Michael P. O'Donnell, PhD, MBA, MPH

Management consultant and keynote speaker

Dr. O'Donnell helps employers develop new health promotion programs and enhance existing programs. He also helps health plans, foundations, governments, medical centers and other health promotion providers launch new products and enhance the quality of existing products and services.
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Dr. O'Donnell serves as a keynote speaker on health promotion management and research issues for business groups, boards of directors, conferences, and other groups.
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What Is Health Promotion?

Health Promotion is the art and science of helping people discover the synergies between their core passions and optimal health, enhancing their motivation to strive for optimal health, and supporting them in changing lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health. Optimal health is a dynamic balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of learning experiences that enhance awareness, increase motivation, and build skills and most importantly, through creating opportunities that open access to environments that make positive health practices the easiest choice.

O'Donnell, M, Definition of Health Promotion 3.0: Embracing Passion, Enhancing Motivation, Recognizing Dynamic Balance, and Creating Opportunities, American Journal of Health Promotion, 2009, 24, 1, i.