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Inclusion Research Handbook 2009

susanh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:59:00 GMT

Developed by OWHN and our Count Us In! project partners, Inclusion Research is conducted by and for women who are marginalized to ensure their voices inform the development of health policy, programs and research. At the centre of this methodology are Inclusion Researchers, marginalized women who are trained and employed to participate in all aspects of the research, including project design, data collection and analysis and results dissemination.

The Inclusion Research Handbook discusses the background of Inclusion Research and provides a guide to conducting this form of community-based research. This tool includes an Inclusion Researcher training program manual and sample forms, documents and handouts.

Funding: Echo: Improving Women's Health in Ontario, an agency of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://www.owhn.on.ca/tools.htm

Sick and Tired Report Released - Feb 2009

susanh — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:31:00 GMT

http://socialplanningtoronto.org/reports/sick-and-tired-report-released/

Chronic and severe health conditions hit poor Ontarians at rates that are far higher than those of average Ontarians, according to new research released today. Diabetes, heart disease, chronic bronchitis and mood disorders are found at rates as much as 4.5 times higher among social assistance recipients than the non-poor, according to the study by the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto, the University of Toronto’s Social Assistance in the New Economy Project, and the Wellesley Institute.

The study, entitled, Sick and Tired: The Compromised Health of Social Assistance Recipients and the Working Poor in Ontario, examined health and income data from across the province and found that people on social assistance had worse health on 38 of 39 indicators when compared with the non-poor. Perhaps most distressing, the study found that one in ten social assistance recipients considered suicide in the 12-month period preceding the study. Suicide attempts were 10 times higher for social assistance recipients compared to the non-poor.

http://socialplanningtoronto.org/reports/sick-and-tired-report-released/

First Steps to Equity: Ideas and Strategies for Health Equity in Ontario, 2008-2010

susanh — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:39:00 GMT

First Steps to Equity: Ideas and Strategies for Health Equity in Ontario, 2008-2010
Patychuk D and Seskar-Hencic D. November 2008.

New Resource of Interest:
http://www.healthnexus.ca/policy/firststeps_healthyequity.pdf

New online edition - Primer to Action: Social Determinants of Health

susanh — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:37:00 GMT

A resource for health and community workers, activists and local residents to understand how the social determinants of health impact chronic disease--and what we can do about it.

http://www.healthnexus.ca/projects/primer.pdf

16th Ontario Health Promotion Summer School - eHealth Promotion: Connecting Communities and Resources in the 21st Century

susanh — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:32:00 GMT

Summer School Theme: eHealth Promotion: Connecting Communities and Resources in the 21st Century
July 8 - 10th, 2009. Early bird fees until May 9th, 2009.
http://www.utoronto.ca/chp/hpss/generalinfo.html

Information and communications technologies have evolved quickly over the last ten years. As a result, health promotion practitioners can reach out to phenomenal numbers of people across great geographical regions in real time and engage them in ways never imagined before.

At HPSS 2009 we will explore how we can sustain a human component in our use of technology, the opportunities as well as the pitfalls and challenges posed by eHealth. HPSS 2009 will provide an exciting opportunity to learn more about interactive technologies, photovoice, Facebook, virtual libraries, portals, databases, information systems, evaluation tools, and more. We will explore the ways in which technology can help us improve our work with people, the eHealth literacy skills we need, the health effects, Web-based tools for research and evaluation, how we can engage electronic networks for social support, and the latest in health education methods using information technology.

Participants will be able to return to their workplaces having learned how to stay ahead or at least 'keep up with' new technologies before the next generation of people and technology get ahead of us again.

Minding Our Bodies launches website - an active living project for community mental health

susanh — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:35:00 GMT

Minding Our Bodies: Physical Activity for Mental Health is a two-year project (2008-2010). The goal is to increase capacity within the community mental health system in Ontario to promote active living and to create new opportunities for physical activity for people with serious mental illness to support recovery. The project website was launched today to begin raising awareness of the project and to seek expressions of interest from organizations that may want to participate in local pilot programs in 2009.

Minding Our Bodies will develop a toolkit and training workshop to support mental health agencies and community partners that want to start a physical activity program. The toolkit will be piloted in three communities in Ontario. A formal request for proposals will be issued in January 2009, and expressions of interest are now being accepted through the project website.

An environmental scan is currently in progress to gather information about existing physical activity programs, and to identify start-up challenges and program success factors. A province-wide survey is being conducted among mental health service providers, including organizations that currently have a physical activity program as well as those that don't. A link to the survey is available on the website.

