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Public Health Links

This is a list of links I have compiled that I like or find interesting relating to Health Promotion and Public Health. I will continue to update this page as I find new resources.

If there are any links you think I may find interesting, please let me know: heather.buist@gmail.com

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Free Courses:

HP 101: Health Promotion On-Line Course
Introduction to RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention (Canadian Red Cross)
Skills Enhancement for Public Health Self-Directed Modules (Public Health Agency of Canada)

Tools:

Online Health Program Planner 2.0
Youth Social Marketing Toolkit
Health Promotion Library
Health Communication Resources

Downloadable Reading Materials:

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986)
A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians (Marc Lalonde, 1981)
Health Promotion Glossary (WHO, 1998)
Health Promotion Practice (Free Sample Articles)
Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts (Mikkonen and Raphael, 2010)
A healthy city is an active city: a physical activity planning guide (WHO, 2008)

Websites:

Guidelines and Categories for Classifying Participatory Research Projects in Health
The Federal Strategy (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Likely Healthy (Health Promotion Blog)
Health-Evidence.ca - Promoting evidence-informed decision making

Videos:

The journey from Ottawa to Health 2020
The fight for public health care (clips from CBC's Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story)
RSA Animate - The Divided Brain
RSA Animate - The Secret Powers of Time
RSA Animate - Choice
Reteaching Gender and Sexuality

Public Health Games:

World Without Oil
Superstruct
Evoke
Outbreak at Watersedge
Sex Squad
The Great Flu
at-risk (for High School Educators)
The Last Straw
Find the Future

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