Hutton Alison, Cusack Lynette, Zannettino Lana
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Adelaide, Australia.
Aust J Prim Health. 2012;18(2):96-100. doi: 10.1071/PY11067.
Mass gatherings such as Schoolies Festivals are often situated in existing communities. Schoolies Festivals are generally unbounded, transient mass gathering events that are situated within various coastal communities around Australia. Mass gatherings are traditionally examined as separate case studies or through using a mass gathering framework to assess patient safety. However, mass gathering frameworks and single case studies do not go far enough to examine events such as Schoolies Festivals. Schoolies Festivals often consist of a bounded ticketed dry zone for night time activities, surrounded by open dry zones, which are an unbounded part of the general community social space and can include hotels, caravan parks and the local community services. We believe that the Ottawa Charter provides the necessary broader lens through which to examine the safety of young people participating in Schoolies Festivals. The Ottawa Charter views health in terms of the whole population and although developed in 1986, maintains its relevance in contemporary social and health contexts. As a primary health care framework, the Ottawa Charter provides researchers and policy makers with the capacity to think 'outside the square' to develop strategies to prevent harm for young people attending such events. In addition the Ottawa Charter is a useful framework as it views the health of whole populations and maintains its relevance today. Through examining the needs of the community through a primary health care framework, the interface between the Schoolies event and the wider community can be examined to address some of the underlying structural factors that contribute to the safety of young people at Schoolies Festivals.
像毕业派对节这样的大型集会通常位于现有的社区内。毕业派对节一般是无边界的、临时性的大型集会活动，分布在澳大利亚各地的沿海社区。传统上，大型集会是作为单独的案例研究来考察的，或者是通过使用大型集会框架来评估患者安全。然而，大型集会框架和单一案例研究在考察毕业派对节这样的活动时还不够深入。毕业派对节通常包括一个有边界的、凭票进入的夜间活动干燥区域，周围是开放的干燥区域，这些区域是一般社区社会空间的无边界部分，可能包括酒店、房车公园和当地社区服务设施。我们认为，《渥太华宪章》提供了必要的更广阔视角，用以考察参与毕业派对节的年轻人的安全问题。《渥太华宪章》从全体人口的角度看待健康，尽管它是在1986年制定的，但在当代社会和健康背景下仍然具有相关性。作为一个初级卫生保健框架，《渥太华宪章》使研究人员和政策制定者能够跳出框框思考，制定策略以防止参加此类活动的年轻人受到伤害。此外，《渥太华宪章》是一个有用的框架，因为它关注全体人口的健康并且在今天仍然具有相关性。通过初级卫生保健框架来考察社区的需求，可以研究毕业派对活动与更广泛社区之间的接口，以解决一些导致毕业派对节上年轻人安全问题的潜在结构性因素。
