Heart Health Resource Centre's Fall 2008 Workshop
"Making Evidence Work FOR You: Tools to strengthen health promotion
programs"
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 8:30am to 4:30pm
Location: Holiday Inn on King, Toronto
DO YOU EVER ASK YOURSELF...
* What practical tools can I use to assess and enhance my health
promotion programs?
* Where do I find credible and relevant sources of evidence?
* What can I do to make evidence-informed decisions?
* How will I meet requirements of the new Ontario Public Health
Standards?
This interactive workshop will address these questions and build your
capacity to search and apply evidence, strengthen health promotion
programs and make sound program decisions. The session will be conducted
by Dayna Albert of the Toward Evidence-Informed Practice (TEIP) project
and feature additional speakers:
* Kerry Robinson, Senior Policy Analyst, Evidence And Risk
Assessment Division, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, Public
Health Agency of Canada
* Paulina Salamo, Manager, Public Health Standards Branch,
Ministry of Health and Long-term Care
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
* Health promoters (front-line staff or managers) in public
health, NGOs, CHCs, community groups and government.
* Anyone else looking to improve their ability to search and use
evidence that will enhance health promoting programs and support
decision-making.
REGISTRATION (Deadline is approaching!)
* Cost-recovery registration fee of $125.00 includes all meals and
workshop materials.
* Agenda and registration details are found at
www.hhrc.net/workshops/workshops.cfm.
* Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 28, 2008.
* Register online at
http://www.hhrc.net/services/online_registration.cfm or via fax to (416)
367-2844.
HOTEL BOOKINGS (Cut-off less than a week away!)
* Cut-off for room reservations under the HHRC's block of rooms is
Monday, October 20, 2008.
* Contact the Holiday Inn on King at 416-599-4000 or
1-800-263-6364, quoting Group Code FC77X.
Space is filling fast and deadlines are firm. Act now so you won't be
disappointed!
Rebecca Byers
Program Coordinator, Training & Development
Heart Health Resource Centre
c/o Ontario Public Health Association
700 Lawrence Ave. West, Suite 310
Toronto, ON M6A 3B4
Direct line: 519-391-0072
1-800-267-6817 ext. 244
www.hhrc.net <http://www.hhrc.net/>
Plan to attend OPHA's Annual Conference 2008-The Public Health Summit:
Making Healthy Communities Count-in Niagara Falls, October 26-29, 2008.
To respond to our Call for Abstracts, register for the conference or
learn more about the event, keep watching www.publichealthsummit.com
<http://www.publichealthsummit.com/> .
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