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The
Early Years Study (1999)
Investigates how government, communities and parents can positively affect every
aspect of a young child's life for greater success in school, in their careers
and in society.
Economic Burden
of Illness in Canada (EBIC)
EBIC provides valuable information that will contribute to a better understanding
of the cost illness in Canada and its impact on the decision-making process
of health policy and programs.
"Effectiveness
of Health Promotion" - Health Policy Research Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 3 (2002)
This issue explores the practical and theoretical challenges in assessing the
effectiveness of health promotion and presents some "real life" examples
of how they are being addressed. It also highlights a major international evaluation
initiative, as well as other important initiatives under way across the country.
An Environmental
Scan of Research Transfer Strategies (2001)
Represents a valuable tool kit in applying research knowledge to policies affecting
the health and well-being of Canadians.
Evaluation
in Health Promotion: Principles and Perspectives (2001)
Provides a wealth of guidance on how to undertake evaluations and calls for
greater investment in the evaluation of health promotion.
The Evidence of Health Promotion Effectiveness: Shaping Public Health in
a New Europe
Published by the International Union for Health
Promotion and Education.
This book assess 20 years of the health, social, economic and political impacts
of health promotion and disease prevention.
Framework for Women-Centred Health (2001) 
Consists of 12 elements that, taken together, provide tools and strategies to
improve responses to the health needs of individual women and specific populations
of women.
Guide
to Project Evaluation: A Participatory Approach (1996)
Provides an easy-to-use, comprehensive framework to assist in the development
and implementation of effective project evaluations.
Health Beyond Health
Care: Twenty-five Years of Federal Health Policy Development (2000)
Provides a historical context and identifies the conditions that foster policy
innovations within the public sector, and the challenges ahead to implementation
of population health insights.
Health and Wealth:
How Socio-Economic Factors Affect Our Well-Being (1999)
This CCPA (Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives) book explains why all levels
of government should address the socio-economic root causes of ill-health.
Health Disparities -- please see Reducing Health Disparities.
Health
Impact Assessment as a Tool for Population Health Promotion and Public Policy (1996)
Presents a situational analysis of health impact assessment strategies for public
policy development and for population health promotion.
Health Indicator Workbook: a tool for healthy communities (2nd Edition)
By the BC Ministry of Health, Victoria. (1995)
Health Indicators,
Volume 2001, No. 1 (2001)
This Statistics Canada document contains highlights and data tables for a number
of health status and non-medical determinants indicators organized by sex, age
and geography.
Health
Policy Research Bulletin -"Health Promotion Effectiveness", Volume 1, Issue
3 (2002)
This issue explores the practical and theoretical challenges in assessing the
effectiveness of health promotion and presents some "real life" examples
of how they are being addressed. It also highlights a major international evaluation
initiative, as well as other important initiatives under way across the country.
Health
Policy Research Bulletin vol. 1, No. 1 (2001)
Presents a series of articles on the implications of aging for the health care
system in light of currently available evidence and identifies areas where further
research is needed.
Health Promotion and the Common Good: Theoretical Considerations.
Robertson, A. Critical
Public Health, 9, 117-133. (1999)
"Health
Promotion, Does it Work" - Health Policy Research Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue
3 (2002)
This issue explores the practical and theoretical challenges in assessing the
effectiveness of health promotion and presents some "real life" examples
of how they are being addressed. It also highlights a major international evaluation
initiative, as well as other important initiatives under way across the country.
Health
Promotion in Canada: A Case Study (1997)
Served as a background paper for the Fourth International Conference on Health
Promotion held in Jakarta, Indonesia in July 1997.
Health
Promotion and New Information Technologies (1997)
Provides advice that may assist key players in the field of health promotion
to think through and strategically plan their involvement with the new technologies.
Health
Reports: How Healthy Are Canadians, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2001)
This special issue of Health Reports presents a wide array of indicators examining
the health differences between Canadian men and women.
Healthy
Development of Children and Youth: The Role of the Determinants of Health(1999)
Examines how various health determinants shape healthy child development, and
discusses conditions and trends relevant to the health of Canadian children
and youth.
Healthy
Lifestyle: Strengthening the Effectiveness of Lifestyle Approaches to Improve
Health (2000)
Shows that lifestyle is interdependent with one's social environment, and that
interventions should address the complexity and influence of community factors
on individual health.
Also see: Key
Points and Discussion Questions
Healthy
People 2010 Tool Kit (1999)
Provides guidance, technical tools and resources promoting successful, state-specific
Healthy People 2010 plans. It is also useful for other communities embarking
on simular health plans.
HORIZONS Newsletter:
Population health Edition (1999)
Articles highlight early child hood development; social inequalities in health;
global perspectives on health and more.
How our Programs Affect Population Health
Determinants: A Workbook for Better Planning and Accountability (2003)
This workbook assists community programs, funders and other services to know
more about how their health promotion activities contribute to change in
population health determinants.
How
Does Literacy Affect the Health of Canadians? A profile paper (1998)
Touches upon some of the mechanisms by which literacy affects health,
and suggests some of the ways in which the health field can respond.
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