Students learn about:

• Health promotion based on the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter
  • Levels of responsibility for health promotion
  • The benefits of partnerships in health promotion, eg government sector, non-government agencies and the local community
  • How health promotion based on the Ottawa Charter promotes social justice
  • The Ottawa Charter in action

Students learn to:

• Argue the benefits of health promotion based on:
  • Individuals, communities and governments working in partnership
  • The five action areas of the Ottawa Charter
• Investigate the principles of social justice and the responsibilities of individuals, communities and governments under the action areas
  of the Ottawa Charter
• Critically analyse the importance of the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter through a study of TWO health promotion initiatives related to Australia’s health priorities

Extract from PDHPE Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2009 Board of Studies NSW.