In the late twentieth century, the discussion about health promotion was resumed in a series of International Health Conferences which took place in Canada, The United States and West Europe. From these conferences, the concept of health promotion, hitherto considered as one of the primary levels of prevention, expanded the conception of health-disease process as well as its determinants. It was also proposed not only the link technical and popular knowledge, but also the mobilization of institution and community resources, both public and private, for its confrontation and resolution. To the reformulation of the concept corresponds epistemological, political and technical changes, in different kinds of knowledge and professions. The goal of this work is to point out some of these impacts on psychology.
Psychology; health promotion; Foucault