Ecological Foundations of Health Promotion
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Journal of Health Promotion
- Vol. 10 (4), 270-281
- https://doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-10.4.270
Abstract
In this article, human ecology is defined; its historical and intellectual roots are traced through various disciplines to its applications in public health and health promotion today; its strengths and limitations are described; some potential contributions of systems theory are suggested; and some emerging ecological models of health promotion are anticipated.Keywords
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