Objective:

To identify what the literature has approached about competencies in health promotion using the Competencies Health Promotion (CompHP) project as a theoretical contribution.

Method:

This is an integrative review of the literature on competencies for health promotion following the assumptions of the CompHP project. The searches were carried out at the bases of Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe emCiências da Saúde (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online and in the Web of Science.

Results:

It was emphasized the year 2016, the Portuguese language and the journal Saúde&Sociedade, in the publications. The findings indicate that CompHP presents itself as an important reference for the reorientation of the training process in health in Brazil, highlighting the different possibilities of research in the field of health promotion competencies.

Conclusions:

The research reveals some implications for the practice, such as the need to stimulate new reflections and debates on the subject, allowing the reorientation of the training processes for skills acquisition.