Core 1 - Health Promotion Based on the Five Action Areas of Ottawa Charter Flashcards
What are the Ottawa Charter Action Areas
Ottawa Charter Action Areas:
D – developing personal skills
R – reorienting health services
S – strengthening community action
B – building healthy public policy
C – creating supportive environments
Outline the ‘Levels of Responsibility for Health Promotion’ - (National gov. to Individual)
Individuals:
- Need to take control of their own health
- Health related decision affected by a range of determinants
Communities:
- Need to provide opportunities for health benefiting activities e.g. waling groups, park run, Alcoholics groups, new mothers groups, education seminars, posters
Local Governments:
- Maintaining roads + infrastructure
- Town planning
- Monitoring foods safety, immunisation, sanitation, H20 quality
- Managing community services
- Collab with Medicare locals
State and Territory Gov’s:
- Identify state health issues e.g. CVD, diabetes
- Developing + monitoring strategies to address key health issues e.g. NSW healthy eating + living strategy
- Development of policies related to various health issues e.g. no-smoking zones, town speed limits
- Development + monitoring of preventative and early detection programs e.g. cancer screening
- Supporting health literacy
- Collab with all other gov + non-gov ORGs
National Gov’s:
- Development of national public health policy = Medicare
- Ongoing planning. Monitoring, research, evaluation of public health activities
- Provision of support for health initiatives
- Partnership with non-gov ORGS, state +territory Gov’s, international ORGs
Explore the ‘Benefits of Partnership in Health Promotion
Summary point: Health promotion has a greater chance of success if all levels of government, non-gov’s, communities, individuals work together towards a common goal
- key phrase: inter-sectoral collaboration
All this is achieved through:
- bringing consensus for the different groups through mediating, and advocating for the needs of specific groups (e.g. ATSI)
What are the benefits of intersectoral action?
- Sharing resources, knowledge and expertise
- Less duplication of effort
- Health issues are complex addressing from several perspectives means a wider sphere of influence
What are the social justice principles?
equity, diversity, supportive environments
Outline - ‘developing Personal skill’ - this is also in relation to ‘social justice’ examples too
- Enables people to make more informed decisions on their health by improving their knowledge and skills
Keywords: Enable, empower
Examples:
compulsory PDHPE lessons (equity),
Variation of the ‘AUS Guide to Healthy Eating’ for indigenous people + in various languages (diversity), language services,
Elder led initiatives in teaching health and safety in schools (ATSI - supportive environments)
Outline - ‘Re-orienting health Services’ - this is also in relation to ‘social justice’ examples too
(moving from cure to prevention instead)
- Seeks to move away from the traditional view of health to integrate health promotion + preventative strategies to health care
Examples:
E.gs subsidised screening (equity), allocation of health services for ATSI (equity + diversity), women’s health clinic (diversity), language services, mobile screening services
Outline - ‘Strengthening community Action’ - this is also in relation to ‘social justice’ examples too
- Most effective health strategies directly involve the community
- Mets the specific needs of the community
Examples:
E.gs Close the Gap – developed and conducted by ATSI people (diversity, supportive environments), political lobby groups attempt to make positive changes for their community e.g. clean up AUS day
Outline - ‘Building Health Public policy’ - this is also in relation to ‘social justice’ examples too
(anything about laws)
- Through funding, legislation, and policies governments can create an environment that achieves equity and good health.
Examples:
E.gs Medicare + PBS, public school education, Centrelink, Discrimination laws, Smoking Bans
Outline - ‘’ - this is also in relation to ‘social justice’ examples too
