Ottowa Charter 1986

Question 1

Part 1

Answer 1

Build healthy public policy

Question 2

Part 2

Answer 2

Create Supportive environments

Question 3

Part 3

Answer 3

Strengthen community action

Question 4

Part 4

Answer 4

Develop personal skills

Question 5

Part 5

Answer 5

Reorient health services

Question 6

Part 6

Answer 6

Enable

Mediate

Advocate

Question 7

Part 1 - Build healthy public policy

What does this mean?

Answer 7

It involves recognising obstacles to health-promoting policies and removing them, thus making access to healthier choices, easier.

Question 8

Part 2 - Create supportive environments

What does this mean?

Answer 8

Create living and working conditions that are safe, stimulating, satisfying and enjoyable

Question 9

Part 3 - Strenghten community action

What does this mean?

Answer 9

Work for and with individuals and communities, rather than “on” them.

Question 10

Part 4 - Develop personal skills

What does this mean?

Answer 10

Provide information and education and help people develop skills that need to make healthy choices

Question 11

Part 5 - Reorient health services

What does this involve?

Answer 11

Shared responsibility for health promotion in health services, amongst individuals, communities, health workers, policy-makers, and governments.

Question 12

Example of 1 - Build healthy public policy

Answer 12

Smoke-free workplaces, schools, hospitals, bars etc

Question 13

Example of 2 - Create supportive environments

Answer 13

Work safety programs

Question 14

Example of 3 - Strengthen community action

Answer 14

Nutritionist > Commnunity services > Cooking classes > Disadvantaged youth

Question 15

Example of 4 - develop personal skills

Answer 15

Diabetes nurse educating patient with diabetes about their condition

Question 16

Example of 5 - Reorient health services

Answer 16

Healthy messages in waiting rooms and lifestyle assessments by GP’s.

Question 17

Describe what the “advocate” component means?

Answer 17

Health promo aims to make Political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, behavioural, and biological factors favourable through advocacy of health

Question 18

What does the “enable” component mean?

Answer 18

Achieving equity in health by enabling equal access to supportive environments, and access to information, life skills and opportunities.

Question 19

What does the “mediate” component mean?

Answer 19

Professional and social groups, and health personnel have a major responsibility to mediate between differing interests in society for the pursuit of health

Question 20

Who created the Ottowa Charter and when

Answer 20

WHO, 1986

Question 21

Ottawa charter has moved away from a focus on illness towards —————- ————.

Answer 21

Positive health