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  What is "wellness"?  
 
"Wellness, in the sense here used, signifies something quiet different from good health.  Good health can exist as a relatively passive state of freedom from illness in which the individual is at peace with his environment.  High-level wellness for the individual is defined as an integrated method of functioning which is oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable within the environment where he is functioning." - Dunn, H. (1977).  Health Values, 1:9-16.
 
Great wellness resources:  Health World Online

What is "health promotion"?

    "Health promotion is any combination of health education and related organizational, political and economic interventions designed to facilitate behavioral and environmental adaptations that will improve or protect health".  United States Department of Health and Human Services (1980). Promoting health/preventing disease:  Objectives for the nation, p. 1.  Washington, D.C.:  U. S. Government Printing Office.

"Health promotion is the combination of educational and environmental supports for actions and conditions of living conductive to health".  Green, L. W., & Kreuter, M. W.  (1991). Health promotion planning:  An educational and environmental approach, 2nd edition, p. 4.  Mountain View, CA:  Mayfield Publishing.

Great worksite health promotion resources:  Association of Worksite Health Promotion
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What is "health education"?
 
"Health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary adaptations of behavior conductive to health". - Green, L. W., Kreuter, M. W., Deeds, S. G., & Partridge, K. B. (1980).  Health education planning:  A diagnostic approach.  Palo Alto, CA:  Mayfield Publishing.

"In the simplest terms, health education is the process of educating people about health".   McKenzie, J. F., & Smeltzer, J. L. (1997).    Planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion programs, 2nd edition, pp. 2. Boston:  Allyn & Bacon.

Great health education resources:  American Association of Health Education (AAHE)
 

Reliable Health Information for Students, Staff, and Faculty:
 
  • Ask the Doctor
  • Go Ask Alice
  • Healthfinder
  • CNN Health
  • MEDLINE
  • Gatorade
  • Men's Health
  • Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Rx:List
  • Your Health
  • SIECUS
  • Mayo Clinic Health Information
  • National Library of Medicine
  • Healthy People 2000

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