[An approach to the theoretical construction of healthcare promotion].
Definitions of healthcare promotion were examined from the theory of knowledge regarding its ontological and epistemological aspects as considered by several paradigms. Three-phase periodisation was used. The first distancing regarding the positivist paradigm and healthcare promotion through definitions of public health was made during the background phase (1920-1973). The promotion of healthcare acquired its own identity and became explicit policy in the midst of scenarios involving the confluence of paradigms during the foundational phase (1974-1986). Positivist and non-positivist paradigms became broadly articulated during the consolidation phase (1987-2008), becoming extended to methodological aspects.
Instituto de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. rrobledom@unal.edu.co
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Robledo-Martínez
Carlos A
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Agudelo-Calderón
D002170:Canada; D003105:Colombia; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization