Communication

Health Fair Planning Guide is a resource from the Family and Consumer Sciences of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. It provides information on planning, implementing and evaluating health fairs.
http://fcs.tamu.edu/Health/health_fair_planning_guide

Health Fair Timeline and Checklist provides an itemized checklist of planning tasks beginning 12 months prior to a health fair and includes follow-up activities. Independence Blue Cross.
http://www.ibx.com/pdfs/custom/worksite_wellness/employer_tools/health_f...

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

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2006/08/nachtwey_photoessay2...

This slide show is by James Nachtwey for Vanity Fair.

http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com

This shared blog on population, gender and health has a different discussion topic each month. Participants can submit opinions, comment, or get creative and share a personal story, photo essay, a video or a podcast.

http://www.adcouncil.org

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/imc/

The website for the school includes curriculum information and information about Integrated Marketing Communication for Behavioral Impact (IMC/COMBI) in health and social development.

Contents

I Introduction

II The Participants

III COMBI project

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

I Introduction

The Policy Consensus Conference materials are available on the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) website including the consensus statement and the Healthy Weights for Healthy Kids report by the Standing Committee on Health, March 2007. Available at http://www.cdpac.ca/content.php?doc=107.

The Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) Position Statement on Obesity and the Impact of Marketing on Children is available on the CDPAC website at http://www.cdpac.ca/content.php?doc=133.

Contents

I Introduction
II Background
III Marketing to Children
IV About the Conference
V CDPAC position statement
VI Lessons learned

--submitted by Manuel Arango, conference co-chair and Assistant Director, Health Policy (Government Relations & Advocacy), Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Using Common Messages to Address Chronic Disease in Ontario: A Utilization Framework

I Background about Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance
II Common Message Project Phase 1: Development of common messages
III Common Message Project Phase 2: Development of the utilization framework
IV Benefits and values in advancing the common messages
V Opportunities to advance the common messages
VI OCDPA’s next steps

Submitted by Hoi Ki Ding, Acting Manager, Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance