Ottawa Charter Flashcards
(18 cards)
What is Health Promotion?
Process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their overall health, controlling the determinants of health.
Aims to achieve better health for all, prevent ill health from occurring, and advance the health of individuals and communities through successful intervention.
What does it mean to Enable in health promotion?
Supporting others to help them develop skills to take more power/control over factors that determine health.
This involves empowering individuals and communities.
What does it mean to Mediate in health promotion?
Coming to agreement and negotiating a common goal between parties.
This is important for collaboration and consensus-building.
What does it mean to Advocate in health promotion?
Speaking on behalf of another person, promoting a cause or an idea.
This involves collaboration among individuals, communities, and organizations to promote change.
What are the aims of Health Promotion?
- Achieve better health for all
- Prevent ill health from occurring
- Advance the health of individuals and community through successful intervention
What is the Ottawa Charter?
An action plan for all nations aimed at achieving health for all by 2000, through clear definitions, action plans, and positive involvement.
It provides a positive definition for health and encourages collaborative approaches.
Why is the Ottawa Charter used?
It promotes health by empowering individuals, communities, governments, and organizations to prevent poor health.
What is Building Healthy Public Policy?
A formal procedure for the government that outlines priorities and guidelines for action in response to health needs.
What are some examples of Building Healthy Public Policy?
- Tax on Alcohol – decrease number of users
- Tax on Cigarettes - decrease number of users
- Drink driving laws
- Anti-smoking laws and legislation
What does Creating Supportive Environments involve?
Ensuring a safe, enjoyable, stimulating community that promotes health and wellbeing for people to live, work, and play.
What are the aims of Creating Supportive Environments?
To take care of each other, our communities, and our environments, providing support for health-enhancing decision-making.
What does Strengthen Community Action focus on?
Building links between individuals and the community to achieve a common goal, collaborating with other agencies against health issues.
What are some examples of Strengthen Community Action?
- Leaders/celebrities promote health at community events
- Active after school communities
- Wellbeing programs in the community
- Community fun runs
- Local fundraising
What is the aim of Developing Personal Skills?
To support individuals socially and personally, providing information and education to enhance skills for healthier choices.
What are some methods of Developing Personal Skills?
- Fact sheets on health issues
- Workshops to develop decision-making skills
- Health education in schools and workplaces
- Educational programs
What does Reorient Health Services mean?
The change from formal clinic treatment to focusing on preventative and population health approaches in the community.
What are the aims of Reorient Health Services?
To establish a holistic attitude in health professionals, focusing on the wellbeing of the whole person.
What are some examples of Reorient Health Services?
- First aid training
- Health professionals working in schools
- Targeted health professionals in communities of need
- Redirecting health services to areas of need
- Immunisations in schools
