Ottawa Charter Analysis: Evaluating Health Promotion in Australia

This report examines Australian public health promotion campaigns through the framework of the Ottawa Charter, focusing on key action areas such as creating supportive environments, strengthening community actions, and developing personal skills. The analysis highlights how initiatives like smoking cessation programs align with the Charter's principles by fostering environments conducive to quitting, empowering communities to take action, and equipping individuals with the skills and knowledge to improve their health. The report evaluates the effectiveness of these strategies in addressing public health challenges and promoting overall well-being, emphasizing the importance of a multi-faceted approach to health promotion.

OTTAWA
CHARTER FOR
HEALTH

Table of Contents
Create supportive environments.............................................................................................3
Strengthen Community Actions.............................................................................................4
Develop Personal Skills..........................................................................................................5
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7

Create supportive environments
This is defined as the creating supportive environment is one of the five action areas of Ottawa
charter. As per this, because of the undeniable relation with between people health and their
environment is main perspective which work as action in order to create health promotion. In
this, because of the approach which is associated with the health promotion which call to take
care of each other that may linked with society and community and the natural environment.
Moreover, while taking the contrast of smoking, it is also analysing that the five action is more
considerable for the health. In this, smoking is usually started as per the base of environment and
community. Sometime, there are other psychological and biological reason is associated with
person which instigate people to drive and make an approach to do smoking (Binns &
Low(2017).
In this, it is well clarifying that the people who used to support environment have sense
which elaborate that the people where live, work and play become source of good health and this
is beneficial for health. Moreover, the smoking campaign target the communities to improve
their health by finding the way to quitter which can speak and share their lives that improve after
the quitting smoking. As per this, while these people share their thoughts and views on the
changing life after quitting smoking can promote the health promotion and people used to quit
smoking with a thought of inspirational way ( Dyment & Eckhardt (2017). However, people who
use to measure and account the approach which is rationale in number are also accounted when
they take initiative to drop or to quit smoking in front of their family and friend. As per this, for
quitting any addictive thing, it is mandatory for the user to make appropriate environment which
justify that with the approach of quitting is well and fine decision and everyone is encouraging
that individual and this indicate acceptable approach for the individual and they accept that
environment and follow the pattern of smoking. Sometime, there are some factor which affect
the factor which accelerate the approach of quitting smoking, in this, people used to focus on the
addictive measurement and create a channel of being addictive and taking this habit as a part of
life (Iriarte‐Roteta & Pumar‐Méndez (2021).
In this case, the formulation and people thought is not appropriate for those people who
taking this habit as a part of life. Moreover, there are various motive of people to do smoking and
with this they start their pattern of smoking when they cope with this, which include stress,
irritation and many more (Tilford (2018). As per this, the environment of that behaviour is

change and apart from the habit of smoking nay healthy habit is approach which promote a
healthy life style among the number of population. In this, the health promotion with Ottawa
charter action which is done by implementing proper environment for quitter who want to quit
smoke by other view and change after quitting smoking (Tarkang, Pencille & Lutala (2019).
Strengthen Community Actions
In this action area there is discussion about the Australian public health promotion which
refers to strengthen the community action which is regarding effective and concrete action in
setting priorities, planning strategies and making decision. This can allow through the campaign
which promotes health. This also allow to focus on the willpower of individual which is highly
effective to work on the quitting smoking. In this, in the setting there is making of strategies
which can help to promote and influence large population to quit smoking through the campaign.
There is need to follow the strategy and make decision that have impression on mind and
influence individuals willpower to quit smoking for their better and improved health. Through
the icanquit campaign individual is able to get influence through it. This allows to focus on better
health of the individual. Planning strategies and implementing them effectively can help to get
better and improved health (Stankov, (2017).
Community development allows to enhance social and self help within community to
existing human resources. In this, there is awareness about the quitting smoking and influence
large population to willingly quit smoking which can focus on the better health. Strengthen
community action can influence many people to focus on the quitting smoking and allow to get
better and improved health (Novotny, (2020).. Through making strategies community is able to
make a plan which can be implemented effective in order to better outcomes. This can allow to
get motivated and focus on the delivery of better and effective health. Community action is taken
after the decision making for to influence people to quit smoking. There is need to focus
motivating others to quit smoking willingly. Through this campaign, it helps to delivery the
productive message to large population regarding influencing to quit smoking. This is highly
effective for the large population which is effective in influencing people to quit smoking and
allows to understand the benefits of the quitting smoking. Strengthen community action allows to
implement the decided strategies which is effective to communicate with other for focusing on
the quitting smoking to achieve better health (McLaren, (2019).

In this action area, there is need to focus on the community strategy regarding taking
action which can help in making decision for implementing this to take action. Effective
implementation of decided strategy can help to motivate many people to quit smoking and focus
on their better health. This can be highly effective and due to using this campaign icanquit which
was highly effective and able to influence many people to quit smoking. In this, there is creates
awareness about the value, importance and role of willpower which can be highly effective in
order to influence to quitting smoking (Aronson, (2019).
Develop Personal Skills
This is the action area of Ottawa Charter which is regarding the developing personal
skills which can help to promote better health to the individual. This supports the social and
personal development by providing information, education regarding health and enable to learn
about life-skills. This is the one which is effective to promote health through quitting smoking
which is highly effective to create awareness about imposing better health and focus to improve
health. In this, there is need to take participation which is effective and influence people to attain
better health. In this action area, there is need to increase the option availability where people
need to control their own health and focus on the delivery of better health. Through the campaign
which influence people to get the better health through quitting smoking. This enable people to
learn throughout their life to get prepare for all the stages which can influence them to get better
health. This is highly effective for the development of personal skill where avoiding and
focusing on the good health can allow to focus on the delivery of better and effective health
(Stewart, (2019).
In this, there is need to focus on the individual life skill where people should focus on
their will power to quit smoking and to focus on their health which is regarding creating the
effectiveness on the better health. There is need for the social development where it should be
focused on the individual development and getting information about where people need to
understand the value, importance and willpower where one day quitting smoking can influence
individual to enhance their willpower that can help to avoid the nature of smoking. This is highly
effective and influence individual to get better and effective health. This is highly effective to
achieve this willpower to quitting smoking through enhancing the capability to achieve and
secure better health (Backholer, (2021).

Through the campaign icanquit, allows individual to focus on their heath and educate
theme to take various action which can allow to get better and effective health. This is highly
effective campaign which influence many individual to take action regarding achieve better
health. Through this action area Ottawa Charter indicates about the education for health which is
highly effective and influence everyone to attain better health and focus on the delivery of better
and improved health. Through this campaign, it allows to focus on the delivery of better health
focus. This also allows to get and achieve the education about the health and to improve it
(Istifada, (2019).

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