The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. The first International Conference on Health Promotion, meeting in Ottawa this 21st day of November 1986, hereby presents this CHARTER for action to achieve Health for All by the year 2000 and beyond.

Jun 16, 2012 · More than 200 participants from 38 countries met in November 1986 in Ottawa to exchange experiences and share knowledge of health promotion. The conference stimulated an open dialogue among health workers. politicians, academics and representatives of governmental. voluntary and community organizations. The charter they drew up reflected …

May 26, 2024 · The settings approach has roots in the WHO Health for All strategy and, more specifically, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Healthy Settings key principles include community participation, partnership, empowerment and equity. The Healthy Cities programme is the best-known example of a successful Healthy Settings programme. Social ...

Build Healthy Public Policy. Health promotion goes beyond health care. It puts health on the agenda of policy makers in all sectors and at all levels, directing them to be aware of the health consequences of their decisions and to accept their responsibilities for health.

This logo was created for the First International Conference on Health Promotion held in Ottawa, Canada, in 1986. At that conference, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion was launched. Since then, WHO kept this symbol as the Health Promotion logo (HP logo), as it stands for the approach to health promotion as outlined in the Ottawa Charter.

Building on the Ottawa Charter, the Sundsvall Statement of 1992 called for the creation of supportive environments with a focus on settings for health. In 1997, the Jakarta Declaration emphasized the value of settings for implementing comprehensive strategies and providing an infrastructure for health promotion.

CHARTER ADOPTED AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH PROMOTION* The move towards a new public health, November 17-21, 1986 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. * Co-sponsored by the Canadian Public Health Association, Health and Welfare Canada, and the World Health Organization.

Since the adoption of the Ottawa Charter, a significant number of resolutions at national and global level have been signed in support of health promotion, but these have not always been followed by action. The participants of this Bangkok Conference forcefully call on Member States of the World Health Organization to close this implementation ...

Health promotion is a practical approach to achieving greater equity in health. The five strategies set out in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion are essential for success: build healthy public policy; create supportive environments; strengthen community action; develop personal skills; reorient health services. There is now clear evidence ...

The Healthy Cities programme is the best-known example of a successful Healthy Settings approach. Initiated by WHO in 1986, Healthy Cities have spread rapidly across the world.A Healthy City aims to:create a health-supportive environment,achieve a good quality of life,provide basic sanitation and hygiene needs,supply access to health care.Being a Healthy City …