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Section 1: Health Equity
Section 2: Healthy Aging
Section 2B: Falls Prevention and Built Environments and Health
Section 3: Climate Change and Health
Section 4: Competencies and Standards
Section 5: Physical Activity
Section 6 Other: research sites and articles, organizations , government departments,
Section 7: Regioinalization
Section 8: Healthy Weights / obesity
Section 9: Food Insecurity
Section 10: Emergency Preparation
Section 11: Multiple Interventions Toolkit
Section1: Health Equity
• Reports that summarize the Canadian scene in moving forward on social policies to address health equity in relation to poverty and social inclusion/exclusion: Hay, D. (2009). Poverty reduction policies and Programs: Canada
http://www.ccsd.ca/SDR2009/Reports/Canada_Report_FINAL.pdf Ministry of Health, Pedersen, S., Barr, V., Wortman, J., Rootman, I., & Public
• Health Association of BC. Evidence Review: Equity Lens http://www.phabc.org/files/Equity_Lens___Evidence_Review_July_2007.pdf
• Equity Gauge Alliance: Concepts, principles and guidelines http://www.gega.org.za/download/gega_guide.pdf
• Nurses Association: Social Justice: a means to an end in itself. http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/documents/pdf/publications/Social_Justice_e.pdf
• IN FROM THE MARGINS: A CALL TO ACTION ON POVERTY, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
http://www.parl.gc.ca/40/2/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/citi-e/rep-e/rep02dec09-e.pdf
• LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS: December 2009 Report issued by: The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/WIwebinar_ArtEggleton_RecGuide.pdf
• NOTES FROM: A Wellesley Institute webinar with Senator Art Eggleton: It’s time to bring Canadians in from the margins
http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/WIwebinar_ArtEggleton_Notes.pdf
Section 2: Healthy Aging
• Seniors in Canada 2006 Report Card: http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/HP30-1-2006E.pdf
•Seniors in Canada (Stats Canada) www.statcan.ca
• PHAC - Canada's Aging Population
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/fed_paper/pdfs/fedpager_e.pdf
• National Seniors Safety Week http://www.safecanada.ca/seniors_e.asp?OP=link&topic=6
• Shifting Sands...The Changing shape of Atlantic Canada - Economic and Demographic Trends and their Impacts on Seniors
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/canada/regions/atlantic/pdf/sands_e.pdf
• Newfoundland Labrador: Provincial Healthy Aging - Policy Framework
http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/health/0711n04HA%20Policy%20Framework.pdf
• The Midlife Bulge: Promoting Health in Canada's Expanding Midlife Population
http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/ManulifeWebDoc.pdf
• Information re: Age-Friendly Cities (PHAC) -
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/media/nr-rp/2007/2007_11bk-eng.php
• WHO - Age Friendly Communities
http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/Age_friendly_brochure_English.pdf
• Age-Friendly Manitoba
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agefriendly/
• Age-Friendly rural and Remote Communities: A Guide
http://hc-sc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/age_friendly_rural/planning_e.htm
• Age-Friendly Communities Program - NS
http://www.gov.ns.ca/scs/agefriendlyComm.asp
• Age-Friendly communities
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/ageing/age_friendly_cities/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/Global_age_friendly_cities_Guide_English.pdf
• PHAC
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/age_friendly_rural/index_e.htm
• Age Friendly Manitoba
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agefriendly/
• U- Manitoba - Age Friendly Community Research Alliance
http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?sec=252&too=200&dat=1/18/2008&sta=0&wee=3&eve=8&epa=28288
• BC - Saanich BC
http://www.gov.saanich.bc.ca/municipal/docs/pdfs/who_web_final.pdf
• Union of BC Communities: Age Friendly Communities
http://www.seniorsincommunities.ca/age-friendly/
• Vancouver
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20060307/documents/a6.pdf
• BC Healthy Communities - check list
http://www.bchealthycommunities.ca/Images/PDFs/Checklist%20for%20Essential%20Age%20Friendly%20Guide%20WHO%202008.pdf
•http://www.ifa-fiv.org/docs/BC%20age-friendly%20activities.pdf
• Quebvec: Famille et Aines... (need accents)
http://www.mfa.gouv.qc.ca/aines/strategie-action/ville-amie_des_aines_en.asp
• Nova Scotia
http://www.gov.ns.ca/scs/agefriendlyComm.asp
• Halifax:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/scs/ageFriendly.asp
• Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communities: A Guide - Alberta ...
