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A very interesting paper out of Norway (via, I believe, KU-UC E-Watch):
Evidence-Informed Health Policy: Using Research to Make Health Systems Healthier - Report from Kunnskapssenteret (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services) (PDF, 112pp.) Read More...
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A bunch of things, mostly from January and early February but some rather older –
An interesting article about Pueblo, Colorado: Building Capacity for the Continuous Improvement of Health-Promoting Schools (Red Orbit)
In the Lindsay Post, on the Read More...
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This week (October 22-28) is Healthy Workplace Week. This year’s theme is “Value Your People”.
The UK concludes Obesity ‘not individuals’ fault’ (BBC):
Obesity, the authors concluded, was an inevitable consequence of Read More...
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Getting kids to stop drinking carbonated beverages doesn’t seem to have any long-term effect on obesity after all (MedPage Today)
Spacing Wire ran a good summary of the Walk21 conference session on public health and urban design as they affect and Read More...
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The World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of Health has released an interim statement (PDF, 441kb). More information on the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. More information on Canada’s Response to the WHO Read More...
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It’s a busy time of year at OPC and we’ve accumulated a bit of a headline backlog! I’ll try to put some pictures in to break things up a bit.
Parents everywhere are saying “I told you so!” to this: Food Dyes and Preservatives Read More...
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Women’s Health Matters is featuring the booklet and web resource Primer to Action: Social Determinants of Health (PDF), co-written by OPC.
From Preventing Chronic Disease, CDC (USA): Charting the Future of Community Health Promotion: Recommendations Read More...
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A couple of journal articles — viewing the full article requires subscription or purchase:
Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 3, 441-452 (2007)
Achieving a “Broad View of Health”
Robert E. Aronson, DrPH, MPH
Barbara L. Norton, Read More...
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Best Start Resource Centre would like to announce the release of the report “Implications for Ontario: Awareness of FASD” in French and English. The report is available in English at: http://www.beststart.org/research/index.html. For the French Read More...
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The Federal Minister of Health announced this week that he’s holding on-line public consultations about improving children and youth health.
Le ministre de la Santé a annoncé aujourd’*** le lancement d’une consultation en ligne pour Read More...
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