Jakarta Declaration

Year 11 ATAR Health Studies

What will we cover?
Purpose of the Jakarta Declaration
Priorities for health promotion in the 21st century
Applying the Jakarta Declaration to a variety of contexts
Key Definitions:
Equity - the quality of being fair and impartial.
Equality - the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or
opportunities.
Inequity - lack of fairness or justice.
Infrastructure – Structures and resources that help a community to
develop and operate effectively.
Health Sector – Any part of society involved in delivering or supplying
society with health-related goods or services
Social Responsibility – Refers to the ethical and moral obligation
corporations, businesses, government and citizens have to larger
society.
What is it?
The fourth global conference on Health Promotion was held in
Jakarta, Indonesia by the World Health Organisation in 1997.
Created the Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into
the 21st Century.
Is an extension of the Ottawa Charter and the first to include the
private sector in responsibility for health.

https://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/previous/jakarta
/declaration/en/
Identified 5 Priority Areas
1. Promote social responsibility
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
Activity – Expert Groups
Each student will be given a number.
Read through the resource and highlight/dot point key information
for allocated priority area.
After 5 minutes of reading move around the room to share findings
with class members.
Share information one to one and ensure you have notes for all
priority areas – 15 minutes.
1. Promote Social Responsibility
Decision makers must commit to social
responsibility. (people have a responsibility to act within the best interest of society)
• Governments restrict production and trading of
harmful goods – tobacco, ammunition, weapons
• Discourage unhealthy marketing – eg. Restrict
alcohol advertising, workplaces must have health
safety policies in place.
• Health impact assessments should also to be
included in policy development.
2. Increase Investments for
Health Development
Countries must invest more money in Health – enough
to make a positive change.
• Most countries do not invest enough in health and
the little that is invested is not effective enough in
making change.
• Money for resources such as education and housing
and towards the health sector – it must meet the
needs for all – women, men, children, remote,
indigenous, poor and rural.
3. Consolidate and expand
partnerships for Health
Countries must develop partnerships between governments
and the broader society.
• Local businesses, corporations and community
organisations need to build these partnerships with
governments.
• Those that do exist need to be strengthened.
• New partnerships with potential must be explored.
Mutual understanding and respect is a must.
4. Increase community capacity and
empower the individual
Health promotion must be carried out by and with
people – not on or to people.
• Good promotion practises involve the
community – empower the community to take
action and improve the determinants of Health.
• Capacity of groups and organisations to
influence the determinants of health.
5. Secure Infrastructure for Health
Promotion

Methods for funding health promotion must be

found locally, nationally and globally.
• Incentives to pay for infrastructure for health
should be developed. All organisations need to
ensure resources are in place to maximise health.
• Training, documentation, research to improve
planning, implementation and evaluation of
health promotion.
Think – Pair - Share
With a partner – Think about an example of how in Australia these priority areas
are followed in relation to health promotion.
Promotion topics can include:
 Smoking
 Alcohol use
 Drug use
 Diet & Nutrition
 Sun Exposure
 Mental Health
 Infectious Diseases
Activity 2
Complete Activity 2 in your workbook
Web Link - WHO
https://
www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/previous/jakarta/declaration/en/in
dex2.html

https://healthydocuments.org/public/doc13.html