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. 2011 Nov-Dec;102(6):404-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF03404186.

The Ottawa Charter at 25

Trevor Hancock  1
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The Ottawa Charter at 25

Trevor Hancock. Can J Public Health. 2011 Nov-Dec.

Abstract
in English, French

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion was created 25 years--a whole generation--ago, and this tribute to the Charter and some of its key authors was given at the CPHA Conference in June 2011. The Charter placed on the agenda for health promotion and public health a set of issues and challenges that we are still a long way from fully addressing. Among the key ideas and values in the Charter are peace, social justice and equity, ecosystem health, empowerment, a 'whole of government' approach and the settings approach. The implementation of these concepts are now challenges for the next generation of health promoters.

La Charte d’Ottawa pour la promotion de la santé a été créée il y a 25 ans–toute une génération; nous avons rendu le présent hommage à la Charte et à quelques-uns de ses principaux auteurs lors de la Conférence de l’ACSP en juin 2011. La Charte a mis au programme de la promotion de la santé et de la santé publique un ensemble d’enjeux et de défis qui sont encore loin d’avoir été entièrement abordés. Parmi les idées et les valeurs clés de la Charte, on trouve la paix, la justice sociale et l’équité, la santé de l’écosystème, l’autonomisation, une approche pangouvernementale et l’approche des milieux favorables. L’application de ces notions est le défi qui attend la nouvelle génération de promoteurs de la santé.

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