Health promotion refers to a general philosophy that maintains that health is a personal and collective achievement; the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health. Health promotion may occur through individual efforts, through interaction with the medical system, and through a concerted health policy effort.
So Health promotion describes also an approach to the prevention of disease which involves education, public policy, and similar actions to promote health.
Other definition:
Health promotion refers to an approach to the prevention of disease which involves education, public policy, and similar actions to promote health.