Motivating members of the community

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Ottawa Charter is a health promotional mechanism that stipulates six fundamental
courses of action that aid in motivating members of the community to undertake personal
responsibilities in promoting their health and wellbeing. The strategy was introduced in 1989
(WHO, 1989). Healthcare providers are expected to foster leadership, which plays a significant
role in the formulation of health policies across all sectors of health (Carter, 2014). Nurses also
engage in individual development programs to promote equality in the delivery of healthcare
services. Healthcare providers are embedded with various responsibilities that aim at reducing
poor health outcomes among patients. Such operations include medication and advocating
activities. Nurses are required to be competent and possess the required skills in influencing
health-related policy and empowering the public to take part in the promotion of their welfare.
Through adherence to the Ottawa Charter, nurses play a significant responsibility in supporting
and educating the Casey community on matters relating to alcohol and drug abuse.
Creation of a Supportive Environment
According to the Ottawa Charter, a supportive environment entails close interaction with
the surrounding environment. The surrounding environment should be made sustainable to
support the political, spiritual, physical, social, and economic health requirements (WHO 1991;

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WHO 2016). Health promotion calls upon the participation of all stakeholders in the community.
The initiative to educate members of the society on matters pertaining to alcohol and drug abuse
has actively engaged this aspect in their practice. Members of the community who have been
incorporated into the program include but not limited to local authorities, voluntary
organizations, governmental organizations, private organizations, and other social and economic
factors.
Development of Personal Skills
The development of personal skills as a specification entails the provision of information,
education for health, and capacity of life. Several courses of action exist in promoting health
promotion strategies for enhancing self-empowerment among society (McPhail-Bell et al. 2013;
Patrick et al., 2019). The strategy of empowering the Casey community on matters relating to
alcohol and drug abuse has effectively articulated these methodologies in its practice. Effective
communication has been enhanced and promoted within the strategy. The nursing practitioners
in the program transmit information with faith, thus promoting an understanding among the
public. This renders the entire program effective s it changes the thoughts of the participants on
the need to undertake personal development in promoting wellbeing. This change in individual
thoughts has a profound impact on shifting the behaviors of individual persons in the
community. In so doing, the prevention of mal-habits and addictive behaviors is enhanced. The
applicability and effectiveness of this model have also been illustrated by Larouche and Potvin
(2013). The practitioners in the program utilize resources such as posters, pamphlets, and slogans
to make participants aware of the harmful effects of alcohol consumption and substance abuse.
Nurses have a fundamental responsibility to develop their cultural competence when promoting