What is the relationship between the Ottawa Charter, The Jakarta Declaration and the New Public Health Approach?
Sender: Michelle Maher Subject: Re: NPH/OC and JD Date: 02-SEP-2002 Attachment: N/A Message: >What is the relationship between the Ottawa Charter, >The Jakarta Declaration and the New Public Health >Approach? Dear Adam The Ottawa Charter and Jakarta Declaration are both part of what is known as the New Public Health Approach. The Ottawa Charter has shaped “New Public Health”. It formed the “blueprint” for health promotion in Australia. It still guides all health promotion in Australia. The Ottawa Charter encourages the empowerment of individuals, the need for community participation and recognises the social determinants that impact on a person or population groups state of health. It highlights the need for healthy public policy to support individuals to make healthy decisions and the need for an intersectoral approach in the delivery of health services. It recognises that an individual’s health is the product of the conditions in which they live and work and that to be healthy, indiv
