From the Ontario Health Promotion E-Bulletin (OHPE) this week are
several great items related to health promotion. Check out the whole
issue in the web archive/database for OHPE at http://ohpe.ca/ebulletin,
click on Announcements for the colleciton of Events, Announcements and
Job Postings; or Features for the article on Health Promotion and the
Canadian Health Network; or Resources.

To start off - here's two announcements from OHPE this week which come
from the Canadian Medical Association, related to sharpening a focus on
health promotion, and an award for excellence in health promotion
program for NON-medical sector organizations.

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New CMA Paper Calls for More Health Promotion Emphasis

The paper, Health Promotion in Canada 1974-2004: Lessons Learned,
celebrates the 30th anniversary of the release of the Lalonde report
that created a framework for understanding the four primary influences
on health: human biology, environment, lifestyle and health-care
organization. The Lalonde report spawned a number of health promotion
initiatives, but the CMA paper says these never fully achieved the
vision of the original report.  While it welcomes the government's new
public health agenda, the CMA paper is concerned that health promotion
is not given the same prominence as disease prevention activities. It
specifically recommends that the new Public Health Agency of Canada "be
a complete organism that fully balances health protection and health
promotion."

To access the paper, visit
http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/121/la_id/1.htm.


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CMA Award for Excellence in Health Promotion

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Award for Excellence in Health
Promotion, was introduced in 2003 to recognize those outside the health
sector who have made a significant contribution towards a healthy
population and a healthy community. Residents of Canada who are not
health professionals or employed in the health sector as well as
organizations that operate outside of the health sector are eligible for
this prestigious award.  Past winners are the Federation of Canadian
Municipalities on behalf of those municipalities that have enacted
bylaws to ban indoor smoking in public places (2003) and the Halifax
Chamber of Commerce for their HealthAction initiative in support of
healthy workplaces and healthy communities (2004).

The deadline for nominations for the 2005 Award is November 30. Further
information on the Award can be found at
http://www.cma.ca/healthaward.htm or by calling 1 (800) 663-7336 x2329.
  A Public Service Announcement (PDF, various sizes) calling for
nominations can be downloaded from http://www.cma.ca/healthaward.htm.

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