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Health Promotion and the Ottawa Charter

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is health promotion according to the WHO?

a)

the process of people controlling their health when they perceive their health is failing

b)

the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health

c)

the process of enabling government to increase control over people's health and thereby improve public health

d)

the process of enabling organisations to increase control over public health and thereby influencing the determinants of health

2.

What are the 5 action areas of the Ottawa Charter?

a)

Developing Personal Skills, Building Healthy Public Policy, Reorienting Health Services, Strengthening Community Action, Creating Supportive Environments

b)

Developing Policy Skills, Building Personal Knowledge, Reordering Health Services, Solidifying Community Action, Creating Flexible Environments

c)

Deciding on Personal Skills, Bolstering Healthy Policy, Reorienting Heart Services, Strengthening Collective Action, Collaborating on Supportive Environments

d)

Developing Personal Skills, Building Healthy Public Policy, Reorienting Health Services, Strengthening Environments, Community Awareness

3.

Developing Personal Skills involves

a)

empowerment of communities to make positive health choices and to manage their genetics and lifestyle

b)

empowerment of governments to make positive public health decisions and to manage the behaviours and lifestyle of the population

c)

empowerment of individuals to make negative health choices and to ignore their behaviours and lifestyle

d)

empowerment of individuals to make positive health choices and to manage their behaviours and lifestyle

4.

Reorienting Health Services involves

a)

shifting the focus of care from preventative to curative and

which refocuses on the physical health of the individual

b)

shifting the focus of care from preventative to curative and

away from a health service which focuses on the holistic health of the individual

c)

shifting the focus of care from curative to preventative and

toward a health service which refocuses on the holistic health of the individual

d)

shifting the focus of care from curative to preventative and

which focuses on the holistic health of the community

5.

Strengthening Community Action involves

a)

the empowerment of individuals and giving them ownership and control of their own health along guidelines specified by the WHO

b)

the empowerment of communities and giving them ownership and control of their own health and health promotion

c)

the empowerment of governments and giving them ownership and control of public health and health promotion

d)

the empowerment of communities and controlling their health and health promotion so that they do not negatively impact the overall health of the community

6.

Building Healthy Public Policy involves

a)

taxation of community groups to ensure positive health.

Each level of government to discuss with individuals what might improve health outcomes

b)

legislation of good health by way of mandates which government enforces to determine health outcomes

c)

taxation and individual change that promotes health.

Each person in the community to promote opinions that improve health outcomes

d)

legislation, fiscal measures, taxation and organisational change that promotes health.

Each level of government to promote laws that improve health outcomes

7.

Creating Supportive Environments involves

a)

people taking care of each other, their communities and their environments, so that healthy choices can be supported in all environments

b)

governments taking care of citizens, their communities and health centres, so that choices can be monitored in all workplaces

c)

communities taking care of their hospitals, so that nurses and doctors can be supported in all promoting health

d)

people taking care of each other, so that wellbeing and mental health can be supported, lessening the cost to the government

8.

In what year was the Ottawa Charter developed?

a)

1956

b)

1986

c)

1998

d)

2010

9.

(In Australia) An example of Health Promotion in action is

a)

Toward Zero Road Safety campaign

b)

McDonalds advertising healthier meals at their restaurants

c)

Schools ensuring that primary school children sit down while they eat recess

d)

A pharmacist asking a patient if they would like a generic or brand name drug for their prescription

10.

A local council has decided to install outdoor exercise equipment in a council-managed park to make physical activity more accessible. It has also employed a personal trainer for set times each day to provide advice and instruction to individuals using the equipment.

Which TWO action areas of the Ottawa Charter does this strategy best demonstrate?

a)

Strengthening community action and Developing personal skills

b)

Creating supportive environments and Developing personal skills

c)

Strengthening community action and Building healthy public policy

d)

Creating supportive environments and Building healthy public policy