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Meaning of promotive in English:

promotive

adjective

See promote

‘This field is subdivided into four sub-fields: preventive health, promotive health and developmental services, curative health, and rehabilitative health services.’
  • ‘Self-efficacy theory offers a link between self-perceptions and behavior and has been found to be effective in explaining health promotive behaviors in individuals.’
  • ‘Linking the interactive aspects of the self-management model to the Internet can vastly expand its availability for preventive and health promotive guidance to people wherever they may live.’
  • ‘In a review of determinants of health promotive behavior, another researcher noted that efficacy expectations have a positive influence on physical activity and exercise.’
  • ‘The problem of undernutrition amongst pre-school tribal children needs to be addressed through comprehensive preventive, promotive and curative measures.’