ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

Abstract

The article is a systematic examination of the nature, benefits and applications of entrepreneurship in the fields of health education and health promotion in contemporary times. The study is expedited by the routes of integrated review of the literature and participant observation the health education and health promotion aspects of the health sector of the modern states economy. The article highlights the relationships among health education, health promotion and quality of life of the citizenry. Private sector/public sector synergy through legislation, political good will, taxation, budgetary support and sustenance of entrepreneur-friendly organizational Climate through general and specific policy processes at all tiers of government, education and private corporate firms are advocated, among other things. It is concluded that imparting entrepreneurial skills and attributes to youths at all levels of education appears to be a reliable means of addressing the risks posed by massive unemployment among youths the world over.