Health Systems Project, Croatia (2005)
Health Promotion and Evaluation, Russia (2005)
Croatian Health Promotion Summer School (2003-2004)
Youth Health Project Phase II, Ukraine (2001-2005)
Youth Health Project Phase I, Ukraine (1998-2000)
Community Approaches to Health Promotion Development, Estonia (1998-1999)
Evaluation of Health Promotion, Estonia (1998-1999)
Workshops on Health Promotion and Mental Health Promotion, Mexico
(2003)
In October 2003, the Centre’s Director, Suzanne Jackson,
was invited by Dr. Consuelo Garcia-Andrade to go to
Mexico City and
give workshops on health
promotion/mental health promotion and evaluation to staff at the Instituto
Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente Muniz (NPRFM).
She went with colleagues from
Aboriginal Services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
who also discussed working with vulnerable populations and indigenous
peoples in
Mexico.
Disease Prevention Strategies with a Focus on Latin America (2003)
In March 2003, the Centre completed a literature review
of effective disease prevention strategies, including
economic evaluations, with a focus on Latin
America, for the World Bank. Health promotion consultant, Ken Hoffman, and
Suzanne Jackson produced a report entitled “A review of the evidence
for the effectiveness and costs of interventions preventing the burden of non-communicable
diseases: How can health systems respond?” The review focused specifically
on cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes,
as well as risk factors such as hypertension, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity,
hypercholesterolemia, low fruit and vegetable intake, food security, airborne
particulates, and indoor smoke.
Evaluation of National Health Policy, Brazil (2002-2003)
In 2002, the Brazilian government and PAHO in Brazil asked the Centre to help
evaluate the impact of the new National Health Promotion Policy on Brazilian
frontline health services. This collaboration continued in 2003 with a project
on building indicators of health promotion into a national data-collection
system for primary care practitioners with the support of the PAHO-Brazil
Office.
Ceará School
of Public Health, Brazil (2002)
As part of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development
project with the Secretaria de Saúde de Fortaleza, Paulina Salamo worked
with colleagues at the School of Public Health of Ceará in Brazil on
the development of a health promotion curriculum. The week-long visit in mid-February
2002 was very fruitful, as key competencies for students, enhancements for
current courses, and potential clients were all identified. The visit also
built on previous exchanges between the two institutions.
Chile Forum on Health Promotion (2002)
Suzanne Jackson sat on the Scientific and Technical
Advisory Committee set up by PAHO to plan the Health
Promotion Forum in the Americas in Santiago,
Chile, October 20–24, 2002. This meeting was a follow-up to the
International Health Promotion Conference in Mexico in 2000.
Cuba-Canada Collaborative Project (2001-2002)
In 2001, with the support of Health Canada, International
Affairs Directorate, the Centre initiated a collaborative
project between Canada and Cuba. In
2002, a delegation from the Cuban National Centre for Health Promotion
and Education (of the Ministry of Public Health)
took part in a summer study
tour in partnership with the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC).
Training took place on indicators and evaluation. Thanks to Monique Beaudoin
of OHCC, who coordinated the visit, and to Jodi Thesenvitz of the Centre’s
The Health Communication Unit (THCU) who went to Cuba to conduct a week
of training in health communication.
Caribbean Program Coordination (1999-2002)
Together with the Caribbean Program Coordination/Pan
American Health Organization (CPC/PAHO), the Centre
developed capacity in health promotion across the
Caribbean. The project developed sustainable, replicable training modules,
workshops, and self-directed workbooks for key decision-makers in health
promotion. As part of the project, Caribbean health professionals, and professionals
from other sectors, were trained in health promotion using a train-the-trainer
approach. The first series in (1999–2001) was The Development of Healthy
Public Policy. In 2001–2002 and guided by an advisory committee spearheaded
by the PAHO-Caribbean Program Cooperation Office in Barbados, we tested a
prototype approach: Building Capacity in Health Promotion in Crosscutting
Health Planning and Program Development for Caricom Countries. In 2002, Fran
Perkins with Paulina Salamo (formerly with the Centre for Health Promotion),
worked with the advisory group to develop four modules: Concepts of Health
and Health Promotion, Building Alliances for Healthy Public Policy, Health
Planning and Programme Development, and Health Promotion/Evaluating Health
Plans and Programs. These modules were piloted and evaluated in June of 2002
at a week-long training session in Barbados and are now being used in the
region.
Chilean Primary-Care Workers Training Course (each November 1999-2002)
The Centre provided support in the health promotion
stream of a six-week training course for primary-care
workers from Chile, led by the University of Toronto’s
Department of Family and Community Medicine. The program also covered primary
care and health administration.
