Week 5

Question 1

What is participACTION?

Answer 1

It was an advertising campaign to encourage canadians to engage in physical activity and be healthy through tv ads

Question 2

What are the components of the Ottawa Charter?

Answer 2

1. build healthy public policies
2. create supportive environments
3. strengthen community action
4. develop personal skills
5. reorient healthcare system

Question 3

What is lalonde report

Answer 3

Yes we have the health care system, but people are also responsible for their own health
self-imposed risks

Question 4

What are critques about the lalonde report?

Answer 4

“Blaming the victim”
health inequalities not being addressed or reduced

Question 5

Give an example of each of four components of the Ottawa charter

Answer 5

1. creating smoke free zones at work/school, making public transport cheaper and more accessible, community centre drop in fees cheaper. alcohol tax
2. worksafe initiatives, recycling programs
3. support groups, helping one another, building community health centres
4. providing classes that can enhance skills such as cooking, organizing, implementing healthy lifestyles
5. spend less on drugs and hospitals more on community, avoid biomedical model. doctors providing dietary advice