What is the difference between social marketing and health promotion?

[40983903]

I know the definitions thanks guys, but is there a solid difference between the both? Or are they the same or interlinked? thats what i need to know, thanks.

[bajaricky]

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Health promotion, as defined by the World Health Organization, is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.[1]. In the USA, health promotion is much more narrowly conceived as "the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health."[2] Means of health promotion include health education and social marketing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_promotion


Social marketing is the systematic application of marketing along with other concepts and techniques to achieve specific behavioral goals for a social good. Social marketing can be applied to promote, for example, merit goods, make the society avoid demerit goods and thus to promote that considers society's well being as a whole. This may include asking people not to smoke in public areas, for example, ask them to use seat belts, prompting to make them follow speed limits.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_marketing

[cal]

I'm not sure but I thank you for giving some thing to new to learn today.
thanks

[Scott W]

social marketing has nothing intrinsically to do with health promotion.
social marketing is particular approach and emphasis for marketers, synonymous with altruistic marketing, cause-related marketing, etc.

Health promotion is soley focused on promoting a healthier lifestyle, healthy products, exercise or diet programs, or diet-related products or approaches.