Estrategias de intervención en promoción de la salud

Health promotion is an essential process not only exclusive of health care institutions. Health promotion includes political, economical, educational and social strategies as well. The main aim of this essay is to point out the relevance of health promotion taking into account the concepts involved and the main strategies that can be developed. In this context, estrategies that are not only focused on the individual but more in the community, have a special importance. A variety of strategies can be implemented, and their success will depend in many cases on the level of correlation with other strategies, adaptation to the context, community participation and use of communitary resources.