you may want to check out a paper developed for Best Start: Community Action for Health Babies and Heart Health in Ontario. It is called, "The Use of Social Science Theory to Develop Health Promotion Programs." The authors review many behaviour change theories including stages of change. You can get the book from ParticipACTION, call Heather Rowe at 416-954-1212 for an order form. Cost is $25 plus $10 for shipping and handling. Lisa Gallant, Best Start Project Consultant. [log in to unmask] ---------- From: owner-click4hp To: Multiple recipients of list CLICK4HP Subject: technical assistance Date: November 29, 1996 10:23 Dear Click4HP colleagues, I am putting a general call out to you for assistance. I am interested in procuring training materials that our program (Heart Health Nova Scotia) can use in our dissemination research phase. Our research is taking place in one health region of the province and within that region we hope to facilitate the development of one regional coalition of groups and organizations and several community coalitions within the communities who decide to participate in the project. Based on a planned approach to enhance capacity within the coalitions and within the member organizations of the coalitions, the intended results would be: a) communities that are able to idnetify and address their health promotion needs particularly in the area of heart health, and b) organizations that have heart health promotion as an integral part of their regular work and focus. We have been creating and collecting materials in several areas (e.g. Building Effective Coalitions training module from Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse and several workbooks on health communication from the Health Communication Unit, University of Toronto, to name a few) but help with the following training needs would be most welcome: - understanding and utilizing the determinants of health in your work - participatory action research - creating and advocating for healthy public policy/using a health impact assessment tool (samples of these tools would be appreciated - I have the one from B.C. Ministry, 1993) - applying behavior change theory to program planning - judging program cost effectiveness - applying the stages of change theory to program planning - priorizing - basing program decisions on information and need We are also interested in "train the trainer" approaches or materials. Thank you in advance for any assistance you may provide. I very much enjoy arriving at work each morning and reading listserve members' thoughts on health promotion topics and learning about their areas of research. Thanks to Allison and Liz for coordinating Click4HP and for doing such a great job. Anne Cogdon Heart Health Nova Scotia [log in to unmask]