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what actions are needed to maintain the best health

What actions are needed to achieve and maintain the best possible health?
To enable the best possible health we must take into account, Health Promotion. This is the process of increasing individuals control over their health and to improve their health. Health promotion focuses on the prevention of ill health, providing opportunities for individuals to achieve positive health, resources to support healthy living and working environments also economic conditions and policies to protect people from harm. A document was developed for health promotion called the Ottawa Charter. The Ottawa Charter resembles a global approach to health promotion by W.H.O (World Health Organisation). It accounts for different social, cultural and economic situations while people are striving to achieve, increase control and maintain the best possible health. The Ottawa Charter is based on understanding that health is socially determined.
There are five areas of the Ottawa Charter. These include:
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