An Introduction to Health Promotion and the Ottawa charter

In this video we take a brief look at Health Promotion, the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health promotion is a very important part of public health and an essential component in any public health program. We’ll also have a look at some key concepts and the Ottawa Charter – a landmark document that has been influential in providing guidance to the goals and concepts of health promotion.

*note typo at 0:46 should read “infirmity”

This video was created by Ranil Appuhamy
Voiceover – James Clark

For more information about health promotion, have a look at these websites:

http://www.who.int/topics/health_promotion/en/
http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/previous/ottawa/en/
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyliving/

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