Can anyone clarify the correct definition of HP as set out in the Ottawa Charter: Currently WHO uses the following definition on its site: Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. However, I have worked from a definition which is quoted in other texts (eg Fran Baum in The New Public Health) in relation to the OC which reads as follows: Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby to improve their health. Regards Alan Alan Sutherland Health Promotion Policy Officer Strategic Analysis and Research Strategic and Corporate Support Division Department of Health and Human Services PO Box 125B, Hobart TASMANIA AUSTRALIA 7000 Phone: (03) 6233 3147 FAX: (03) 6233 2899 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Contacting from another Country: Your International Access Number for Australia + 61 + 3 + (eight digit call number above)