While many people are already working to improve health in Wales, a more concerted and determined drive is needed to achieve better health, well being and better quality of life, the document says. The approach recognises that there are many issues that affect health, and that successful action to improve health involves tackling social, environmental and economic conditions. Action to persuade people to adopt healthy lifestyles is important but only as part of an integrated approach that seeks to address their wider social and economic circumstances. It is important to increase the control of individuals and communities over factors that determine health, so that they can take action to improve their health and well-being. The National Assembly will seek to work with and for communities in the drive for better health.
Employment is also an important contributor to individual and community health and well being.
The impact is felt directly in homes and communities. Well Being provides a solid foundation for the concerted and sustained effort necessary to improve the health and well being of all the people of Wales and to tackle inequalities in health. Closing date for responses is June 6 th 2000. The Health Promotion Division of the National Assembly for Wales took over the role and staff of Health Promotion Wales in 1999. Health Promotion Wales ceased to exist as a special health authority on March 31, 1999.