Minding Our Bodies is an initiative of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario, in partnership with YMCA Ontario and York University's Faculty of Health, with support from the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion through the Communities in Action Fund.

For more information, visit the website at www.mindingourbodies.ca

Integrating Care in the Community for Vulnerable Populations

susanh — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:43:00 GMT

LOOK GLOBALLY - ACT LOCALLY: Integrating Care in the Community for

Vulnerable Populations

**National speakers just announced**

**Don't miss your chance to attend this ground-breaking symposium**

**Space is filling up**

When: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST)

Where: Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel, Grand Richmond Ballroom

- 600 Highway 7 - Richmond Hill, ON

https://www.ocsa-eservices.ca/meetings/meetings_register_reg_type.asp?MTG=1465

http://www.ocsa.on.ca/Conference/2008/pdf/PC%202008%20REGISTRATION%20FORM.pdf

For more information visit:

http://www.crncc.ca/knowledge/events/IntegratedCareSystemsSymposium.html

*Event Details*

The Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) and

the Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA) will feature top

speakers from Canada and Europe to learn more about what works, what

does not, and what needs to be done at the local level to implement

successful integrated care initiatives.

This symposium will also explore the links between integrated care and

supportive housing, and build on some of the key themes from the CRNCC

- OCSA Supportive Housing 2007 symposium.

Janet Lum (Ryerson University and CRNCC, ON): will set the stage by

outlining the general trends in integrated care systems and aging at

home strategies.

*International Perspective*

Kai Leichsenring (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy &

Research, Austria) : will outline the political, structural, and

organizational conditions that are crucial for best practice models of

integrated care based on the experience from nine European countries.

Jenny Billings (Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Kent,

UK): will examine what evidence-based practice elements can be

developed into indicators, the many problems around measuring

outcomes, and what can be considered 'good outcome measures'.

Henk Nies (Vilans, the Centre of Expertise for Long-Term Care, the

Netherlands): will present on the Netherlands?s user-driven regional

plans that were developed and now being implemented, and how

integrated services are being pushed onto the policy agenda.

*Bringing it Home*

Marcus Hollander (Hollander Analytical Services Ltd, BC) & David

Pedlar (Veterans Affairs Canada, PEI): will explore the balance of

evidence regarding continuing care initiatives in Canada and the

policy and practice implications for continuing care when older people

want to stay at home.

A. Paul Williams (University of Toronto & CRNCC): will explain the

Balance of Care (BoC) research projects in five different regions of

Ontario that support the argument for safe and cost-effective access

to appropriate home and community care packages as an alternative to

long-term care home placements.

WHO World Commission on the Social Determinants of Health - Final Report

susanh — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health
Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/en/index.html

Just released to the Public: Toronto Central LHIN Health Equity Discussion Paper

susanh — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:22:00 GMT

Just released, the Toronto Central LHIN's Health Equity Discussion Paper. Go to:

www.torontocentrallihn.ca OR see attached Executive Summary document

Healthy Connections 2008 Conference webcast now available for viewing

susanh — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:52:00 GMT

Click on this link to view the webcast of the Speakers on Health Inequity from the Healthy Connections 2008 Conference
http://www.ryecast.ryerson.ca/dmpstreams/crnccjune2008/index.asp

Annual Maytree Leadership Conference May 6 - 'Belonging' Theme

susanh — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Maytree's 2008 Leadership Conference May 6, 2008 in Toronto. This year's theme is 'belonging' and its impact on the wellbeing of individuals and communities. By investigating issues such as citizenship, identity and multiculturalism we will reflect on ways to enable disenfranchised groups to participate, engage and make their voice heard.

http://www.maytree.com/conference2008/

National Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention Conference - November 2008

susanh — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:20:00 GMT

Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada's 3rd National Conference

http://www.cdpac.ca/content.php?doc=98

Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention: Taking Action Together
November 24-26, 2008 Ottawa, Ontario

This third national conference titled Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention: Taking Action Together builds on the previous two conferences and focuses on how individuals, organizations, strategies and sectors can collaboratively act on the root causes of chronic disease in Canada. Producing the greatest gains in the health status of Canadians will require urgent action that reduces the inequities giving rise to chronic diseases such as mental illness, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Call for Abstracts deadline for submission is April 14, 2008 at 9 pm EST

Check out Toronto Enterprise Fund's new website

susanh — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:13:00 GMT

The Toronto Enterprise Fund supports the implementation of social purpose enterprises working with people who are homeless and low-income. A social purpose enterprise is a revenue-generating venture owned and operated by a non-profit organization that provides training and employment for marginalized populations.
http://www.torontoenterprisefund.ca/

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admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:50:00 GMT

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