Clarifying the theoretical positions on the Health Promotion Approach: in search of its effective implementation in the current context.

Abstract

This article opens a space of analysis about of the theoretical positions around of health promotion’s approach, in Latin America; it wishes to identify the similar and differences to propose a consistent theoretical position with the philosophical approach, since a social and positive perspective. In first instance, the article makes a historical reference about evolution of the process health-sickness, since a biological, physiological, social approach. The social approach is the ideological base of the health promotion. Second, the article takes the different areas to distinguisher health promotion’s approach like: healthy lifestyle, capability of grow the human development and the elements of health’s satisfactions, from a new logic application of this approach, opposite to begin the analysis of the actions from the problems, it orientate to the determination of a desirable situation to fortify the health of the collectivity. By another hand, this article searches a new logic of actuation to generate intersectoral and interinstitutional process work named Social Participation. Additionally, this article gives the definition of public policy that generates the necessary conditions for the effective application. Finally, this article describes some conclusions derivates of the theoretical analysis made for both authors.