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Adelaide Convention Centre
10-12 September 2012
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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. 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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| Mon Sep 10, 2012 Population Health Congress 2012 |
| Thu Sep 20, 2012 @08:00AM - 05:00PM Chronic Diseases Network Conference 20-21 September 2012 |
| Fri Sep 21, 2012 @08:00AM - 05:00PM Chronic Diseases Network Conference 20-21 September 2012 |
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Dr Eberhard Wenzel was an inspiring activist in the field of public health. Each year a special oration honours his contribution.