How the Ottawa Charter is evident in Health Promotion Strategies Strategy Build healthy public policy Create supportive environments Strengthen community action Develop personal skills Reorients health service QUIT laws relating to smoking in public places, tobacco advertising, the display of cigarettes in retail outlets, tobacco packaging and tobacco taxes. Providing personalised counselling for those wanting to stop smoking - Quitline, a telephone service that people can ring to receive advice and support when quitting smoking. Assisting health professionals, community groups and various population groups to develop anti-smoking strategies Provides specialist training for health professionals and funding for community and population groups to aid with decreasing smoking prevalence. E.g. Quit the Aboriginal Tobacco Control Coordinator position. Allows communities to get together to make other members aware of smoking. Provides information in relation to the risk associated with smoking and the benefits associated with not smoking. Through this, people are educated the risks and why to quit. people develop skills and strategies to actually quit smoking, such as inhibiting their cravings. Invests into smoking prevention research. This is effective as the research then provides the best ways to reduce the amount of people starting to smoke and therefore reduce prevalence of illnesses associated with smoking such as cardiovascular disease and various types of cancers. SunSmart SunSmart has developed a of public health policies that can be adapted to individual child care centres, kindergartens, schools and workplaces. The “no hat no play policy”. Therefore students are less likely to be sunburnt, reducing skin cancer risk. Improving environmental protection strategies, such as shade audits, options for built and natural shade and promoting the SunSmart UV Alert Provide buildings and areas with adequate shade areas to limit exposure to UV rays. Assisting various groups to reduce UV exposure among their members. Slip! Slop! Slap! Seek! advertising campaign. Providing support for community health workers, general practitioners and local governments in promoting awareness of UV exposure.
Breast cancer campaign N/A Breastscreen Australia provides emotional support and counseling, which assists in people making their choices and taking into account their concerns in regards to breast cancer or the mammograms provided. Mother’s Day Classic fun run Breastscreen Australia provides easily written understood information, therefore increased knowledge, skills and awareness in regards to breast cancer and the process of mammograms. will be actively involved in decisions about their management, particularly in regards to further assessment and treatment. This program provides free mammograms to females aged between 50-69. It has been shown to reduce up to 30% of breast cancer deaths in women between the ages of 50-69. Swap it don’t stop it N/A Providing an iPhone app that users can download so they always have access to ideas for swapping both foods and activities. Advertises Weight loss ideas through a range of media including television, print, radio, billboards and online. Provides access to a range of resources and information for those wanting to lose weight and improve their health. Decreasing rates of obesity will reorient health services as individuals will learn skills that will help them prevent obesity and its associated conditions from occurring. Healthy spaces and places Promoting the development of public recreation facilities that cater for as many members of the community as possible. This includes the provision of walking tracks, parks and bicycle paths. By having a national approach to raising awareness of the relationship between health and the built environment, and to contributing to the development of a national policy setting LIFE Offers two “risk tests” available for members of the community so that they can asses whether they are at an increased risk of developing Diabetes. The campaign assists the community develop skills in choosing healthy lifestyle and behavioural choices through their eight month programme which will hopefully reduce the number of people in the high risk category for Diabetes. Funding is given to Life by the government to help with the costs of their courses Those who are at a high risk of developing the condition are then offered a lifestyle behaviour change course which will assist them with making healthier choice within their lifestyle.
