25 Key Resources in Health Promotion
25 resources that you can use to help promote health. Begins with Health Nexus programs and expands to our partners as well as other organizations and services.
1. The Health Promotion Hub Check out our new web pages – where there are many excellent resources and weblinks on health promotion, health equity, community engagement, partnerships and network development.
2. Starting out in health promotion
Your introductory guide to understanding the field.
Source: Find this primer at http://www.healthnexus.ca/our_programs/hprc/hp_primer.html
3. Health Nexus Today Weblog
Find the latest on health promotion including breaking news, highlights, studies and
issues in health promotion and the determinants of health in Canada and
internationally. We post it; you comment.
Source: http://www.blogs.healthnexussante.ca/
4. Health Promotion 101 online course
The former Ontario Health Promotion Resource System (OHPRS) developed this free, online course in 9 Modules to introduce learners to Health Promotion (HP) concepts, theories and resources.
Source: The Health Communication Unit http://www.thcu.ca/hp101/eng/main.cfm
5. Ontario Health Promotion E-Bulletin (OHPE)
This free weekly electronic bulletin and website contains articles about workshops, conferences, projects, issues, job postings, resources, and feature reports. It is produced by Health Nexus and The Health Communication Unit.
Source: http://www.ohpe.ca
6. Le Bloc-Notes
Le Bloc-Notes is a biweekly French language health promotion bulletin.
Source: http://www.leblocnotes.ca/
Health Promotion Planning and Implementation Tools
7. Online Health Program Planner
THCU offers an interactive, flexible evidence-based planning tool.
Source: The Health Communication Unit http://www.thcu.ca/ohpp
8. Towards Evidence Informed Practice
TEIP features a set of three practical, user-friendly and step-by-step Tools and processes for health promotion program assessment, evidence and evaluation.
Source: Heart Health Resource Centre TEIP project http://teip.hhrc.net
9. The Canadian Best Practices Portal
The Portal is a virtual front door to community and population health interventions related to chronic disease prevention and health promotion.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca
10. The Population Health Approach
Offers a tool that organizes and consolidates current understandings of population health. Outlines eight key elements for the implementation of a population health approach.
Source: http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/population_health/index-eng.html
Keep Connected –Agencies and Associations
11. Health Promotion Clearinghouse
Online resource to find out more about health promotion in Nova Scotia and beyond, through resources, events and initiatives and twice-monthly E-Bulletin. See also their health promotion network with discussion forums, reports and more.
Source: http://www.hpclearinghouse.ca
12. Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
Find the latest provincial government HP news, campaigns, features, links to Healthy Communities fund and to resources.
Source: http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/
13. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) – Health Promotion
Links to topics covered by different PHAC divisions such as healthy living, population health, injury prevention, mental health, child and seniors health.
Source: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/index-eng.php
14. Alberta Centre for Active Living
The ACAL uses a population-health approach and evidence-based information to support physical activity participation.
Source: http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/
15. Health Promotion Ontario
This is the major network of individual health promoters in Ontario. Members are employed in Public Health Units, Health Promotion Resource Centres and Community Health Centres. Health Promotion Ontario is a constituent society of the Ontario Public Health Association.
Source: http://hpo.squarespace.com
16. Society for Public Health Education SOPHE
This is the key U.S. independent professional association promoting healthy behaviors, healthy communities, and healthy environments. See one of its journals Health Promotion Practice for critical and strategic information for practical application of health promotion.
Source: http://www.sophe.org.
17. International Union for Health Promotion and Education
This international network has a North American group, in which Canadians are very active. Global conferences are held every 3 years. See its excellent quarterly journal Global Health Promotion.
Source: http://www.iuhpe.org
Overview of Health Promotion – Core Readings
18. Health Promotion in Canada: Perspectives and Future Prospects. 2006
An overview of the development of health promotion in Canada is offered by Blake Poland with reflections on the social, political and economic context of the field.
Source: online paper http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/408/40820102.pdf
19. Health Promotion in Canada: Critical Perspectives (2nd ed.). (Book: 2007)
Thematically divided into six key parts—conceptual, national, provincial, international, practical perspectives, and concluding thoughts—this contributed volume provides a comprehensive profile of the history and evolution of health promotion in Canada.
Source: M. O’Neill, A. Pederson, S. Dupéré, I. Rootman (Eds), Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
20. Journal: Health Promotion International
This quarterly journal features refereed original articles, reviews, and debate articles on major themes and innovations from various sectors. Full text articles are open access after 1 year.
Source: http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/
21. Milestones in health promotion:
Statements from global conferences
This compilation of consensus documents brings together Charters, Declarations, Statements and Recommendations from past Health Promotion conferences. With the statements from Ottawa in 1986 to Bangkok in 2005 under one cover, this publication is a ready and authoritative reference.
Source: http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/en/
22. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion 1986. International health promotion conference.
Defines health promotion and presents fundamental strategies and approaches for health promotion. It gives concrete examples and practical suggestions regarding how real advances can be achieved and outlines the action required.
Source: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/docs/charter-chartre/index-eng.php
23. Health promotion glossary. 1998.
Provides an alphabetical glossary of terms and concepts used in contemporary health promotion.
Source: World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/ and for 10 new terms see New terms for Health Promotion Glossary [pdf 64kb]
24. Emerging theories in health promotion practice and research - (Book: 2009)
Three parts: individual level approaches; community-based approaches and ecological approaches. The text looks at theories that have not been extensively covered elsewhere and have currency in practice and in research.
Source: Authors: DiClemente, Crosby, & Kegler (Eds). Jossey-Bass, San Francisco CA (2nd edition)
25. Health promotion: An anthology (Book: 1996)
PAHO has brought together key papers on health promotion from 1980 to 1995 to illustrate the growth of health promotion as a world-wide strategy. Appendices include the Ottawa Charter, Health Promotion and Equity Declaration, and the HP Glossary.
Source: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Washington, DC Scientific Publication No 557
