Raphael, D. (ed.) (2009). Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives, 2nd edition. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Raphael, D. (2007). Poverty and policy in Canada: Implications for health and quality of life. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Articles

Barwick, M (2008). Developing a community of practice model for cancer and chronic disease prevention. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer: Toronto, ON.

Bentley, C., Browman, P., Poole, B. (2010). Conceptual and practical challenges for implementing the communities of practice model on a national scale – a Canadian cancer control initiative. BMC Health Services Research, 10:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-3.

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, by Helen Osborne (2005,) includes key principles and strategies of effective health communications.

More information is available at the publisher's website: http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9780763745509/.

Banks, Marjorie M.W. (2001). A study of church leaders, volunteers, and members on the use of volunteers in the church. A dissertation paper, Pepperdine University.

Colomy, P., Chen, H., & Andrews, G. L. (1987). Situational facilities and volunteer work. Journal of Volunteer Administration, 6, 20-25.

Freeman, Richard B. (1997). Working for Nothing: The supply of volunteer labor. Journal of Labor Economics, 15, 140-166.

Jack, L., Liburd, L., Spencer, T. & Airhenbuwa, C.O. (2004). Understanding the environmental issues in diabetes self-management education research: A reexamination of 8 studies in community-based settings. Annals of Internal Medicine, 140 (11), 964-972.

Garrard, J., Lewis, B., Keleher, H., Tunny, N., Burke L., Harper, S. & Round, R. (2004). Planning for healthy communities: reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes through healthier environments and lifestyles. Melbourne: Victorian Government Department of Human Services.

Don't Make Me Think is a book by Steve Krug about human computer interaction and web usability billed as a common sense approach to usability. Krug also has a website at http://www.sensible.com/.

Made to Stick – Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath, tackles the reasons why some ideas thrive while others die and how to improve the chances of worthy ideas. More information is available at http://www.madetostick.com.

Dannenberg, A. et al. (2003). The impact of community design and land use choices on public health. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (9), 1500-1508.

Richard Gilbert and Catherine O'Brien (2005), Child- And Youth-Friendly Land-Use And Transport Planning Guidelines, Centre for Sustainable Transportation (www.cstctd.org).

Wurtele, S. and Ritchie, J. (2005). Healthy Travel, Healthy Environments: Integrating Youth and Child Perspectives into Municipal Transportation Planning. Children, Youth and Environments, 15(2),356-370.

Lewis S. Race Against Time - Second Edition: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa. http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/materials_publications.htm

Nolen S. 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2007.

Stephen Lewis Foundation. Grandmothers to Grandmothers: The Dawn of a New Movement, 2007. http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/materials_publications.htm

Predictors of cancer information overload: findings from a national survey by Kim, Lustria, Burke and Kwon (2007) explores predictors of information overload from individuals seeking cancer information. A secondary analysis was performed of the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey conducted by the US National Cancer Institute. The strongest predictors were identified as education level and cognitive aspects of information seeking. The paper is available at http://informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper326.html.

Werder, O (2007). Battle of the bulge: an analysis of the obesity prevention campaigns in the United States and Germany. The International Association for the Study of Obesity: Obesity Reviews, 8, 451-457.

Borra, ST, Kelly, L, Shirreffs, MB, Neville,K. and Geige, CJ (2003). Developing health messages: qualitative studies with children, parents, and teachers help identify communications opportunities for healthful lifestyles and the prevention of obesity. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 103: 6, 721-728.