What is it about?
This article reports the progress, over the last 25-years, of one of the main aims of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion - that of 'developing personal skills'
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Why is it important?
This article is important as it is an invited submission from one of the most established and respected journals in its field - Health Promotion International. It essentially reports the lack of expected progress of one of the main aims of the seminal Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion - and puts forward recommendations for future activity to progress its cause.
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This opinion article argues that, while a watchful eye should be kept on evolving and innovative 'developing personal skills' (DPS) strategy and programmes that Ottawa principles generally espouse, that type of activity is not representative of the current location and practice of many health practitioners—particularly clinically located health professionals. Targeting such professionals who, otherwise, might remain unaware of or unengaged with health promotion practice is the main reform required for future DPS activity. It is predicted that, where universal progress can be made, the potential for DPS development would be significant.
Dr Dean Whitehead
Flinders University
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This page is a summary of: Ottawa 25+--'All aboard the Dazzling Bandwagon'--developing personal skills: what remains for the future?, Health Promotion International, November 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar072.
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