This week in CLICK4HP there has been a lively volley of discussion on "What is *Real* Health Promotion?" and "The Focus vs the Limits of Health Promotion". This mornings postings by Michel O'Neill and Dennis Raphael hopefully conclude a very active debate . All of the postings have enriched the discussion on i) what is health promotion; and ii) who can undertake health promotion activities/should do HP and pointed us to the useful document of the Action Statement for Health Promotion in Canada <[log in to unmask]> . Michel asked whether we could archive these postings or have them available at the Health Promotion list-serv [managed by Bo Haglund in Sweden]. We do not have an easy way to "archive" the postings on CLICK4HP and unlike electronic conferences, you cannot 'see' earlier postings or threaded discussions on topics. I've heard from some subscribers that they would like to see this compilation of the discussion available to Health Promotion programs/studies. I have copied all of these postings into a Word document, edited them slightly and created a file of this discussion. It makes up 11 pages of 10 pt. type single-spaced; starting on Sunday September 15th and includes, by date and time, every related posting with the name and e-mail address of the respondent. I'm working on a brief summary of the discussion, how it started and where it went. Unfortunately I am not known for brevity. I will be able to convert the entire document into HTML and have it available for posting as a link from the soon-to-be-available CLICK4HP 'home-page' accessible off OPC's web-site before the end of September. There are a few questions about distribution: 1. Should the collected postings be archived at Bo's web-site for Health-Promotion list-serv - as suggested by Michel O'Neill. 2. Should OPC make the collected discussion on this topic available through a CLICK4HP web-site, with subscribers and select others given the URL to find it? 3. Should this file be accessible through the Canadian Centres for Health Promotion Research, on their web sites or in another format? 4. In any of the above options - are there issues of privacy, copyright or other ethical considerations if putting these discussions into a somewhat public domain? Your comments and responses are important to determining a course of action. Please respond to either the whole CLICK4HP list-serv or directly to the list co-facilitators: Alison Stirling <[log in to unmask]> Liz Rykert <[log in to unmask]> Looking forward to your comments Alison Stirling <[log in to unmask]> Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse (OPC) http://www.opc.on.ca