Resources and PublicationsSeries in Health PromotionThe Series in Health Promotion is a collection of educational monographs originally developed by the Centre for Health Promotion in cooperation with ParticipACTION. ParticipACTION closed their doors in January of 2001 thus ending a long-time and fruitful partnership with the Centre for Health Promotion. To order from the Series, print the order form available in PDF format below, complete it and send it with your cheque or money order to: Financial and Administrative Assistant, Centre for Health Promotion, 155 College Street, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 3M7. All inquiries should be directed to: centre.healthpromotion@utoronto.ca or ring (416) 978-2182. Order form for Canadian
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A review of health promotion policies in Canada and the US. Assessment
of how the radical policies espoused in Canada in the mid 1980s have
worked out in practice; how health promotion policies are developed;
and how the politics of public health operate in North America. HP-10-0102 Discusses how health promotion professionals engage in specific actions
that are empowering, by weaving theory with stories. Three general approaches
to health are identified: medical, behavioural and socioenvironmental,
each containing a template of differing health conceptualizations, program
strategies and success criteria. The concept of empowerment is explored
through an examination of five strategies HP-10-0103 Support for program planners in their use of behaviour change theories
to plan health promotion projects. Theories described include: Stages
of Change, Social Learning, Community Organization, Diffusion of Innovations,
Behavioural Community Psychology, Social Marketing, and others. HP-10-0104 Examines the relationship between self-esteem and health status and
health-related behaviours. Reviews recent health-related research focused
upon self-esteem as an indicator of health, a mediator of life stress
and a reinforcer for health-related behaviours. HP-10-0105 Various approaches to Quality of Life are reviewed. These include
quality of life as an outcome variable, as social diagnosis, as a social
indicator, plus other applications. Implications of a quality of life
focus for health promotion are also examined. HP-10-0106 A review of learnings in the practice of public education and participation
in environmental health. Targets environmental health activists wishing
to make the link between policy authority and public empowerment more
fair and effective for healthy communities. HP-10-0107 Examines the role that schools play in health promotion initiatives.
Addresses several issues including where schools belong in influencing
the health of young people and the opportunities and limitations associated
with treating schools as primary health promotion sites. HP-12-0101 Contains four background papers on which the National Roundtable on
Employee Health discussions were based: Health, Health Care and Disability:
Towards New Business Approaches; How the workplace Can Influence Employee
Illness and Injury; Pharmacare: The Pros and Cons for Business of Canada's
National Drug Proposal; Effective Disability Management and Return to
Work Practices. A summary report on the Roundtable discussions, Good
Health is Good Business, is included. Lectures in Health Promotion
HP-10-0201 Explores the underpinnings and key elements of the Healthy City movement.
Provides examples of projects that illustrate the main principles. Discusses
major challenges and concludes with five suggestions for effective investment
in community health promotion. HP-10-0202 Public Health practice is expanding considerably beyond medical and
behavioural models of health and disease to encompass physical and social
environmental health determinants. A new public health practice is emerging
and must integrate within itself the challenge of sustainable development.
This article provides a framework for such an integration, by examining
six interacting environmental spheres and the key functional roles of
local government. HP-10-0203 Discusses the past, present and future of health promotion from a
Canadian perspective. Reviews the development of health promotion from
the release of A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians in 1974
to the Third International Conference on Health Promotion in Sweden
in 1991. Describes some initiatives and issues with predictions about
the future. An epilogue, written in July 1999, considers developments
since 1992. HP-10-0204 Examines some common causes of conflict in a team and offers a variety
of strategies, for both team members and leaders. Strategies include
expecting conflict and valuing it as a rich resource for creativity;
understanding one's own contribution to the problem; and developing
specific skills to interrupt negative attribution cycles. HP-10-0205 Discusses what health promotion is, how it is done, how it developed
and how it relates to the determinants of health. Presents arguments
as to why health promotion is a good investment and stresses the need
to develop appropriate skills to do health promotion well. HP-10-0206 Discusses a number of issues associated with defining, assembling,
using and sharing evidence on the effectiveness of health promotion. HP-10-0207 Research in Health PromotionHP-10-0301 Research
conducted in Ontario to better understand how locally-based projects
participated in policy decision-making at the local and provincial levels. First International Symposium on Health Promotion Effectiveness, 1996
Edwards
examines the questions of health promotion effectiveness in a political
and professional context and the issue of health promotion as an investment,
based on several methods of economic evaluation. Whitehead looks at
the factors effecting healthy public policy and how both theory and
practice assist in the evaluation process. HP-10-0402 Haglund
demonstrates how crucial supportive environments are as a means of promoting
health. Environments are not just the visible structures and services
surrounding us but have spiritual, social, cultural, economic, political
and ideological dimensions as well. Small examines the health promotion
vision for healthier environments as was presented in a 1987 report
evaluating Canada's achievements since that date. HP-10-0403 Boutilier outlines community health promotion as a "practice" within four "arenas": health and social services, community activism, policy, and research. Raeburn defines "empowering community development" and then presents evidence from a variety of sources to draw some general conclusions about the efficacy of this approach. HP-10-0404 Finnegan
and Perry review and synthesize a program of research aimed at youth
health promotion and disease prevention, looking specifically at the
short and long term effects on mortality and morbidity. Skinner and
Bercovitz review concepts and research related to the development of
Personal Skills. Their primary focus is on understanding what motivates
health behaviour and the dynamics of change. HP-10-0405 Johnson
considers the effectiveness of the Reorienting Health Services strategy
from both a process and outcome point of view.
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