Create a 7 pages page paper that discusses ottawa health promotion strategies. According to the Ottawa Charter, the pre-requisites for health pointed out by the World Health Organization, are peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable eco-system, sustainable resources, social justice, and equity. Without these requirements, good physical, mental and social wellbeing cannot be achieved. Promoting health is necessary. It gives people control over the factors that affect their health, and help them to improve it. Ottawa charter tries to achieve health for all. Good health is very important for nations to grow and prosper. It encourages the government, health sectors, economic sectors, nongovernment and voluntary organization, local authorities, media, the local public itself to design the pre-requisites for health, and the strategies that aim to achieve health for all. The Ottawa Charter has identified health promotion strategies in five action areas: Build healthy public policy, create supportive environments, strengthen community actions, develop personal skills, and reorient health services.

The strategies and programs for promoting health need to be designed according to the local needs of countries and regions. New Zealand also takes different measures in the pursuit of better health for New Zealanders, especially in the area of mental health.

“Mental health is that which nurtures spirituality, family, psychological/mental/emotional wellbeing, religion, physiology, environment, social responsibility, old world, new world, and self”, which is defined by Durie (1994). Like physical health, mental health also needs to be taken care of. It is important because it is the cognitive and emotional wellbeing of a person. Without proper mental health care, people suffer from different mental health problems or disorders that lead to their inability to perform well. which is socially, economically, and politically a threat for nations.

Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey, 2006, Ministry of Health shows that about 47% of New Zealanders will&nbsp.experience a mental illness and/or an addiction at some time in their lives, with one in five people affected within one year.