Critically Analyse

Being critical in the context of the question means to break down the key concepts into a variety of sub parts and consider a variety of factors that may lead to effective health promotion.

A deep understanding of the effectiveness of health promotion would consider whether the initiative enables people to adopt protective behaviours and how well it addresses the influences on health decision making.

Displaying accuracy in your analysis relates to how well you are able to correctly identify the protective behaviours and the influences on health decision making. Using the Ottawa Charter for Health for Promotion can also help you to accurately determine the impact of the initiative by applying the action areas, which are considered best practice for health promotion.

Throughout your response, you can further display critique by questioning whether the initiative is successful in terms of leading to positive health outcomes. You may find accurate and up to date statistics that indicate the impact of the initiative. Using the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion can also help you to make this judgment. Does the initiative apply all action areas of the Ottawa Charter?

Use the scaffold attached to assist with your critical analysis