http://www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/seniors/agefriendly/
Section 2 B: Falls Prevention and Built Environments and Health
•Join the Canadian Building and Health Sciences network by visiting:
http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/health/cbhsn_e.html and clicking on 'join CBHSN'
•Evaluation of Optimal Bath Grab Bar Placement for Seniors click here
•Évaluation de la position optimale d'une barre d'appui dans la baignoire pour les personnes âgées click here
•CPHA Resolution: Fall Prevention and Building Codes
•Akwesasne Falls Prevention 2008 Calendar click here
•Center for Injury Research & Control (CIRCL) Webinars http://www.circl.pitt.edu/home/past_seminars.htm
•PROFANE: Prevention of Falls Network Europe http://www.profane.eu.org/
•Falls Articles:
•Interventions to Reduce Fear of Falling in Community-Living Older People: A Systematic Review
•A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fall Prevention Programs and Quality of Life in Older Fallers
•Inventory of Fall Prevention Initiatives in Canada (lists initiatives coast to coast by province)
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/fall_prevention_initiatives/fpi-ab_e.htm
•Prevention of Unintentional Injuries Among Seniors (lists partners for action!) :
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/workshop_healthyaging/injury/injury6_e.htm
•This website talks about an injury prevention coalition but is more geared to multiple interventions :
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/best_practices/bp_evidence_for_bp_6e.htm
•List of Falls Prevention Programs etc in Canada :
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/FPT_Project_Listing2003/pdf/listing_fallsprograms_e.pdf
•Report on Seniors' Falls in Canada (DAS) www.hc-sc.gc.ca/seniors-aines
•Aging and the Built Environment (Simon Fraser University) http://www.sfu.ca/grc/links research themes built environment.html
•American Public Health Association, Environment Section, Built Environment Institute www.apha.org
•National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Research Coordination, Planning and Translation, Built Environment www.niehs.nih.gov/drcpt/be
•The Centre for Universal Design http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud
•Jackson, RJ. The impact of the built environment on health: An emerging field. AJPH 2003;93;9:1382-1384.
Section 3: Climate Change and Health
• http://www.ohpe.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8437&Itemid=78
WWF uses another familiar health promotion strategy: coalition building. The end of the article notes the support of the following organizations: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, David Suzuki Foundation, Environmental Defence, Forest Ethics, Greenpeace-Canada, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Ontario Nature, Pembina Institute, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, Sierra Club of Canada-Ontario chapter, Sierra Legal Defence Fund, Wildlands League and WWF-Canada.
• community design www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Solutions/Sprawl.asp
• Surface Transportation Policy Partnership see http://www.transact.org/
• Climate Change Air Pollution and Health Research Network
great website with key links to key info and organizations http://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/links.htm
• http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/climat/index_e.html
• Canada's concerns from climate change and variability http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/climat/health_table-tableau_sante_e.html
• Climate change and health - workshop and conference reports http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/climat/index_e.html
• Climate change and health - research report
•http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/climat/climate-report-rapport/index_e.html
•CPHA - supporting public awareness initiatives on the health effects of climate change and air pollution
•http://www.ccah.cpha.ca/
•http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Impacts/Health/
•http://www.pollutionprobe.org/Reports/climatechangeprimer.pdf
•http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/163/6/729
•Ecosystems, Climate Change and Health Omnibus ProjectECCHO is the umbrella for several collaborative, multi-disciplinary projects, and collaborates with the Climate Change and Health Division (Health Canada) and the Public Health Agency of Canada to support a network of climate change and health researchers across Canada. http://www.eccho.ca/http://www.eccho.ca/http://www.eccho.ca/http://www.eccho.ca/http://www.eccho.ca/http://www.eccho.ca/http://www.eccho.ca/http://www.eccho.ca/
•Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health Research Network The New Brunswick Lung Association and the Lung Associations' International Centre for Air Quality and Health, in partnership with the Climate Change and Health Office (CCHO) of Health Canada coordinate the Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health Research Network. Through Health Canada, our Research Network also participates in the Canadian Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN). http://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/index.htmhttp://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/index.htmhttp://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/index.htmhttp://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/index.htmhttp://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/index.htmhttp://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/index.htmhttp://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/index.htmhttp://www.climateairhealth.ca/html/index.htm
