The Future of Health Promotion

Abstract

What is the future of health promotion? Will it become a mainstream activity within the health sector and across other areas of public policy? What are the priorities for action in health promotion? What should be our vision as we move into the twenty-first century? This final chapter brings together different visions of the future for health promotion for the UK and internationally. We asked a range of people, some working at the ‘grassroots’ level and others in key health policy arenas, to discuss their priorities for action. The authors weigh up the successes and failures to date of different visions of health promotion, and contemplate how some of the successes can be sustained within a changing economic climate.