Features

Contents

I Summary and Overview
II Key Findings on Effectiveness
III Strategies for Planning Health Fairs
IV Conclusion
V References

--submitted by Louise Choquette, Bilingual Health Promotion Consultant, Best Start Resource Centre

I. Summary and Overview

Contents

I Introduction
II About the report
III Next steps: Using the report
IV Conclusion

--submitted by Kathy Blair, Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre, SMARTRISK

I Introduction

A major new Canadian research document outlining the high cost of injury in this country is now available. The following article offers an overview of the recently released report, The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada, published by SMARTRISK.

Contents

I Introduction
II Public Health Agency of Canada – Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
III Cancer Care Ontario
IV The increased emphasis on evidence-informed planning and decision-making in community health promotion efforts
V Public Health Practice Branch, Public Health Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

I Introduction

Contents

I Introduction
II Ministry of Health Promotion
III 2009: A bad year for health promotion? Will 2010 be better?
IV Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention at the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
V Health Nexus
VI The Health Communications Unit, 6 mandates, 6 observations
VII Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) year in review

I Introduction

Contents

I Introduction
II High Performance Work Systems
III Summary and Discussion of Research Results
IV Conclusion
V References

--submitted by Kevin H. Johnson who has worked in the nonprofit sector supervising volunteers for twenty years.

I Introduction

Contents

I Introduction
II Gateway Rural Health Research Institute
III The Ontario Rural Council
IV What’s Your Story?

-- submitted by Robb MacDonald, consultant, The Health Communications Unit

I Introduction

Contents

I Introduction

II The Participants

III COMBI project

-- submitted by Tanya Hannah Rumble, Health Promoter, Halton Region Health Department

I Introduction

Contents

I Introduction
II Background to the NCCPH
III National Collaborating Centres
IV What’s next for the NCCPH?
V Get involved
VI Reference

--submitted by Jeannie Mackintosh, Communications Coordinator, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) and Mylène Maguire, Communications Coordinator, National Collaborating Centre for Public Health (NCCPH)

I Introduction

Contents

I Introduction – What is NutriSTEP®?
II Implementation of Nutritional Risk Screening
III Lessons Learned
IV References

--written by Michelle Manarina, an intern at the Nutrition Resource Centre and a graduate student in Public Health Nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley; submitted by Lee Rysdale, MEd, RD, Program Coordinator, Nutrition Resource Centre, Ontario Public Health Association

I. Smoking in the Workplace When the Workplace is Home

[response to Feature Article "Smoking in the Home When the Home is Also a Workplace," OHPE 277, http://www.ohpe.ca/node/180]