Alison,
I checked out the website, and have downloaded three stories for my class.
Great work!!!
David

At 10:47 AM 10/14/97 -0400, you wrote:
>        The following posting comes from one of my colleagues Penny
>Theodore, and regards an exciting initiative taken with the Association
>of Ontario Health Centres to collect and share stories of people who are
>involved with their community health centre.  The web-site is remarkable
>and worth visiting for an extended period.  Many of the 25 stories have
>Real Audio, enabling visitors to listen to the stories (you can download
>RealAudio if you do not have it) - a wonderful feature!  The stories are
>avaialble in plain text version, as well as with photographs, adding a
>dimension rarely seen on the Net.  I highly recommend that CLICK4HP
>subscribers check out Real Stories.  It may be a good opportunity for a
>discussion here on the use of stories in health promotion.
>
>Alison
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>Alison Stirling, health promotion consultant
>Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
>1(800) 263-2846 ext 226 OR (416) 408-2121 ext 226
>E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>Internet: http://www.web.net/~stirling/
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>                                Real Stories online now!
>
>                        http://www.opc.on.ca/realstories
>
>Real Stories is an interactive web site featuring authentic stories of
>individuals whose lives have been affected by their involvement at their
>local Community Health Centre (CHC).
>
>The website features over 25 stories submitted by several Ontario based
>CHCs. A selection of the stories are narrated using Real Audio
>technology and visitors to the website , whether they are health
>workers, policy makers or simply members of the public are given the
>opportunity to share their own stories, insights and opinions.
>
>The common theme in all the stories is that multi-disciplinary,
>community based primary health care delivery, like that provided CHCs
>in Ontario, makes a difference in the lives of individuals and
>communities. This evidence may be 'anecdotal'-storytelling is considered
>a soft science- however it is meant to be complementary to other more
>quantitative evaluations that have been done about the CHC program, the
>Centres themselves and the individual programs offered at the CHCs.
>
>For more information about the project please contact:
>
>Penny Theodore
>Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
>416-408-2121 x 230
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>
>Gary O'Connor
>Association of Ontario Health Centres
>416-236-2539
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David Burman                    [log in to unmask]
University of Toronto,          phone: 416-978-0536
19 Russell Street,                      fax: 416-978-8511
Toronto ON, M5S 2S2