In today's Ontario Health Promotion E-Bulletin (24 June 2011), there's a fine listing of events, news, jobs - and an excellent article by my colleague Robyn Kalda on the steps taken in network mapping and analysis of 35 Healthy Communities Partnerships and the results so far. 

 

View this full issue online: http://www.ohpe.ca/epublish/1/v2011n713 .

 

 

Network Mapping for Ontario's Healthy Communities Partnerships http://www.ohpe.ca/node/12400

 

Contents

I What is network mapping?

II Project background and context

III Steps for Healthy Communities Partnerships to create a network map

IV Results: trends and patterns in the Healthy Communities Partnerships' network maps

V Conclusion

 

by Robyn Kalda, Health Nexus

 

I What is network mapping?

 

Network mapping is also known as social network analysis. (more at http://www.orgnet.com/sna.html )

 

Specifically, network mapping offers the following:

-    increased understanding of the strengths of existing networks

-    identification of areas within networks that need to be expanded or strengthened

-    methodology to demonstrate growth and change over time.

 

In short, network mapping and analysis helps groups look at how they are working together now, and how they might work together even more effectively to reach their specified goals.

 

READ MORE... http://www.ohpe.ca/node/12400 

 

 

Related Network Mapping Resources - see http://www.ohpe.ca/node/12401 

 

 

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