title: [Health promotion. Concept development].
abstract: The development of health promotion in theory and practice is presented-from the Ottawa Charter in 1986, to the community based health promotion programmes, as the vision for the 21 Century. The historical mile stones in the process of change and the conceptualisation of health promotion are discussed with reference to the World WHO Conferences and documents from these conferences. These events and documents have been vital as guidelines for member countries, both for implementation of community based programmes, as well as for healthy public policy and for training, especially concerning evaluation. The paper also discusses the main trends in research; definitions of principal concepts are highlighted, concerning planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes.
authors.affiliation: Zaklad Zdrowia Publicznego i Medycyny Szkolnej, Instytut Matki i Dziecka, Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211 Warszawa, Poland. zzp@imid.med.pl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berkowska
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D014944:World Health Organization