitehall Studies.