The Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century is the name of an international agreement that was signed at the
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...
's 1997 Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion held in
Jakarta.
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Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century.
Accessed 2009 Jan 20. The declaration reiterated the importance of the agreements made in the
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, and added emphasis to certain aspects of
health promotion
Health promotion is, as stated in the 1986 World Health Organization (WHO) Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, the "process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health."
Scope
The WHO's 1986 Ottawa Charter for Hea ...
.
About the Declaration
The Jakarta Declaration included the following five "priorities for health promotion in the 21st century":
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:1. "Promote social responsibility for ]health
Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...
"
:2. "Increase investments for health development"
:3. "Consolidate and expand partnerships for health"
:4. "increase community capacity and empower the individual"
:5. "Secure an infrastructure for health promotion"
The declaration recognizes that":[
* Participation is necessary for change.
* Health literacy is essential for participation - emphasizes the need for access to ]education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. ...
and information and hence, the empowerment of individuals and communities.
* Combinations of five strategies for health promotion -- "build healthy public policy
Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public ...
", "create supportive environments", "strengthen community action", "develop personal skills", and "reorient health services
Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profes ...
"—are more effective than "single-track approaches".
Promotion of the Declaration
In the United Kingdom
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, the central message of the Jakarta declaration is similar to the government's current health policy
Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society".World Health Organization''Health Policy'' accessed 22 March 2011(Web archive)/ref> According to the ...
. That is the emphasis on infrastructure and investment, with the hope of empowering the service user with choice.
See also
* Health promotion
Health promotion is, as stated in the 1986 World Health Organization (WHO) Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, the "process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health."
Scope
The WHO's 1986 Ottawa Charter for Hea ...
** Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
** Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World
* Healthy city
Healthy city is a term used in public health and urban design to stress the impact of policy on human health. It is a municipality that continually improves on a physical and a social level until environmental and pathological conditions are reac ...
** Alliance for Healthy Cities The Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC) is a cooperative international alliance aimed at protecting and enhancing the health and health care of city dwellers. It is composed of groups of cities, urban districts and other organizations from countries ...
* Primary health care
Primary health care, or PHC, refers to "essential health care" that is based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology. This makes universal health care accessible to all individuals and families in a community. PHC in ...
* Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...
* World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...
References
Further reading
* Ewles L, Simnett I (2003) ''Promoting health: a practical guide''. London: Baillière Tindall. 5th ed. {{ISBN, 0-7020-2663-8.
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