Monica - with respect to your request for ideas related to Sustainability of
Health Promotion, you might find a resource that I and a colleague (Merle
Kisby) developed for use here in Ontario useful.  Send an email to Kara
Richardson at [log in to unmask] to sign up for the bulletin and access the
database (there is no cost).

The framework is built around 4 components of sustainability - sustaining
the health promotion issue, sustaining / integrating some programs,
sustaining the behaviour changes already made in a population, and
sustaining the most appropriate form a partnership to support the rest.  For
each of the 4 components there is a list of factors to use to practically
assess current operations and identify possible directions for the coming
year.

There is an Executive Summary and manual created around the conceptual
framework through the Heart Health Resource Centre here in Ontario but I am
not sure what the availability is outside of Ontario.  There may in fact be
a web-based resource soon as well.

Hope this is useful.  Please feel free to contact me directly if you would
like any further details.

Nancy Dubois
Health Communication Unit
Centre for Health Promotion
University of Toronto
(co-author of Heart Health Sustainability for Action workbook)

It was highlighted last week on the Ontario Health Promotion Email Bulletin
and can be found in the archived database of that publication via sending a
message to
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: February 20, 2000 7:55 PM
Subject: 1. mentoring 2. program sustainability


> Dear colleagues
>
> I've two separate questions for you - could you guide me to any resources
> (frameworks, checklists, articles) about:
>
> 1.  MENTORING for health promotion practitioners:  in the context of
> workforce capacity building.
>
> 2.  building SUSTAINABLE health promotion programs:  'sustainability' is a
> frequently demanded of health promotion, but we are not very well guided
as
> to how to achievable sustained programs and sustained community health.
>
> Thanks.
>
> >From Monica
>
>
> Monica Bensberg
> Health Promotion Manager
> Department of Human Services
> 122 Thomas Street
> Dandenong 3175
> Victoria Australia
> Ph: 03 9213 2055
>