Health Promotion Clearinghouse

Although not specific to health promotion, these courses may be of benefit to staff and volunteers working to promote health in the non-profit sector. CharityVillage Campus was launched in 2005 as a paid service. It is a series of self-paced, web-based training courses in fundraising and non-profit management. Examples of topics include grantseeking, budgeting for nonprofits, event planning, board development, volunteer management, and strategic planning. These courses are offered by CharityVillage.com, a long-standing resource website for people involved in Canada’s nonprofit sector. It includes thousands of pages of nonprofit news, resources, how-to articles, training, funding sources, as well as job, volunteer and event listings.

CHNET-Works! is a network of networks, using innovative information technology to support discussions and actions on pressing population health issues. Hosted by the Population Health Improvement Research Network at the University of Ottawa, the intent is to make leading edge research and application information accessible, to enable discussions and to support individual and collective action on population health issues. The CHNET-Works! online newsletter provides subscribers with weekly reminders about upcoming Fireside Chats and other CHNET-Works! events.

CLICK4HP, an open, non-moderated public listserv, is an international dialogue on the uses of the Internet for health promotion. Subscribers exchange views on issues and ideas, provide leads to resources and ask questions about health promotion. For more information on this listserv, and an opportunity to browse or search all the messages since 1996, as well as subscribe to the list, visit the CLICK4HP archives website.

Find the latest on health promotion including breaking news, highlights, studies and issues in health promotion and the determinants of health in Canada and internationally. We post it; you comment.

Health Promotion 101 (HP 101) is a free, online, self-directed course developed in 2005 by the former Ontario Health Promotion Resource System (OHPRS) to introduce learners to health promotion concepts, theories and resources toward building capacity to promote healthy changes in individuals, organizations, and communities. It contains nine modules divided into three main sections: (a) Foundations of Health Promotion; (b) Health Promotion in Action; and (c) Building Your Health Promotion Practice. It is designed for health promotion practitioners as well as those interested in learning more about the field of health promotion. The modules address the key aspects of health promotion theory and practice, including definitions and concepts, models of health, theories of behaviour, organization and community change, and health promotion values and strategies. It provides an excellent and broad foundation on health promotion.

Health Promotion 102 (HP 102) is a free, online, self-directed course on workplace health promotion. Designed by the Health Communication Unit (THCU), it is similar in structure to HP 101 but offers specific knowledge central to workplace health promotion. This course contains nine modules, the first providing a general overview of the terms, concepts, history and information on the core comprehensive workplace health promotion framework. The remaining eight modules provide more detailed information on each of the steps within the framework.

Launched in 2006, the Health Promotion Clearinghouse (HPC) E-Bulletin is published twice a month. It provides information on upcoming local, provincial, national and international events of relevance to Nova Scotia’s health promoters. It also includes a listing of new library resources, as well as information on volunteer, job and funding opportunities. Each month it profiles an organization or initiative related to health promotion. While most of the roughly 1700 subscribers are from Nova Scotia, the E-Bulletin is sent across Canada and internationally.

OHPE is a free weekly newsletter for people interested in health promotion. It is produced by Health Nexus and The Health Communication Unit. It provides information about workshops, conferences, projects, issues, job postings, resources, and feature reports.

This is an online self-instructional course on social determinants of health and public policy formulation is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The purpose of this module is to raise awareness of and provide insight into the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) in order to reduce health inequities, encourage changes in the political agenda and contribute to a better administration of social justice and enforcement of human rights. The module is mainly targeted at WHO/PAHO staff members as well as Health Ministries’ officials in all countries who are engaged in designing action programs, policies and plans for SDH.

This course provides an online learning environment from which to explore root causes of inequity in the distribution of disease, illness, and death. Funded by the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, its audience is primarily the local public health workforce. It seeks to ground participants in the concepts and strategies that could lead to effective action.

This is an international listserv managed by Dennis Raphael, PhD., out of York University. The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Listserv has over 1200 members from around the world who deal with the social determinants of health. You can subscribe by clicking here.

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