ABSTRACT
WHO, the World Health Organisation, defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO, 1946). The APaCHe1 team has developed this argument to apply to organisations as well as individuals. Healthy organisations operate to meet their objectives efficiently, providing healthy, fulfilling employment for their workers. In promoting healthy individuals and organisations, prevention is considerably more effective than cure. To be effective, prevention requires a holistic, whole-system, complete life-cycle approach recognising and addressing the complex influences arising from individual and collective attitudes and actions.
