Cures are a subset of treatments that reverse illnesses completely
or end medical problems permanently. In the area of substance
related harms, a number of prevention typologies have been
proposed

HEALTH PROMOTION
Health promotion, as defined by the World Health
Organization, is the process of enabling people to increase control
over, and to improve, their health. Health promotion is much
more narrowly conceived as "the science and art of helping people
change their life-style to move toward a state of optimal health."
Means of health promotion include health education and social
marketing. According to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
the basic principles of health promotion are:
Prerequisites for Health

The fundamental conditions and resources for health are peace,
shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable
resources, social justice and equity. Improvement in health requires
a secure foundation in these basic prerequisites.
Advocate

Good health is a major resource for social, economic and
personal development and an important dimension of quality of
life. Political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, behavior
ural and biological factors can all favour health or be harmful to
it. Health promotion action aims at making these conditions
favourable through advocacy for health.
Enable

Health promotion focuses on achieving equity in health.
Health promotion action aims at reducing differences in current
health status and ensuring equal opportunities and resources to
enable all people to achieve their fullest health This
includes a secure foundation in a supportive environment, access
to information, life skills and opportunities for making healthy
choices. People cannot achieve their fullest health potential unless
they are able to take control of those things which determine their
health. This must apply equally to women and men.