Ottawa Charter 1986

Question 1

When and who created the Ottawa Charter?

Answer 1

World Health Organisation, 1986

Question 2

What are the 8 Prerequisites?

Answer 2

1. Food
2. Peace
3. Shelter
4. Education
5. A stable Eco-system
6. Equity
7. Income
8. Social Justice

Question 3

What are the 3 Concepts?

Answer 3

1. Advocate
2. Mediate
3. Enable

Question 4

What are the 5 Key Features?

Answer 4

1. Strengthening Community Action
2. Develop Personal Skills
3. Create Supportive Environment
4. Reorient Health Services
5. Build Healthy Public Policy

Question 5

What does “Create Supportive Environment” mean?

Answer 5

The need to create environments that encourage supportive communities, individuals, to take care of each other as well as our communities and natural environments to ensure positive benefit to public health.

Question 6

What does “Strengthen Community Action” mean?

Answer 6

To ensure the influence of community actions are effective. Strengthening public participation. Enabling access to resources, such as information and learning opportunities for health.

Question 7

What does “Build Public Health Policy” mean?

Answer 7

Directing communities as well as individuals to be aware of health consequences relating to their decisions and to accept their responsibility for health.

Question 8

What does “Develop Person Skills” mean?

Answer 8

Raising awareness as well as educating issues of health and enhancing life skills. Allowing empowerment of their health and being able to be in control of their own health and their influence on environments.

Question 9

What does “Reorient Health Services” mean?

Answer 9

Moving towards a health care system that contributes to the pursuit of health. Moving beyond providing clinical and curative services.

Question 10

What does “Advocate” mean?

Answer 10

Political, economic, social, cultural and environmental, behavioural and biological factors can either be of advantage or disadvantage a persons health. This concept aims at ensuring these conditions are of advantage through advocacy for health.

Question 11

Explain Enable.

Answer 11

Ensuring equal opportunities and resources to enable all people to achieve to their fullest health potential.

Question 12

Explain Mediate.

Answer 12

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