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Foundations of health promotion

This section outlines the foundations of, and gives a historical background to, integrated health promotion practice and principles. It provides an overview of the broader determinants of health that reflect a social model of health (fundamental to integrated health promotion practice), the link to social capital and community development and the policy context for integrated health promotion.

This section is a summary of information from the Integrated Health Promotion Resource Kit. For the complete information download:

PDF Icon IHP Resource Kit: A practice guide for service providers - Section 3, Foundations for health promotion, pages 21-29 (81kb, pdf)

  1. The determinants of health
  2. Social capital and community development
  3. International, Australian and Victorian context

 

 
 
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8 November, 2007