•Natural resources Canada: http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/summary_10_e.phphttp://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/summary_10_e.phphttp://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/summary_10_e.phphttp://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/summary_10_e.phphttp://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/summary_10_e.phphttp://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/summary_10_e.phphttp://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/summary_10_e.phphttp://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/summary_10_e.php
•Climate Change Connections overview of related health issues - well done - easy to read, tables and links http://www.climatechangeconnection.org/pages/health.html
•Air Quality Focus Report (2008)
http://simcoemuskokahealthstats.org/Img/Content/Focus%20Reports/Air%20Quality%202008/Air%20Quality%20Report%202008.FINALpdf.pdf
Air Aware Newsletters (2008-2009)
http://www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/resources_04/municipality/air_aware_intro.asp
•Canada's Air Quality Health Index, www.weatheroffice.gc.ca
http://www.ec.gc.ca/cas-aqhi/default.asp?Lang=En&n=065BE995-1
•In Canada, scientific evidence based on data from eight Canadian cities shows that 5,900 deaths can be linked to air pollution every year. Research also shows that poor air quality sends thousands more Canadians to hospital each year.
•Canadian Nurses Associtiation: In Canada, scientific evidence based on data from eight Canadian cities shows that 5,900 deaths can be linked to air pollution every year.
Research also shows that poor air quality sends thousands more Canadians to hospital each year.
•Impacts of climate change on health in the NRCan report:
http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/assess/2007/index_e.php
•Nursing and Environmental Health
Background Paper, Video: The role of Nurses in Addressing Climage Change
Educational Module
http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/issues/environment/climate/default_e.aspx
•Greening the Health Care System:
http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/issues/environment/toolkit/default_e.aspx
•Anti-idling, air pollution and health
http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.5263093/k.F2AC/Air_Pollution_Heart_Disease_and_Stroke.htm
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Canadian Public Health Association - Supporting Public awaresness Initiatives on the Health Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution
http://www.ccah.cpha.ca/
2001 Resolution 1 re: Action on Climate Change and Health
http://cpha.ca/uploads/resolutions/2001_e.pdf
• The Lancet and University College London has created the first UCL Lancet Commission report: Managing the health effects of climate change. Highlighted is the threat of climate change on patterns of disease, water and food insecurity, vulnerable shelter and human settlements, extreme climatic events, and population migration. Published with the report is an Editorial and Comment, and listen to a special podcast.
http://download.thelancet.com/flatcontentassets/pdfs/climate-article.pdf
•Health Effects and Climate Change Along the Canadian-Us Border
Review - by International Joint Commission
http://www.ijc.org/rel/pdf/vol4s1e.pdf
•Ontario Medical Association Ground Level oZONE pOSITION Paper
http://www.oma.org/phealth/ground.htm
•RNAO Climate Change and Health:
News Releases:Joint Press Release: Ontario abandons coal phase-out, guts smog and climate change plans
http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=122&ContentID=1598&SiteNodeID=160
•Action Alert: Nurses urge Prime Minister Harper and President Obama to show strong leadership on climate change
http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=861&SiteNodeID=137email
Bulletin of the Canadian Network for Human Health and the Environment
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For more information on green vehicles or Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan, please visit http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/air/climatechange/ourplan.php.
Report on Human Health in a Changing Climate
•Health Canada has recently published Human Health in a Changing Climate:
A Canadian Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacity.
For more information or to order a copy of the report contact Health Canada’s Publications
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/climat/eval/index-eng.php.
•Climate change and children: a human security challenge. Policy review paper
Series: Innocenti Publications Date of Publication: 2008 Pages: 51
ISBN: 978-89129-83-8 Thematic area: Child Protection
Descriptors: child survival and development - environmental degradation - environmental effects
Available online : http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/climate_change.pdf
“….The study reviews the implications of climate change for children and future generations, drawing on relevant experiences in different sectors and countries of promoting child rights and well-being. It traces in considerable detail the pathways through which shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns create serious additional barriers to the achievement of the child survival, development and protection goals embraced by the international community. The role of children as vital participants and agents of change emerges as a key theme….’
