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Question: What are the distinguishing factors between the contemporary views of health promotion versus the historical view? How and why did these differences develop?

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The three elements of health promotions are health education, protection, and prevention. Health promotions have drastically changed over the years.

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According to Dr. Niji Awofeso, health promotion "describes the health education interventions and related organizational, political, and economic interventions that are designed to facilitate behavior and environmental changes to improve health". He goes on to say that health promotion has "three core ...

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