Health Promotion Theory: Application in Community Programs & Analysis

This essay examines the relevance of health promotion theories, frameworks, and concepts in the practice of health promotion within communities, focusing on the Ottawa Charter as a key framework. It justifies the use of the Ottawa Charter by highlighting its five key action areas: building healthy policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and reorienting health services. The essay provides examples of health promotion programs at local, national, and global levels, such as initiatives to combat sexually transmitted diseases in Australia, mental health programs, and COVID-19 response strategies, demonstrating how these programs incorporate elements of the Ottawa Charter to promote health and well-being. The essay concludes by emphasizing the importance of public support and government coordination in addressing health challenges.

Public health in practice

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Justify how one key theory, framework or concept is relevant in health promotion practice for the
community
Health promotion is referring as the process which help to enable the people to enhance their
control over health. It is also helpful to improve their health. This is also focus on the individual
behaviour towards the wide range of social and environmental strategies and intervention which
is based on health promotion. In this, selected health promotion is Ottawa charter, that show that
the there are five key action areas which in the health promotion which used to build healthy
policy, create supportive environment for the health (Fleming et. al., 2020). In this, they also
strengthen the community action for the health. It also helps to formulate some skill which is
based on personal and professional level. With contrast to health promotion, the Ottawa charter
provide an outlook of promoting healthy behaviour among the people who require social and
psychosocial aspect. Moreover, the re-oriented health services and with this, there is three basic
health promotion strategies is included enable, mediate and advocate (Iriarte‐Roteta et. al., 2021).
The fundamental condition and their resource for the health consider peace, income,
sustainable resource, social justice and equity.
 Advocate is good health for the social, economic and personal development that play
important role in the creation of quality of life. In this, the political, social, cultural and
environmental and the biological factor which can develop favour for the health or
injurious to it. In this, the health promotion action is usually making these condition
which is based on advocacy of health.
 Enable state that the health promotion focusses on the achieving equity. Whereas, the
main aim of health promotion action is to minimise the difference in health status and
provide equal resource to people in order to achieve the health potential.
 The mediate indicate that the prerequisite and prospect for the health can be ensure by the
health sector. As per this, health promotion demand coordination by government (Lederer
et. al., 2017).
Identify a current local, national or global health promotion program and articulate how it
incorporates the theory, framework or concept
In this, the local health promotion program which is based on Ottawa charter health promotion is
“stop the rise of sexually transmitted disease” it is held in Australia with the help of government
and some non-governmental body (Pizzi et. al., 2017). In this, they formulate policy and create
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supportive environment for health by health campaign. This is an aspect of Ottawa health
promotion. Moreover, the national health promotion program is also considering which is about
mental health. In this, Ottawa charter action strategies is used in order to create awareness among
people and develop personal skill to cope the stress a such situation which can create issue with
mental health, whereas, free toll free number is also regulated for supportive actions. With the
contrast of current situation, the covid is rises in all over the world. There is an incorporation of
some aspect which is based on Ottawa charter that the public support is require to government in
order to reduce the condition of health. It usually shows the significance of Ottawa charter health
promotion action strategies for the global health intervention (Stephen et. al., 2020).
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Fleming et. al., (2020). The changing nature of health promotion. Health Promotion in the 21st
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Framework, E. E. Y. L. the Charter Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion CHI Children’s
Headline Indicators CoS Circle of Security™ CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRCT cluster randomised controlled trial.
Iriarte‐Roteta et. al., (2021). Building capacity for health promotion by addressing nurses' role
confusion: Study protocol of a pilot clustered randomised controlled trial. Journal of
Advanced Nursing, 77(11), 4574-4585.
Lederer et. al., (2017). The value of college health promotion: A critical population and setting
for improving the public’s health. American Journal of Health Education, 48(4), 215-218.
Pizzi et. al., (2017). Promoting health, well-being, and quality of life in occupational therapy: A
commitment to a paradigm shift for the next 100 years. American Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 71(4), 7104170010p1-7104170010p5.
Stephen et. al., (2020). Health Promotion as a Foundation for Reciprocal Care and Collective
Action. In Animals, Health, and Society (pp. 53-68). CRC Press.
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