objectives and proporsal of the ottawa charter
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Subject: Health Education; PUH 715; Assignment I.
Department: Community Health; MPH Programme 2012/2013 session DISCUSS BRIEFLY THE OBJECTIVES & PROPOSALS OF THE OTTAWA CHARTER. INTRODUCTION
This CHARTER for action was developed and adopted by an international conference, jointly organized by the World Health Organization, Health and Welfare Canada and the Canadian
Public Health Association. Two hundred and twelve participants from 38 countries met from
November 17 to 21, 1986, in Ottawa, Canada to exchange experiences and share knowledge of health promotion.
This conference was primarily a response to growing expectations for a new public health movement around the world. Discussions focused on the needs in industrialized countries, but took into account similar concerns in all other regions. It built on the progress made through the
Declaration on Primary Health Care at Alma Ata, the World Health Organization’s Targets for
Health for All document, and the recent debate at the World Health Assembly on inter-sectoral action for health.
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities. Therefore, health promotion is not just the responsibility of the health sector, but goes beyond healthy life-styles to well-being.
OBJECTIVES
1. BUILD HEALTHY PUBLIC POLICY
Health promotion goes beyond health care. It puts health on the agenda of policy makers in all sectors and at all levels, directing them to be aware of the health consequences of their decisions and to
Subject: Health Education; PUH 715; Assignment I.
Department: Community Health; MPH Programme 2012/2013 session DISCUSS BRIEFLY THE OBJECTIVES & PROPOSALS OF THE OTTAWA CHARTER. INTRODUCTION
This CHARTER for action was developed and adopted by an international conference, jointly organized by the World Health Organization, Health and Welfare Canada and the Canadian
Public Health Association. Two hundred and twelve participants from 38 countries met from
November 17 to 21, 1986, in Ottawa, Canada to exchange experiences and share knowledge of health promotion.
This conference was primarily a response to growing expectations for a new public health movement around the world. Discussions focused on the needs in industrialized countries, but took into account similar concerns in all other regions. It built on the progress made through the
Declaration on Primary Health Care at Alma Ata, the World Health Organization’s Targets for
Health for All document, and the recent debate at the World Health Assembly on inter-sectoral action for health.
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities. Therefore, health promotion is not just the responsibility of the health sector, but goes beyond healthy life-styles to well-being.
OBJECTIVES
1. BUILD HEALTHY PUBLIC POLICY
Health promotion goes beyond health care. It puts health on the agenda of policy makers in all sectors and at all levels, directing them to be aware of the health consequences of their decisions and to