•Global climate change and child health:
a review of pathways, impacts and measures to improve the evidence base
Author(s): Akachi, Yoko ; Goodman, Donna ; Parker, David
Date of Publication: 2009 Pages: 22 Series: Innocenti Discussion Papers, 2009-03 Thematic area: Child Protection
Descriptors: child health - environmental degradation – environmental effects - malnutrition
Available online : http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/idp_2009_03.pdf
“….This paper reviews the published evidence of pathways and impacts of global climate change on child health. The review was occasioned by the recognition that most of the work to date on climate change and health lacks clear focus on the children's dimension, while the climate change and children literature tends to be brief or imprecise on the complex health aspects.
Studies were identified by searching the PubMed database for articles published before April 2009. Publications by agencies (e.g., UNICEF, WHO, IPPC) were also included based upon review. A list of references was developed that provide evidence to the linkages between climate change and health outcomes, and on specific health outcomes for children. The analysis explores the hypothesis of disproportionate vulnerability of children’s health to environmental factors, specifically those most closely related to climate change.
Based upon scientific and policy research conducted to date there is found to be substantial evidence of disproportionate vulnerability of children in response to climate change. The diseases likely to be potentiated by climate change are already the primary causes of child morbidity and mortality, including vector-borne diseases, water-borne diseases and air-borne diseases. For this reason further research, assessment and monitoring of child health in respect to climate change is critical. Proposals are made for governments to integrate environmental health indicators into data collection in order to accurately assess the state of child health in relation to other age groups and its sensitivity to climate change….”
•The City of Toronto's Adaptation Plan and supporting documents can be found at
http://www.toronto.ca/teo/adaptation.htm.
•"Ahead of the Storm" sets out many of the anticipated impacts of climate change for Toronto.
Public Health was a key partner in the preparation of that document.
•Weather and Air pollution research:
http://www.toronto.ca/health/hphe/weather_air_pollution_research.htm.
The Technical Report is best for those interested in the details about calculation procedures linking weather types to excess mortality.
Section 4: Standards and Competencies:
Standards and competencies in community health nursing are of immediate interest to everyone whose interests touch on community health. In October 2003, the Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice were published. In January 2004, Community Health Nursing was designated a specialty by the Canadian Nurses Association. Since then, the Core Competency Development Committee has been working to draft competencies and prepare questions for a certification exam.
•Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors Core Competencies Project - http://www.ciphi.ca/corecomp.htm
•Centre for Disease Control - Core Competencies and Outputs for Public Health Practitioners or Applied Epidemiologists - http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dih/core.html
•Centre for Disease Control - Office of Workforce Policy and Planning - http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/WDI_Identify.asp
•Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (U.S.A.), Core Competencies List - http://www.trainingfinder.org/competencies/list.htm
•Public Health Classifications Project (Australia) - http://www.nphp.gov.au/workprog/phi/index.htm A number of papers can be accessed from this web site such as:
•Project Background Paper (pdf, 177KB)
•Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors CIPHI information. http://www.ciphi.ca/corecomp.htm
Section 5: Physical Activity:
For decades, research has been clear that the health of many Canadians is at risk due to being physically inactive. Responding to this health risk presents numerous challenges to community health professionals. Practitioners, decision makers and researchers are grappling with issues around the role of public health in promoting physical activity, access to resources and expertise, developing supportive infrastructures, multidisciplinary approaches, intersectoral collaboration, the quandaries of community mobilization, evaluation and more.
