You may want to look at a paper by Barbara Legowski and Lindsey McKay, 2000 produced for the Cdn Policy Research Networks.  www.cprn.org  It provides a historical look at
health promotion policy development and program development initiatives in Canada, highlighting that much of what Health Canada has done continued to focus on lifestyle
social marketing and health promotion, despite shifts in its policy documents towards embracing population health approaches.

Kerry Robinson
Canadian Heart Health Dissemination Project
McMaster University
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Melanie Meardi wrote:

> Does anyone know of any articles that criticize the nature of Health
> Canada's health promotion initiatives?  Something along the lines of
> only developing strategies that are "safe" and result in positive outcomes
> no matter what.  Only funding and addressing issues that the general
> population deems "acceptable".
> I have been searching and maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.
> Thanks,
> Melanie
>
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