The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986) outlined five areas for action. Which of the following is one of these five action areas?
- A Providing free tertiary care services
- B Building healthy public policy ✓
- C Universal health insurance coverage
- D Mass screening of adult populations
Correct answer: B. Building healthy public policy
Explanation
The five action areas of the Ottawa Charter are building healthy public policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and reorienting health services towards promotion and prevention. Free tertiary care and insurance financing are service delivery mechanisms outside the charter framework, and mass screening falls under secondary prevention rather than health promotion, which addresses the upstream causes of health.
Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.
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