Hi
I am new to this e-network of health promoters, just signed up last week and
am really glad that I did so. After having worked in Toronto, Kingston can
get at times isolating.
I agree with Roxanne that this network can serve us well in working together
and informing each other of the multi-prong approaches we need to take on
any issue. Working in a community health centre makes it easier to work with
different disciplines in developing strategies to work at different levels
of individual, family and neighborhoods. We are just initiating a dialogue
with three schools in our catchment area to address health needs of school
aged children. As we are seeing in other area, physical inactivity and child
hood obesity are visible health problems in our community.
We are being very careful to not to go out and address it as a lifestyle
issue. Our community has over 30% children living in poverty so the
responses have to be framed within the context of social determinants. Sure
a national strategy on social determinants would have been useful however
meanwhile we continue to work bottom up and see where we reach. If any one
has any suggestions please do connect, mean while I will continue to post
any significant developments.
Hersh Sehdev
Executive Director
North Kingston Community Health Centre
400 Elliott Avenue
Kingston, Ontario
613-549-2949
-----Original Message-----
From: Health Promotion on the Internet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
Of Cherry Lawrance
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:13 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: banning pop/junk food in schools
Yes. My support is with your suggestion, Roxanne.
Cherry Lawrance
Director Health Promotion
Northwestern Health Unit
-----Original Message-----
From: Health Promotion on the Internet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Joe Levy
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:02 PM
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Subject: Re: banning pop/junk food in schools
Well stated! I agree with you 100%!
Joe
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Dr. Joseph Levy
Professor
School of Health Policy and Management
Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies
and Director, Wellness Centre at York University
274 Vanier College, 4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Phone: 416-736-2100 ext, 33898
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Quoting Roxanne Felix <[log in to unmask]>:
> While I most definitely think there are many different
> strategies to tackling a health issue, like health in
> school settings... I really would like to see how different
> experts in health promotion on this list-serv can *work together* in
> providing
> expertise in taking a multi-strategy approach, as opposed to
> vying for which approach is *best*!
>
> For example, banning pop/junk food in schools can be done through
> a variety of ways:
> - bringing schools, parents, and teachers together on an issue
> - working with communities to develop capacity building, participatory
> seminars
> on how to influence policy in their schools, appply for funding,
identify
> what
> and how determinants of health are affecting their lives - and taking
action
> on
> them...
>
> all of which can later translate into action on *other* issues of
health
> and social well-being *like* community co-hesiveness, SES,
accessibility,
> etc. whatever the community decides! And, if there are tips on how
> to make a program like this better equipped to deal with challenging
issues
> like income inequity and the social value of food, I would like to
hear
> about them to help me improve *my* practice and increase *my*
knowledge.
>
> it is a challenge - but i think it's important for health promotion
> practitioners to actually model inter-sectoral work :)
>
> Roxanne
>
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