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National Policies on SH, Public Health, Education
Jun 22 2008, 2:56 PM EDT
The Canadian Health Minister announced several speciifc strategies responding to health problems at the annual meeting of the CPHA. The new Conservative government has taken a different approach than the previous government in an attempt to get practical; things done more quickly. The previous government had established a Public Health Agency and intergovermental network, which was conceptually broader but the flagship initiatives (healthy living-chronic disease, preparing for pandemics) have ended up being stalled or ended up re-inventing frameworks such as the population health approach,
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1. Canada's First Report on Public Health (Posted June 23 in this wiki)
Jun 23 2008, 11:06 AM EDT
Dennis Raphael, one of Canada's expert advocates on equity says this about the report on his list serve. "The report is pretty good. More evidence proving that "Canada is a powerhouse in producing health promotion documents." Let' hope that jurisisdictions around the world are able to implement its contents. Whether anything will happen in Canada seems unclear. The Toronto Star article points out that its release was low-balled by the government."Do you find this valuable? |
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2. Norway Equity Plan & School Role
Jun 24 2008, 11:41 AM EDT
Norway 10 Year Plan to Reduce Inequities: School Role (See postings for week of June 23-29, 2008)The school and school health programs play a prominent role in Norway's plan to reduce inequities. The Norwegian Parliamement will be reviewing a report in progress in 2008. The childhood section of that report refers to several SH-related items such as full kindergarten coverage, reducing the number of students entering school with inadequate language skills, reduced number of students leaving school without good basic skills, reduced dropout rates from upper secondary schools, early identification and follow-up for at risk students and greater access to the national school health service. Other specific programs in the report are: - expansion of the fruits & vegetables program to all students - maternal and child health centres as part of the school health services, including assessment of language skills and child development - expansion of child mental and youth health services, including a maximum waiting time for mental health services for people under the age of 23 - online knowledge transfer programs to improve child protection services - assessment and improvement of services to immigrant families The Ministry of Children and Equality is responsible for following up on these recommendations Do you find this valuable? |
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3. Systems Thinking, Knowledge Exchange part of Provincial Plan
Jul 13 2008, 1:18 PM EDT
A recent NGO report from Ontario, Canada illustrates how systems thinking and knowledge exchange are now considered in advocacy and policy development. Moving Forward on Provincial Action Plan on Obesity: Report Ontario, Canada 's Action Plan for Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) was developed to address an epidemic of overweight and obesity in Ontario and as part of a world wide response to reduce chronic disease by targeting nutrition and physical activity. Moving the Healthy Eating and Active Living Strategy Forward in Ontario" is a consultative report which describes four priorities for action which need to take place in order to move the HEAL strategy forward. Based on discussions with tobacco field experts on the success behind the Smoke Free Ontario Strategy and building on the knowledge from key informants within the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, health promotion and chronic disease prevention, this report proposes four priorities for action: Establish a HEAL Expert Panel to recommend a comprehensive agenda for action within a chronic disease prevention and management framework; Establish a HEAL research and policy engagement agenda for Ontario; Develop a comprehensive HEAL knowledge exchange plan for Provincial and Regional Stakeholders; Develop a plan to build regional capacity to implement effective HEAL programs and policies. This report builds on OCDPA's "Thinking Like A System: the way forward to prevent chronic disease in Ontario", and offers a clear and concise blueprint on how to implement the four priorities for action. It is intended for Ontario policy makers, educators, non-governmental organization (NGO) staff, as well as health professionals and practitioners in the areas of healthy eating and active living. Do you find this valuable? |
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4. RE: National Policies on SH, Public Health, Education
Jul 15 2008, 10:24 AM EDT
Inertia at the Top: Fighting Obesity With Less Dough (From NASSP-Washington Post, 5/19/08)With the childhood obesity epidemic continuing to worsen, schools are desperately looking to federal lawmakers for help—and President Bush has sent a clear signal about the Administration’s priority on the issue. Although the president launched an expansive HealthierUS project in 2002, he has since tried to kill or cut several prominent federal efforts aimed at helping overweight children and teens. His FY 2009 budget, for example, would end a $75 million program to help schools and communities expand physical-education offerings and purchase equipment. The budget would also maintain its current levels of obesity grants to states, which have enough money to benefit just half the country. Do you find this valuable? |
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5. RE: National Policies- SH, Public Health, Education-Western Australia
Aug 6 2008, 10:29 AM EDT
See the posting in the week of July 28-Aug 3 for a summary of government and other SH initiatives in the state of Western Australia. This is an excellent example of what can be done at the government and state level.
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6. England's Standard: National Policies on SH, Public Health, Education
Sep 3 2008, 1:07 PM EDT
This document clarifies the minimum evidence required by schools to achieve National Healthy School Status. Evidence is listed against each criterion of the four core themes of National Healthy School Status. http://www.healthyschools.gov.uk/qa/documents/Word%20Doc/QA%20National%20Audit.doc Do you find this valuable? |
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7. Austria Standard: National Policies on SH, Public Health, Education
Sep 3 2008, 1:15 PM EDT
Austrian Standards for Healthy SchoolsThe Austrian Gesunde Schule (Healthy Schools) project has developed the Gesunde Schule quality standards. The standards can be downloaded on the website www.gesundeschule.at. An English translation will be made available later in the project 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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8. RE: National Policies on SH, Public Health, Education
Jun 23 2010, 6:30 PM EDT
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