Implementation of a Health Promotion Model in Chile (1998-2001)
The Centre worked with the Chilean Ministry of Health
(MINSAL) to support and strengthen, through the transfer
of Canadian
expertise, the implementation
of the MINSAL’s National Health Promotion Plan. Specific goals
were to contribute to the development and implementation
of national and regional health promotion strategies; to
support the development
and strengthening of infrastructures for health promotion;
and to support the development of institutional competencies
for the implementation
of health promotion programs. The project, funded by CIDA
and PAHO, involved partnerships with government
bodies, universities and non-governmental organizations
in both countries in meeting the project goals.
Health Systems Project, Croatia
The Centre was involved in the Public Health Surveys and National Health Promotion
component of Croatian Ministry of Health's World Bank-funded Health Systems Project.
This project, contracted to the Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH),
comprises four main activities: 1) Public Health Information Systems; 2) National
Health Promotion; 3) Emergency Medical Services Training; and 4) Promotion of
Healthier Lifestyles. Currently, Fran Perkins serves as consultant responsible
for implementing the training components within the Health Promotion Activity.
To date, one major National Intersectoral Seminar on Health Promotion was held
in Zagreb.
Health Promotion and Evaluation,
Russia
Fran Perkins is part of a two person team from Hickling
Corporation and CSIH that is undertaking the evaluation and
monitoring of CIDA health projects in Russia . This is a four
year contract and as, to date, involved seven projects.
Croatian Health Promotion
Summer School (2003-2004)
In July 2003, a two-week Health Promotion Summer School
was held at the Centre for Health Promotion for a group of
11 Croatian physicians from the National and Regional Institutes
of Public Health. All participants came with a case study
prepared and at the end of course, all gave excellent presentations
on their health promotion plans on a variety of topics, with
the expectation that, upon their return to Croatia, the projects
they worked on would be implemented. Following this successful
summer school, a two day training workshop on Health Promotion
for 70 people from various Institutes of Public Health in
Croatia was held in November 2003. Those conducting he training
were the participants from the July 2003 Summer School and
they adapted modules developed at the Summer School for their
course material. Further training in Health Promotion took
place in March 2004 at two other sites in Croatia.
Youth Health Project Phase
II, Ukraine (2001-2005)
After six years, this Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA)-funded Youth for Health project of the Canadian
Society for International Health (CSIH) came to an end
in December 2005. The goals of the second phase of this
project have exceeded expectations for the most part and
it appears to be sustainable. Suzanne Jackson has been
the Chair of the Canadian Advisory Board for the past year.
Irv Rootman, Michael Goodstadt, Barb Ronson and Fran Perkins
representing CHP took significant roles in the first phase
of the Ukraine project. In 2005, a study tour of Ukrainians
came to Toronto and Suzanne travelled to Ukraine on the
final mission. Some of the results observed at the end
of the project were enthusiastic youth leaders, training
materials, equipped resource centres in each location,
youth artwork and skits containing healthy lifestyle messages,
and support from local administrations to continue the
project.
Youth Health Project Phase I, Ukraine (1998-2000)
Sponsored by CIDA and managed by CSIH, this multi-year
project assisted in the development of a sustainable
National Health Policy for Ukraine through
development and implementation of health promotion policies in support
of youth in Ukraine. Within this project, the Centre
for Health Promotion was
responsible for enhancing Kyiv City Government’s capacity in the
administration and development of health promotion for youth programs
through a 30-hour
certificate program. As part of this initiative, the Centre organized
a curriculum/training development session for Ukraine health professionals
in February 2000 in
Newmarket, Ontario. Based on this work, our partners in Ukraine were
able
to successfully deliver the course for a third time to another group
of public servants and heads of youth and social services departments
in June
2000.
Community Approaches to Health Promotion Development, Estonia
(1998-1999)
The Centre developed a long-term training program for health promoters at the
municipal level in Estonia. The first phase involved the development of a manual
for community health promotion and training community leaders, doctors, teachers,
and decision-makers in health promotion in the county of Laane-Virumma. The
second phase was designed to facilitate the expansion of the training program
to the national level and involved the training of health promotion specialists
representing each of the counties of Estonia (using a train-the-trainer approach
Evaluation of Health Promotion, Estonia (1998-1999)
Sponsored by the World Bank, the project evaluated the state of health promotion
in Estonia and made recommendations for health promotion priorities, strategies,
targets, funding and project selection and evaluation. The final report was
submitted to the Estonia Public Health Development Committee in March 1999.
