Question 22 · LDEK · Definitions
Health promotion is:
- A. a term coined in the 90s of the last century.
- B. a synonym of prophylaxis.
- C. a state concept of health prevention which expresses itself through the system of organized activities, facilities, institutions and legal standards serving the health of society.
- D. a process enabling individuals and society to increase their control over determinants of health.
- E. an impact at the social level to change high-risk behavior in the study group, the so-called target group.
Hint
Recall the Ottawa Charter definition, which focuses on empowerment and control over the determinants of health.
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