From Health Education to Health Promotion

The Need for Workplace Health Promotion

Abstract

I would like to commence this presentation by expressing my heartfelt gratitude to the patron, ex-officio and the entire executive members of the Health Promotion Research Association of Nigeria (HEPRAN) for finding me worthy to be the second lead paper presenter in this epoch-making event: the 16th national conference of the Association. Health Promotion in the workplace is a glaring need that is staring at Health Educators in Nigeria. Virtually all workplaces require Health Promotion but a group needs to sensitize workplaces and take responsibility for how this course could be advanced. This is the focus of this conference: to bring Workplace Health Promotion in Nigeria to the limelight through research. Nevertheless, the need for Health Promotion is apt in Health Education as we take a cue at the evolutionary trend of the discipline to aptly define our relevance in the development of Health Promotion.