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The World
Health Organization (WHO) defined health as
"a
state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.”
This holistic,
positive definition of health provided the basis for the features
and values that have come to characterize health promotion
practice, such as a focus on:
 strengths
and assets,
participatory,
empowering approaches and
attention
to the broader determinants of health.
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