•The Comunity Guide, from the Centre for Disease Control (USA) http://www.TheCommunityGuide.org pages specific to physical activity include: http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/default.htm content includes: evidence based recommendations on various approaches to increasing activity: Information: e.g. community campaigns, point of decision making Behaviour and Social: e.g. school based, individual adapted behaviour change, non-family social support Environment and policy: e.g. created/enhanced access, transportation policies, zoning and land use
•This Google Map/Pedometer info site allows you to draw your routes, calculate the distance traveled and the calories burned. - http://www.webwalking.com/googlemap.htm
•Coalition for Active Living: As a national action group of more than 80 organizations that focus on health promotion and disease prevention through physical activity, the goal of the coalition is to ensure that the environments where Canadians live, learn, commute, work and play support regular physical activity. - http://www.activeliving.ca/
•Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging has excellent research based resources and programs for older adults, caregivers and professionals working with older adults. -http://www.webct.uottawa.ca/12318/text/links.htm##
•Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) and Initiatives Scan Database: This data base includes information from a policy scan of healthy eating and active living initiatives undertaken by governments (Federal, Provincial, and Territorial) across Canada in January 2005. - http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/heal/index.cfm
•In-Motion: This is a community wide health promotion strategy for physical activity. The web site has numerous health promotion resources. - http://www.in-motion.ca/
•Physical Activity Research Round Table: Information from the Round Table in 2003 on research needs related to physical activity. http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/Roundtable/
•Move for Health: This World Health Organization site has links to many information sheets, research studies and information on the international "Move for Health" initiative: http://www.who.int/moveforhealth/
•International Physical Activity and the Environment Project (IPEN): This site hosts an international network of researchers that aims to increase communication and collaboration, stimulate research and aid in the publication of data related to the environment and physical activity: http://www.ipenproject.org/
•Active Living Research: The organization hosting this site stimulates and supports research that will identify environmental factors and policies that will stimulate physical activity. The site includes a resource centre of literature citations. - http://activelivingresearch.org/index.php
•Active Living by Design: Active Living by Design is a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is a part of the UNC School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This program establishes innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies. http://www.activelivingbydesign.org/
•Public HealthResearch Education and Development (PHRED) website has Effectiveness in Public Health Practice Reviews. See physical activity related reviews on: http://www.phred-redsp.on.ca/cur_projects/syst_review.html (note link to all reviews is at the bottom of the page)
•Health Evidence: Access evidence based information on many topics for community health. Physical activity is one of the topics: http://www.health-evidence.ca/
•Canadian School Physical Activity & Nutrition Network - a pan-Canadian network for enhancing the production and use of innovative, transdisciplinary, school-based youth physical activity and nutrition research Canadian School Physical Activity & Nutrition Networkrelated to the social and physical environment of the school.
http://www.canspann.uwaterloo.ca/
•(US) Centre for Disease Control http://www.TheCommunityGuide.org pages specific to physical activity include: http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/default.htm content includes: evidence based recommendations on various approaches to increasing activity: Information: e.g. community campaigns, point of decision making Behaviour and Social: e.g. school based, individual adapted behaviour change, non-family social support Environment and policy: e.g. created/enhanced access, transportation policies, zoning and land use **Note: commentary re: e.g. translating evidence-based physical activity interventions into practice.
•The World Health Organization has an extensive page that shows links to organizations, institutions and government websites with information regarding physical activity. -http://www.who.int/moveforhealth/links/en/
•The Physical Activity Resource Centre (PARC) provides support to Physical Activity Promoters across Ontario through consultation, training, networking, referrals and Information-sharing. - http://www.ophea.net/parc
•In particular, physical activity promoters may be interested in the list of 'who's who' per physical activity programs, services, organizations etc. - http://www.ophea.net/parc/referrals.cfm
•Center for Healthy Aging - model health programs for communities: http://www.healthyagingprograms.org/content.asp?sectionid=73
•Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute: http://www.cflri.ca/
•Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology: http://www.csep.ca
Section 6: Other Sites
Research Sites and Articles
•Health-evidence.ca is a site devoted to providing quality research evidence to public health decision makers. It is designed to save you time by searching, screening, and rating the systematic review evidence and compiling it in a free, searchable online registry: http://health-evidence.ca
•Public Health Research Research and Education Development Program (PHRED): http://www.hamilton.ca/sphs/ephpp/
•Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada: http://www.ruralnursing.unbc.ca/ Research paper
•Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute: http://www.cflri.ca/
Organizations
•Canadian Health Services Research Foundation: http://www.chsrf.ca/
•Community Health Nurses Association of Canada: http://www.chnac.ca
•Canadian Nurses Association: http://www.cna-nurses.ca/
•Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing: http://www.casn.ca/
•Canadian Public Health Association: http://www.cpha.ca/
•The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI): http://www.ciphi.ca/
•The Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC): http://www.cdpac.ca/
Government Sites
•Public Health Ontario: http://www.publichealthontario.ca/
•Public Health Agency of Canada: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html
•Government of Ontario site on Local Health Integration Networks: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/transformation/lhin/lhin_mn.html
•"Building the Public Health Workforce for the 21st Century. A Pan-Canadian Framework for Public Health Human Resources Planning."This document is a newly released report, and will help guide public health human resources planning across Canada. The French translation will be available shortly. For more information, visit the PHAC, Office of Public Health Practice website at: http://www.phac.gc.ca/publichealthpractice. Please note: several documents are housed on this site. Once the workforce development paper will also be housed there once it is translated.
