The Ottawa Charter Identifies Three Basic Health Promotion Strategies: Advocacy

question 7

Multiple Choice

The Ottawa Charter identifies three basic health promotion strategies: advocacy for health,enabling people to achieve their full health potential,and:

• A)reducing disparities in the health care delivery system.
• B)mediating different societal interests in pursuit of health.
• C)removing the barriers that deny access to the health care system.
• D)thriving as citizens.

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Definitions:

Poverty

A socio-economic condition where individuals or groups lack sufficient financial resources to meet the basic standards of living, often measured by income level.

Statistical Discrimination

A theory explaining how prejudice can arise in hiring or decision-making based on stereotypes associated with aggregate statistics rather than on individual attributes.

Productive

Describes a state or quality of being able to produce a significant amount of output within a given period of time.

Statistical Discrimination

A form of discrimination that occurs when decisions are made based on statistical averages or generalizations about groups, rather than on individual merits.