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 of ...

's 1997 Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion held in Jakarta.World Health Organization
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 The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is the name of an international agreement signed at the First International Conference on Health Promotion, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and held in Ottawa, Canada, in November 1986.Wor ...

, 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": :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 p ...

", "create supportive environments", "strengthen community action", "develop personal skills", and "reorient health services"—are more effective than "single-track approaches".

Promotion of the Declaration

In the

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, the central message of the Jakarta declaration is similar to the government's current health policy. That is the emphasis on infrastructure and investment, with the hope of empowering the service user with choice.

About the Declaration

Promotion of the Declaration

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