MHPE Volunteer Resource HEALTH PROMOTION Introduction —promoting healthy behaviours Tab 9

MHPE Volunteer Resource – Tab 9 Health promotion: Introduction Promoting healthy behaviours “Health is a state of complete physical, psychological and social well-being and not simply the absence of disease or infirmity.” (WHO 1948) Health promotion is “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.” (WHO 1986)

MHPE Volunteer Resource – Tab 9 Health promotion: Introduction Promoting healthy behaviours Holistic view of health Well-being Participatory Many factors affect health Build on strengths Multiple strategies and partnerships Be realistic

MHPE Volunteer Resource – Tab 9 Health promotion: Introduction Promoting healthy behaviours Genuineness Partnership Empathy Connectedness

MHPE Volunteer Resource – Tab 9 Health promotion: Introduction Stages of Change Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance Relapse

MHPE Volunteer Resource – Tab 9 Health promotion: Introduction Resources HealthDirect Better Health Channel A Healthy and Active Australia Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) © Commonwealth of Australia 2015