NRSG139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Health Education, Health Promotion
Assessment Task 3
1. Research literature on ‘clinical assessment of nurses/nursing students’
2. Select 1 of the 2 specified NMBA RN Standards for Practice
3. Watch TPR video as if you were ‘assessing’ the student on your NMBA standard
4. Reflect on the challenges to conducting objective clinical assessment (using Gibb’s
cycle to guide you)
5. Identify links between your thoughts and the research literature
6. Construct a written reflection using Gibbs as the framework for the construction of the
written work (refer to resource sessions 7 & 8)
No references for description and feelings (first two steps)
Action plan = what you have learnt and how you intend to put it into practice
What is health promotion?
● Health promotion = health education + public policy
● Health orientated public policy and health education act together to enhance the
health of individuals, families and communities
What is health education?
● Health education is provision of education for individuals/families and communities to
enable them to take steps to improve their health status and prevent disease
● Premise of empowerment for individuals to strive for whatever their notion of health is
Ottawa Charter
● Aim of the 1986 Ottawa Charter was to call on all industrialised countries to develop
policies and provide support to enable the health of all people around the world to be
enhanced
● Fundamental conditions for health - basic human rights. 1948 Declaration of Human
Rights underpins the Ottawa Charter
● In reality many people in the world do not have access to these:
○ Peace, shelter, education, food, income, stable eco system, sustainable
resources, social justice and equity
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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Document Summary
No references for description and feelings (first two steps) Action plan = what you have learnt and how you intend to put it into practice. Health promotion = health education + public policy. Health orientated public policy and health education act together to enhance the health of individuals, families and communities. Health education is provision of education for individuals/families and communities to enable them to take steps to improve their health status and prevent disease. Premise of empowerment for individuals to strive for whatever their notion of health is. Aim of the 1986 ottawa charter was to call on all industrialised countries to develop policies and provide support to enable the health of all people around the world to be enhanced. Fundamental conditions for health - basic human rights. In reality many people in the world do not have access to these: Peace, shelter, education, food, income, stable eco system, sustainable resources, social justice and equity.
