Provincial health aging policy framework
Newfoundland and Labrador is unique and compelling. The Healthy
Aging Policy Framework outlines the key issues and strategic directions
which will prepare this province to respond to the needs of seniors
now and in the future. Read
more about this.
Canadian Best Practices Portal
The Public Health Agency of Canada launched the Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention at the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) national conference in Ottawa on November 5 - 8, 2006.
The Canadian Best Practices Portal is an online resource for decision makers in practice, policy and research. It is a virtual front door leading to an array of evidence-based best practices interventions, systematic reviews, and resources for health promotion and chronic disease prevention. The Population Health Approach is used as the organizing framework, providing you with a systematic approach to planning.
You can use the Best Practices Portal to support your work in health promotion and chronic disease prevention by:
- Using the recommended resources including links, manuals and reports.
- Visiting the selected 11 systematic review sites.
- Finding an intervention to adapt for use in your community.
You can search the best practice interventions by:
* Topic
* Population
* Setting
* Risk factor
* Determinant of health
* Language
* Population characteristic
* Gender
The Health Intelligencer
This bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of current and upcoming Health System Intelligence Project (HSIP) products. Copies of all reports produced so far have been provided to the LHIN offices and electronic versions of most reports are available at www.health.gov.on.ca/transformation/providers/information/im_resources.html
NBPRU
Bringing the best knowledge to nursing and healthcare: Enhancing practice and improving health and system outcomes.
The NBPRU is a unique collaboration between researchers and educators at the University of Ottawa and an active grassroots professional association, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario.
The unit brings “state of the art” nursing knowledge that is based on the best available evidence, and promotes collaboration and research exchange with policy-makers and civil society groups in Canada and around the word.
CHNET-Works!
Practitioners, policy/decision
makers, and researchers involved in community health are invited
to join CHNET-Works! an
interactive, on-line forum that includes flash polls, audio debates,
commentaries, discussion boards and Advisors on Tap. These networking
'tools' provide opportunities to discuss and network around "hot" community
health topics. The current topics are:
- Regionalization: its impact on community health practice.
- Public health standards and competencies: Their implications for public health education, practice, policy and research.
- Multiple interventions - design and evaluation.
For more information about CHNET-Works! go to: http://chnet-works.ca/
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