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Initiatives

Highlights of Our Work: POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH BRITISH COLUMBIA: 2002- 2003 Annual Summary

An Assessment of the Methods and Concepts Used to Synthesize the Evidence of Effectiveness in Health Promotion: A Review of 17 Initiatives (2001)
Examines how seventeen Canadian and international initiatives synthesized evidence of effectiveness. The processes are critiqued from a health promotion perspective and an ideal framework is proposed.

Intersectoral Action ... Towards Population Health (1999)
Illustrates and reinforces the importance of intersectoral action for health by partners inside and outside the health sector.

Investing in Early Child Development: the Health Sector Contribution (1999)
This paper identifies key opportunities for action by the health sector on early childhood development (0-6 years).

Population Health Mobilization: A Regional Strategy (1999)
This paper outlines the strategy used to steer the regional mobilization of the population health approach.

Toward a Healthy Future: Second Report on the Health of Canadians (1999)
Provides a picture of the most current information we have on the health of Canadians, and on the factors that influence our health.

Taking Action On Population Health (1998)
Provides Health Canada employees with an understanding of what the approach means to their work, offers a review of its evolution and links to health promotion.

Report on the Health of Canadians (1996)
Is intended to serve as a tool to help policy makers, health workers, and the public measure Canada's progress in achieving better overall population health. Also see: Toward A Healthy Future: Second Report

Strategies for Population Health - Investing in the Health of Canadians (1994)
Identifies broad population health strategies on which the provincial, territorial and federal governments could collaborate and achieve significant results.