The Ottawa Charter U3 AOS2

Question 1

What is the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion?

Answer 1

A document developed by the WHO in 1986 to help governments and organisations implement the social model of health.

Question 2

What definition of health promotion did the Ottawa Charter provide?

Answer 2

Health promotion is “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.”

Question 3

What is the main focus of health promotion according to the Ottawa Charter?

Answer 3

It focuses on prevention rather than cure, and targets the underlying causes of disease, not just the disease itself.

Question 4

What are the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter? (Acronym)

Answer 4

Build healthy public policy

Create supportive environments

Strengthen community action

Develop personal skills

Reorient health services

Question 5

What does Build healthy public policy mean?

Answer 5

Decisions made by governments and organisations that make healthier choices easier (e.g., seatbelt laws, taxation on tobacco).

Question 6

What does Create supportive environments mean?

Answer 6

Creating physical and social environments that promote health and wellbeing (e.g., shaded playgrounds, smoke-free areas).

Question 7

What does Strengthen community action mean?

Answer 7

Involving and empowering communities to identify and take action on health priorities (e.g., community health initiatives).

Question 8

What does Develop personal skills mean?

Answer 8

Educating and providing people with the knowledge and skills to make healthy choices (e.g., health education in schools).

Question 9

What does Reorient health services mean?

Answer 9

Shifting the health system to focus on prevention and health promotion, not just treatment (e.g., doctors promoting quitting smoking).