Using the document that Michel O' Neill talks about in previous email I had
put together a list of the initiatives that aim to  synthesis/disseminate
evidence of the effectiveness of HP programs and services. Have cut and
past the info below

cheers
Sue Heward
Health Promotion
Primary and Community Health
Victorian Department of Human Services
Australia

Email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phkb



                         Where would I find that?
              The effectiveness of health promotion programs

A number of major initiatives are under way to synthesise and disseminate
evidence of the effectiveness of health promotion. Just a quick summary of
the ones I know of, from across the world (with internet links).

1.   The Victorian Government (Australia) is committed to supporting
evidence-based practice in the planning and implementation of effective
health promotion action. The practical use of evidence promises better
health outcomes by informing practitioners, program planners and funding
bodies as they develop and select health promotion strategies, methods and
activities. The following four documents initiate the series:
·    Evidence-Based Health Promotion: Resources for Planning. No.1 - Oral
Health www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/ebhp/01oral.htm
·    Evidence-Based Health Promotion: Resources for Planning. No.2 -
Adolescent Health
       www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/ebhp/02adolescent.htm
·    Evidence-Based Health Promotion: Resources for Planning. No.3 - Falls
Prevention
       www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/ebhp/03falls.htm
·    Evidence-Based Health Promotion: Resources for Planning. No.4 - Child
Injury Prevention
       www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/ebhp/04child.htm

  The next four being developed include:
·    Public Health Nutrition
·    Body Image
·    Diabetes
·    Cardiovascular Disease

2.   The Cochrane Health Promotion and Public health field

     www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/cochrane

3.   National Health Service Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
(NHS-CRD), a sibling organisations to the Cochrane Centre, most reviews
focus on health care to support England's National Health Service but some
reviews do examine health promotion and disease prevention topics.

     www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd

4.   The Health Inequalities Research Collaboration (HIRC). Research in
Australia and overseas has shown that people who experience social and
economic disadvantage tend to be sicker and die younger than others. The
goal of the Collaboration is to enhance Australia's knowledge on the causes
of and effective responses to health inequalities, and to promote
vigorously the application of this evidence to reduce health inequalities
in Australia.

     www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/hirc/index.htm


5.   The Campbell Collaboration: Focuses on the effects of social and
educational policies and practices

     www.campbellcollaboration.org

6.   The Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) is a key
initiative of the Public Health Research, Education and Development (PHRED)
Program. It is jointly funded by the Canadian Ministry of Health and
Long-Term Care and the City of Hamilton, Social and Public Health Services
Department.

     www.city.hamilton.on.ca/sphs/ephpp/ephppSumRev.htm

7.   The Evidence of Health Promotion Effectiveness: Shaping Public Health
in a New Europe, A report for the European Commission (2000). Not available
electronically but can be ordered at www.iuhpe.nyu.edu

8.   The Health Development Agency- Research and Evidence
     www.hda-online.org.uk/html/research/reviews.html

     Also within this site there are various other useful sites eg:
     www.hda-online.org.uk/html/research/effectiveness.html
     www.hda-online.org.uk/evidence/
     www.phel.gov.uk/


9.   Evidence for Policy and practice information Coordinating Centre
     eppi.ioe.ac.uk/EPPIWeb/home.aspx

10.  The US guide to Community Preventative Services
     www.thecommunityguide.org

11.   The Heart Health Resource Centre, Ontario Public Health Association
     www.web.net/heart


     Sue Heward
     Health Promotion
     Primary and Community Health
     Victorian Department of Human Services
     Email: [log in to unmask]

     Oct 2002







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