2011
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404041
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Twenty-five Years After the Ottawa Charter: The Critical Role of Health Promotion for Public Health

Abstract: After a quarter of a century, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, often recognized as a foundational document of health promotion, continues to be relevant for public health. Inspired by the WHO Constitution, the Alma Ata Declaration, and the Lalonde Report, the Ottawa Charter endorses a positive definition of health, situates health as a product of daily life, proposes core values and principles for public health action, and outlines three strategies and five action areas reaching beyond the boundaries o… Show more

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“…Equity should be an overarching objective for public health programs, not an independent component. 51 Our literature search did not identify many training programs that focussed on equity as a consideration in the design and delivery of training initiatives. There should be a stronger emphasis on incorporating equity into the assessment of participants' needs.…”
Section: Equitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Equity should be an overarching objective for public health programs, not an independent component. 51 Our literature search did not identify many training programs that focussed on equity as a consideration in the design and delivery of training initiatives. There should be a stronger emphasis on incorporating equity into the assessment of participants' needs.…”
Section: Equitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[54] Discovery and solutions-oriented research concerning these and other grand challenges facing humanity (and the threats faced by all species on Earth) is essential to the progression of public health [55] (Box 5); however, the complexity of discourse transcends any particular discipline, and necessitates an understanding of traditional cultures, politics, global marketing, and the psychology of behavior and individual differences [38,56]. As stated by scholars Louise Potvin and Catherine M. Jones: "There is a tendency to ignore that scientific facts alone cannot drive action; it is the normative lens through which scientifically established facts are read that ultimately dictates public action" [57]. It is our opinion that within clinical, academic and other settings, the narrative of planetary health requires a looking glass so that an individual can see the Earth's natural systems (and human-built social/political/economic systems that influence those natural systems) within themselves.…”
Section: Planetary Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Charter is regarded as one of the first major attempts to highlight that healthy public policies are different from health policy as they are concerned with equity, and maintain explicit focus on the impacts of all policies on the health of the population (Bacigalupe, Esnaola, Martin, & Zuazagoitia, 2010). The emphasis the Charter placed on building healthy public policies to improve health and living conditions was critical, as it helped put health on the agenda of policymakers across various sectors (Potvin & Jones, 2011).…”
Section: Wave Two: Building Health Public Policymentioning
confidence: 99%