In the great volume of potential reading and resource materials for
health promotion practitioners,  I found several gems of knowledge,
insight  and debate in the recent issue of Health Promotion
International <http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/>   which is available
online to subscribers: September 2007; Vol. 22, No. 3 
The Table of Contents is available online to all at:
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol22/issue3/index.dtl
<http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol22/issue3/index.dtl?etoc>  

 Of particular relevance is the article on the nature of evidence
resources and knowledge translation for HP practitioners. How much do we
actually use these resources in our work, and what can help make
evidence-based resources useful and relevant to our work?  The online
survey that the Quaich did recently on cross-cultural knowledge exchange
and translation may well reflect the results that the Armstrong et al
article came to, that effective use of evidence resources depends on the
development processes, presentation and dissemination approaches that
involve networks of policy and practice. 



The nature of evidence resources and knowledge translation for health
promotion practitioners; by Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Belinda
Crockett, and Helen Keleher 
	
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/254
<http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/254?etoc>  
Translating research evidence into programmatic change has proved
challenging and the evidence around how to effectively promote and
facilitate this process is limited. This paper presents the findings
from an evaluation of a series of evidence-based health promotion
resources [in Victoria state, Australia]. The findings demonstrate that
the resources only act as agents for change if they are linked to a
knowledge management process that includes practitioner engagement.




Declarations, Charters and Statements - Their role in health promotion;
editorial by Lawrence St Leger 
	
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/22/3/179
<http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/22/3/179?etoc>
[full text only available to subscribers]
After attending the recent IUHPE conference in Vancouver, and
pre-conference meetings on health promoting schools, the author asks:
- What is the purpose of these Declarations, Charters and Statements?
Have their intentions been achieved? Who uses them? Were they right?
Could they have been developed better, [for] more universal ownership
and implementation of their proposed actions?
He goes on to note that while some of them have had no impact, others
have made a difference to policy and practice, and should be acted upon
by more than the people at such conferences. "Whatever their strengths
and weaknesses, they provide many people, organizations and governments
with a common and consistent set of beliefs, principles, arguments and
actions about why it is essential to promote the health and well-being
of everybody." 



Healthy Cities, local environmental action and climate change; by
Michael Bentley 
	
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/246
<http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/246?etoc>  
This paper reports results of a study that explored the relationship
between the local environmental actions of Healthy Cities programs [in
Europe and Australia] and the adverse health impacts of climate change.
Through their local relationships and their participation in regional
networks, Healthy Cities are able to make connections between local
environmental actions and the health impacts of climate change.



Well-being and consumer culture: a different kind of public health
problem?  By Sandra Carlisle and Phil Hanlon 
	
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/261
<http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/261?etoc>  
The authors suggest that much current thinking about well-being can be
summarized in terms of four main discourses: scientific, popular,
critical and environmental... As the four discourses carry different
implications for action, they conclude by considering their varied
utility and applicability for health promotion.



Alison Stirling,
Health Promotion Knowledge Management Developer,
The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse,
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