>From:  Lorraine Khachatourians <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Working Upstream
>
>The Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Unit announces the release of
>a new publication ~
>
>WORKING UPSTREAM: DISCOVERING EFFECTIVE PRACTICE STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY
>DEVELOPMENT IN HEALTH
>         Saskatoon District health, Community Development Team, and Dr. Ron
>Labonte
>
>Community development is frequently referred to as a way to improve health.
>But is it a strategy? a profession? a set of values? or just a fad? How do
>community developers make choices about what they do and who they support?
>How does community development contribute to healthier communities - what
>should be expected from its activities? What are the challenges of working
>as a community developer for a regional health authority?
>
>These are some of the questions this document explores. It draws on many of
>the most important sources of information about health promotion such as
>health determinants research, the socio-environmental model, and community
>organizing, and combines these with an asset-based, positive definition of
>health and a set of values about community work. Using a story-dialogue
>method, it analyses stories from daily practice to articulate a framework
>for community development work in health. It sets out benchmarks for
>practice and a logic model for expected outcomes. It lists some
>organizational conditions that are key for community development's
>effectiveness.
>
>This document is available from the PRHPRC. The cost is $15.00, inclusive.
>You can order this document from our website at:
>http://www.usask.ca/healthsci/che/prhprc/occpap.html
>
>or mail your order and cheque, made out to the Prairie Region Health
>Promotion Research Centre, at the address below.
>
>
>Lorraine Khachatourians
>Resource Manager/Network Developer
>Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre
>University of Saskatchewan
>107 Wiggins Road
>Saskatoon SK  S7N 5E5
>Phone:  306-966-7939
>Fax:  306-966-7920
>E-mail:  [log in to unmask]
>
>Visit our websites for information on our programs
>Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre
>http://www.usask.ca/healthsci/che/prhprc
>Saskatchewan Heart Health Program
>http://www.usask.ca/healthsci/che/hhdis
>
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Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Director,
Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion
Department of Public Health Sciences
Graduate Department of Community Health
University of Toronto
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