Health Promotion

This website aims to provide information, resources and support to people involved in health promotion (HP) in New South Wales (NSW).

This site is not intended to provide general health information to the public. Health information relevant to the general public can be found at consumer info on this site, or HealthInsite.

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being an individual or group must be able to identify and realise aspirations, to satisfy needs and to change or cope with the environment.

Definition from: Nutbeam, D (1986) Health Promotion Glossary. Health Promotion vol 1 No 1 Oxford University Press.