EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH PROMOTION INTERVENTIONS, STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS
In this section, we outline some of the key findings of eight reviews written in the last 6 years, which have assessed the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health promotion interventions. There is a significantly larger body of published evidence assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of chronic disease and particularly non-communicable diseases and their risk factors. We chose this selection of reviews because together they reflected health promotion interventions addressing chronic disease (i.e. mental health and injury), other health issues (i.e. HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health) and various social determinants of health (i.e. poverty, food security and nutrition