The following message was posted on the Health Promotion
list-serv (out of Sweden) by Bo Haglund on behalf of Irv Rootman of the
Centre for Health Promotion.  It may be of interest to health promotion
practitioners and health promotion organizations for contribution of
useful references.  This message was distributed to the 11 health
promotion research centres across Canada.

        Alison Stirling
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> A bibliography of selected health promotion and health education
> resources is being prepared by the Centre for Health Promotion
> (University of Toronto) for the 4th International Conference on Health
> Promotion in July 1997.
>
> Collaborating Centres and others in the field of health promotion are
> invited to submit useful references and short summaries for inclusion
> in the bibliography. Recently  published books, government documents,
> journal articles and reports are welcome as well as World Wide Web
> sites. Emphasis will be placed on materials published in the last 3
> years. In addition to being available in print form, the bibliography
> will be set up as a Web site. As such it will be accessible to
> participants at the conference and others in the health promotion
> community.
>
> Three sample references follows. Please use the same format.
>
> Technical report:
>
> Canada's health promotion survey: technical report /  Irving
> Rootman, et al, editors. Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services
> Canada, 1988.
> 243 p. (English only)
>
> This report describes in detail the major findings of Canada health
> promotion survey conducted in 1985 by Statistics Canada for the
> Health Promotion Directorate of Health and Welfare. The major finding
> is that continued impressive gains in health promotion and disease
> prevention will require more complex, targeted and differentiated
> strategies for different groups in society. A useful resource
> document for health promotion planners and also a good example of a
> national survey.
>
> Journal article:
>
> Good life-styles for good health / Walter W. Holland & Ellie Breeze.
> World Health Forum 1986;7(4):380-386. (English, French and Spanish).
>
> This article underlines the necessity to encourage people to adopt
> healthier lifestyles in order to control non-communicable disease
> both in developing and developed countries. It provides guidelines
> for a strategy to promote health and reduce risks in every sector of
> society.
>
> Book:
>
> Free to be foolish: Politics and health promotion in the United
> States and Great Britain / Howard M. Leichter. Princeton, NJ:
> Princeton University Press, 1991. 281 p. (English only)
>
> This comparative study of British and American health promotion
> policies addresses the current debate over the role of government in
> two post-industrial democratic societyies in helping people secure
> both good health and personal freedom. It suggests that despite
> common public health challenges, variations in culture values and
> political structure have produced differences in the timing and
> nature of the health policy response in each country.
>
> Submission should be send to e-mail, fax or post to:
>
> Professor Joanne Marshall
> Faculty of Information Studies
> University of Toronto
> 140 St George Street
> Toronto. ON, Canada  M5S 3G6
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Bo J A Haglund
> professor and director
> WHO Collaborating Centre
> Karolinska Centre on Supportive Environments for Health
> Karolinska Institute
> Dept of Public Health Sciences
> Division of  Social Medicine
> S-172 83 SUNDBYBERG, Sweden
> tel: + 46 8 629 05 64  fax: + 46 8 28 95 00
> Our web page at URL: http://www.ki.se/phs/
> Internet adress: [log in to unmask]
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