La Pontificia Universidad Javeriana como un escenario para la promoción de la salud

The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana started a process to become a healthy university in 2003. The process was defined in three phases: preparation that includes building a framework and establishing a multidisciplinary advisory team; implementation that includes gathering information about risk profiles and health situation, articulating university departments and faculties, integrating self-care education into academic curricula, and developing specific health promotion and preventive activities; consolidation phase, the last one which includes corporate health promotion policy formulation and implementation of evaluation systems. Promoting a new culture depends not only on people´s behavior but on political stewardship, infrastructure, and suitable strategies properly coordinated. Healthy University´s success depends on the participation of the entire community; it is expected to improve lifestyles by reinforcing values such as solidarity, and responsibility.