I tried to encourage Albuquerque, New Mexico (US) to use it but the idea didn't stick. Will be great to see and hear about anyone who's using it.
Working Together for Healthy Communities!
Enrique Cardiel, MPH
Urban Health Extension Coordinator,
Facilitator International District Healthy Communities Coalition,
505-925-7393
"Health workers have an obligation to address the issue of poverty directly rather than remain content to deal with its effects." D Raphael
"Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health." - Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Southeast Heights Center for Family and Community Health - http://hospitals.unm.edu/outpt/family/fh_seh.shtml
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Subject: Re: [SDOH] healthy community models and assessment tools
Is anyone using Urban Heart (WHO) or the Canadian Index of Well being models/frameworks to develop a healthy communities strategy?
See below...
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/10/cv-election-ndp-layton-platform.html
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Of interest:
*NEW*
Tackling Inequalities in Health: Lessons from International Experiences
Foreword by Alex Scott-Samuel
http://www.cspi.org/books/tackling_health_inequalities
Poverty in Canada, 2nd edition,
Forewords by Rob Ranier and Jack Layton
http://www.cspi.org/books/poverty_canada
About Canada: Health and Illness
http://tinyurl.com/2c2tm6l
Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readings
http://tinyurl.com/3C8zteu
Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd edition,
Forewords by Carolyn Bennett and Roy Romanow
http://tinyurl.com/3fkbr8u
Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care, 2nd edition
Foreword by Gary Teeple
http://tinyurl.com/4xlu4up
See a lecture! The Politics of Population Health.
http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/viewer/?peid=ac604170-9ccc-4268-a1af-9a9e04b28e1d
Also, presentation at the University of Toronto on how Canada stacks up again other nations in providing citizens with economic and social security.
http://vimeo.com/33346501
From: Sara Farrell <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: 04/09/2013 02:56 PM
Subject: Re: [SDOH] healthy community models and assessment tools
Sent by: Social Determinants of Health <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Mohammad,
You are soooo right. Thank you so much for this critical reminder. I've printed out your email and attached it to my computer as a key guiding principle.
A million sincere thank yous. As a front line staff I know I vital your point is.
Sara
>>> Yahoo <[log in to unmask]> 4/9/2013 12:24 PM >>>
Dear Sara,
I have two comments to make:
a) does the all elements of the healthy community strategy that you listed like: green space, urban planning etc..has been developed in consultation with the residents of the Urban areas or Urban Block where you are going to implement it? Or is listed in the Urban Heart design? If so the residents of the area does not own it and will not support it to be implemented. Like many many of these kind so called Healthy Community.
b) did you planned for the human resources of your healthy community strategy and seriously have considered the residents of the community as the main player in terms of planning, priority setting, projects development, implementation and evaluation? Also did you reconsidered the conventional role of the Technical people as Doer or Implementer to Facilitator, Trainer, Supporter, Technology Transferrer ( know how), as well as partner of the residents?
The above mentioned strategy must be Bottom- up and the list should be prepared according the need of the residential area and should not be Copied from Urban Heart. And The Technical people from Government development sectors, NGOs and Academic Institutions should work hand in hand WITH the people rather than FOR the people.
Last but not the least fighting Poverty as the root cause of all ill is the Key for success in any health community strategy. All the best. Mohammad Ali Barzegar MD,MPH.
On Apr 9, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Sara Farrell <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi All,
Is anyone using Urban Heart (WHO) or the Canadian Index of Well being models/frameworks to develop a healthy communities strategy? I know the city of Toronto Strong Neighbourhood Strategy is based on Urban Heart and I've also heard that many community health centres are looking at the Canadian Index of Well Being. I've seen Guelph's site as well that looks really interesting. Any opinion or suggestion on which you like better? Are there other models that you think I should consider in developing a healthy community strategy? And is there any comprehensive community assessment tool that reflects a social determinants of health perspective? It gets overwhelming at times when you start considering things like green space, urban planning, housing, walkability, food desserts, access to services, safety, etc that all contribute to a 'healthy community'. Even defining what exactly a healthy community is ... is a challenge!
A huge thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Sincerely,
Sara
Sara Farrell
Health Promotion Consultant
Toronto Public Health
5100 Yonge Street, 2nd Fl
Toronto, M2N 5V7
416-338-0021
fax 416-338-8550
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