Boredofstudies -wiki PDHPE - great summary information

http://www.boredofstudies.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Five_Action_Areas_of_the_Ottawa_Charter

Ottawa Charter Summary - www.betterhealth.vic.gov

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcArticles.nsf/pages/Ottawa_Charter_for_Health_Promotion?OpenDocument

Extract from www.betterhealth.vic.gov site

"Areas for priority action

Health promotion priority action areas identified in the Ottawa Charter are:

Build healthy public policy - health promotion policy combines diverse but complementary approaches, including legislation, fiscal measures, taxation and organisation change. Health promotion policy requires the identification of obstacles to the adoption of healthy public policies in non-health sectors and the development of ways to remove them.

Create supportive environments - the protection of the natural and built environments and the conservation of natural resources must be addressed in any health promotion strategy.

Strengthen community actions - community development draws on existing human and material resources to enhance self-help and social support, and to develop flexible systems for strengthening public participation in, and direction of, health matters. This requires full and continuous access to information and learning opportunities for health, as well as funding support.

Develop personal skills - enabling people to learn (throughout life) to prepare themselves for all of its stages and to cope with chronic illness and injuries is essential. This has to be facilitated in school, home, work and community settings.

Reorient health services - the role of the health sector must move increasingly in a health promotion direction, beyond its responsibility for providing clinical and curative services. Reorienting health services also requires stronger attention to health research, as well as changes in professional education and training."