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AHPA is a member of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).

 

Australian Health Promotion Association
Australia’s peak health promotion body, the Australian Health Promotion Association is the only professional association in Australia specifically for people interested or involved in the practice, research and study of health promotion.

What is health promotion?

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health.
This definition is based on the World Health Organisation Ottawa Charter 1986.

The health promotion profession has evolved alongside, and in response to, the international health promotion movement and the broader new public health movement. Health promotion not only embraces actions directed at strengthening the skills and capabilities of individuals but also actions directed towards changing social, environmental, political and economic conditions to alleviate their impact on populations and individual health.

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AHPA 21st National Conference 2013

 

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Population Health Congress 2012

 

Keynote presentations from the 2012 Population Health Congress are now available!

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Eberhard Wenzel

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