The Tick The programme works with manufactures to ensure that products contain specific quantities of nutrients. This provides policy for manufactures, where they are to abide by quantities in order to receive the tick. Food & Safeway ect), school canteens and stores may sell products with the heart foundation tick, enabling access to food with minimal fats and more vitamins/minerals – overall creating supportive environments Schools, health care professionals, sporting and local governments work together to raise awareness. The tick educates and notifies individuals on foods that are considered eatable – containing vitamins/minerals. People are now able to learn which is the better option for them and do not lean more towards buying the unhealthy option. They understand what the programs aims to do and why these products have been chosen. Australia Osteoporosis Australia acts as an effective lobby voice in the federal government to help build policies to prevent and protect against the risk of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis occasionally holds community seminars run by experts to educate the general community about issues surrounding bone health and osteoporosis prevention. seminars address important questions associated with osteoporosis and its management, diagnosis, symptoms, prevention and treatment. Osteoporosis Australia also holds self-management courses to help educate sufferers and their families about the management of the conditions. The program also runs classes that aim to improve people’s bone health through guided exercises. Osteoporosis Australia Australian research in bone metabolism and related issues to discover ways to prevent musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoporosis. Osteoporosis Australia also updates GPs, pharmacists, specialists and nurses about osteoporosis so that they may take on an educative role and help prevent against osteoporosis and fractures. How the Ottawa Charter applies to the NHPA’s
Diabetes Mellitus nutrition content on food labels develop a healthy lunch policy cooking classes for students living on-campus residents at uni Provision and sale of healthy food and in school canteen Vending machines with healthy foods and drinks Public workout sporting and playing fields and other exercise opportunities Maintain support services such as Diabetes Australia to assist those suffering from the disease Self help groups in the local area for people suffering diabetes Local community programs, such as walking groups Local pools having “Fun days” to promote physical activity for everyone Providing community information sessions and health promotion activities Diabetes education programs in schools – early detection, prevention Information brochures in medical centres Online learning programs Distribution of accurate information via mass media (TV, newspaper add etc.) Engaging workers at the local council to run programs at schools Health promotion offices developing and coordinating preventative health programs associated with diabetes Doctors incorporating advice on nutrition and physical activity when treating overweight/obese people Health educators providing information and education about the management of diabetes Supporting and counselling diabetic patients in changing diets and management of insulin Cancer Control ‘no hat, no play’ policy at schools Legislation to ban smoking in public places, workplaces, Increase taxation on tobacco National breast and cervical cancer screening programs and policies Legal limit age on drinking /smoking Compulsory advertisement on cigarette packaging relating to the health risks erecting sunshades at primary schools and Establishment of regional/area support services for people living with cancer Self help groups Tree planting to provide shade in local areas Local groups lobbying for additional shading at pools Cancer prevention education programs in schools – teaching children sun-safe behaviours Information brochures in medical centres Online learning programs Distribution of accurate information via mass media (TV, newspaper add etc.- Slip Slop Slap. Engaging youth workers at the local council to run programs at schools Provision of free skin checks, cancer checks at community and women’s health clinics Health promotion offices developing and coordinating preventative health programs associated with cancer Breast Cancer week
Obesity develop a healthy policy nutrition content on food labels run a breakfast program and make the canteen a healthy food zone maintaining for recreational use cooking classes for students living on-campus residents at uni Lighting at local parks Provision and sale of healthy food and in school canteen Vending machines with healthy foods and drinks Public workout areas, sporting and playing fields and other exercise opportunities develop a whole school approach to healthy eating Self help groups Local community programs, such as walking groups Obesity prevention education programs in schools teach students about healthy eating so they can make healthy choices Information brochures in medical centres Online learning programs Distribution of accurate information via mass media (TV, newspaper add etc.) invite a local doctor to talk about the dangers of unhealthy eating. Engaging youth workers at the local council to run programs at schools Health promotion offices developing and coordinating preventative health programs associated with obesity Doctors incorporating advice on nutrition and physical activity when treating people Arthritis & Hand rails on stairways to support walking and balance. Selling milk products in public places Osteoporosis exercise classes aiming to improve bone health through guided exercises Self managements groups for people suffering arthritis or musculosketal conditions Arthritis education programs in schools Information brochures in medical centres Online learning programs about Arthritis Distribution of accurate information via mass media (TV, newspaper add etc.) Health promotion offices developing and coordinating preventative health programs associated with arthritis Osteoporosis Australia: organisation uses peer support, education for individuals, families and health professionals and awareness rising. World Osteoporosis Day