The Importance of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Keywords:
Health promotion, Disease prevention, Public health, Epidemiology, Social determinants of health, Health behavior, Health education, Health policy, Health disparities Healthcare costs, Quality of lifeAbstract
Health promotion and disease prevention are essential for maintaining good health and wellbeing. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and improve it. Disease prevention is the process of stopping or delaying the onset of disease. Health promotion and disease prevention are important for people of all ages, but they are especially important for children and adolescents. This is because the habits and behaviors that people develop early in life can have a lasting impact on their health. Health promotion and disease prevention can also help to reduce healthcare costs. By preventing diseases, people can avoid the need for expensive medical treatment. Additionally, healthy people are more likely to be productive members of society.
