Nursing 3324A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Health Promotion, Participatory Planning
28 Oct 2016
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Ottawa charter for health promotion: creating supportive environments. Health is created and lived by people within settings of their everyday life; where they learn, work, play and love (who, Health is created in the relationship between ind(cid:495)s and their environment and not solely by their lifestyle or risk behaviours. Offer ppl protection from threats to health, and enable people to expand their capabilities (ie. access to resources) and develop self reliance in health. Where people live, their local community, their home, where they work and play. Not just a (cid:498)captive audience or target population(cid:499) Enabling communities and ind(cid:495)s to take control of their health. Tobacco control legislation for workplaces which makes it harder to smoke during working hours. Banning junk food advertising to children and environment eg. supporting women in a disadvantaged community to research local health needs. Strengthening the links b/t health and environmental strategies by introducing walking or cycling programs.