Section 7: Regionalization
•The Regionalization Network: http://www.regionalization.ca/eng/index.cfm
•Canadian Centre for Analysis of Regionalization and Health - http://www.regionalization.org/
•For a list of publications go to: http://www.regionalization.org/Publications.html
•Articles/reports related to the Local Health Integration Networks in Ontario: http://www.longwoods.com/OntarioLHIN/index.html
•Healthcare Papers (issue on regionalization) - Vol. 5 No.1, 2004 found at: http://www.longwoods.com/hp/
•Lessons Learned from Regionalization in the Western Provinces. Prepared by Karen Sullivan of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association - Presentation.
Section 8: Healthy Weights / obesity
•The Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI) is pleased to announce the release of the second report of the Improving the Health of Canadians 2005 - 2006 Report Series, Promoting Healthy Weights. Promoting healthy weights and treating obesity is a complex issue, which involves a variety of factors including genetics and personal choices as well as our social, cultural, physical and economic environments. Improving the Health of Canadians: Promoting Healthy Weights looks at the features of the environments in which we live, learn, work and play that make it easier - or harder - for us as Canadians to make healthier choices about what we eat and how physically active we are. This report is available, free of charge, at: http://www.chnet-works.ca/images/stories/chnetworks/firesidechat/building%20code%20resolution%20cpha%20health%20digest%202007.pdf
•L'Initiative sur la santé de la population canadienne (ISPC) est fière d'annoncer la publication du deuxième rapport de la série Améliorer la santé des Canadiens 2005- 2006 : Promouvoir le poids santé. La promotion du poids santé et le traitement de l'obésité sont des questions complexes qui touchent notre constitution génétique et nos choix individuels, ainsi que les milieux social, culturel, physique et économique dans lesquels nous évoluons. Améliorer la santé des Canadiens : Promouvoir le poids santé étudie les caractéristiques des milieux dans lesquels nous vivons, apprenons, travaillons et nous divertissons, et la façon dont ces caractéristiques facilitent - ou compliquent - les choix que nous faisons, en tant que Canadiens, pour manger sainement et faire de l'exercice.Le rapport est offert gratuitement à l'adresse: http://www.cihi.ca/poidssante
Section 9: Food Insecurity
•Stats Canada: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/010815/d010815a.htm
•Children's Food in Canada http://www.childrensfood.ca/hunger.htm
•Food Insecurity in Canadian Households: http://www.statcan.ca/english/studies/82-003/feature/hrar2001012004s0a01.pdf PHAC: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/overview_implications/08_food.html
•Canada's Report on Food Banks: Hunger Count 2007: http://www.cafb.ca/documents/HungerCount2007.pdf
•Halifax Landshare:
http://www.ecologyaction.ca/content/halifax-landshare
Section 10: Emergency Preparation
•Psycho-social Emergency Preparedness And Response (P-S EPR)
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/occup-travail/empl/response-intervention_e.html
•http://www.gapsante.uottawa.ca/English/Team_Members.php
•PHAC: A resource: personal services: Emergency Preparedness
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/emergency-urgence/pdf/pers_e.pdf
•Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction: Psycho-Social Aspects of
disaster recovery
http://www.iclr.org/pdf/research%20paper%2016%20-%20paper%202%20david%20hutton.doc.pdf
•Caring for the healthcare workers
http://www.cwhn.ca/resources
Section 11: Multiple Interventions
•Multiple Interventions Program Toolkit http://www.miptoolkit.com/
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