Today there has been some spirited discussion on an important issue -
campaigns that blame women/mothers for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, without
addressing the 'determinants' of FAS, the social-environmental context for
the mother and additional factors. Christine Marton raised this significant
concern, with Tom Batstone replying before Christine's message had even made
it into some of our email boxes or into the Click4HP Archives. The
contributions of Alana LaPerle and Adeline Falk have been very helpful - and
I hope they will provoke more discussion and suggestions.
However - the subject line is very misleading - anyone looking at the
Click4HP Archives or receiving their daily Digest, will think that the issue
is OHPE #113. As an editor and contributor to the weekly Ontario Health
Promotion Email Bulletin (OHPE) , I think that neglecting to put the name of
the issue in the Subject line, does a disservice to the OHPE Bulletin. We
carried an announcement about the International FAS Day that had been
submitted to the OHPE Bulletin for consideration as an event.
For the 400+ international subscribers to the CLICK4HP Health Promotion
list-serv who do not receive the OHPE Bulletin, there is a copy of the table
of contents of the most recent issue, and a copy of the announcement under
discussion, below.
Indeed, the feature article in last Friday's OHPE Bulletin #113, focused on
the combination of community mobilization and health
communication/social-marketing in campaigns - something that is central to
this discussion of FAS.
Please try to use the subject line in your messages to reflect the issue
that follows - it becomes a headline, and should not be misleading, but tell
the reader what important issue is being addressed.
I look forward to more discussion on FAS Prevention
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Alison Stirling, OHPE Editorial Team member
Ontario Health Promotion Email Bulletin
E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Internet: http://www.web.net/~stirling/
OHPE - E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Internet: http://www.opc.on.ca/ohpe/ohpeflyr.htm
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Ontario Health Promotion Email Bulletin #113.0, July 9, 1999
Contents of OHPE Bulletin #113.0 Announcements & Job Postings
A. OHPE News & Summary
B. Events and Announcements
1) International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day September 9, 1999
Announcements
1) Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) web-site
http://www.cihr.org>
2) Communications Infrastructure Development Grants: Call For Proposals
deadline September 1, 1999
C. Job Postings (location & deadline noted)
1) Muskoka-Parry Sound Heart Health Program: Survey Contract Offer
2) Administrative Coordinator: OHCC
3) Canadian Health Network: Website Developer/Quality Assurance
Administrator
Contents of OHPE Bulletin #113.1, Breaking Down the Strategy Silos
A. Introduction: The "Strategy Silo" Barrier in Health Promotion Practice
B. The Case for Combination
C. Health Communication and Community Mobilization in the Media Arts Program
D. Conclusion: So What's Really New?
Contents of OHPE Bulletin #113.2:
Resources on Community Mobilization and Health Communication
A. Organizations
1) OPC's Community Mobilization and Organizational Development Program
2) Ontario Health Promotion Resource Centres
3) The FOCUS Community Program
4) The Heart Health Resource Centre
5) Council for Tobacco-Free Ontario - CTFO
6) Program Training and Consultation Centre - Tobacco
7) Ontario Physical and Health Education Association - OPHEA
B. Internet
1) Best Practices Database http://www.bestpractices.org/
2) Coalition For Healthier Cities And Communities
http://www.healthycommunities.org
3) Community Tool Box http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu
4) Healthlink Worldwide http://www.healthlink.org.uk/
5) Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
http://www.jhuccp.org/
C. Print Resources
1) Books, Reports, Papers
2) Articles
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B. EVENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Events
1) International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day September 9, 1999
International FAS Day 1999 9/9 9:09
In one magic minute, we can change the world!
Our goal is that in each time zone, at 9:09 a.m., this last September in the
old Millennium, people stop for a Minute of Reflection about the invisible
plague called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. We would like school children, parents
at home, people at work, and radio and TV stations to take one minute to
remember that during the nine months of pregnancy, or while breastfeeding or
planning to conceive, a woman should not consume alcohol.
In this minute, we want the world to remember that approximately 66 million
people throughout the world are living with brains that were damaged by
alcohol, before they were born.
To learn more about FAS Day, check out websites at
<http://www.acbr.com/fas/> and
<http://www.come-over.to/FASWORLD/>
or e-mail [log in to unmask] with the Subject line: "999999."
or phone Bonnie Buxton at (416) 264-8111; fax (416) 264-8222
or write to 250 Scarborough Golf Club Road, Toronto, Ont. Canada M1J 3G8.
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