Related Links
Government Sites
Health Information Links
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Literacy and Health for Life - the Canadian Public Health
Association in Ottawa has a National
Literacy and Health Program and produce several resources re plain
language
- Ontario Prevention
Clearinghouse - a catalyst for health promotion and prevention
activities across Ontario
- The Canadian Women's Health Network
was officially launched in May, 1993, by women representing over 70
organizations from every province and territory. It is the culmination of
the generous dedication of health care workers, educators, advocates,
consumers and other Canadians committed to sharing information, resources
and strategies to better women's health.
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Childcare Resource and Research
Unit - focuses on early childhood care and education research
and policy. Its mandate is to advance the idea of a publicly-funded,
universally accessible, comprehensive, high quality, not-for-profit
system of early childhood care and education in Canada. The Childcare
Resource and Research Unit is part of the Centre for Urban and Community
Studies, University of Toronto.
- Centre for Health
Promotion - with a mission is to conduct research and educational
activities as well as to provide service in the field of health promotion,
defined as "the process of enabling people to increase control over, and
to improve their health".
- health
promotion concepts - three sets of essential health promotion concepts
that guide health promotion practice and NYCHPRU's research
agenda.
- Health Promotion Research Internet Network
- public health and health promotion, international link to Health
Promotion On-line and Health Canada.
- Women's
College Hospital - an academic health centre affiliated with the
University of Toronto and other teaching and research institutions.
- Best Start
- Ontario based Community Action for Babies mobilized their communities to
improve the health of mothers and families before, during, and after
pregnancy.
- Real Stories - success
stories
in the field of community health
- Public Health Association of BC
- Canadian Public Health Association -
national organization
- Child and Family Canada -
a diverse group of non-profit
organizations committed to the well being of Canadian children and their
families.
- Community Action Person to Person
- informal network - includes newsbites of
interest re. community and healthy public policy
- Father's World
- links to many other sites for parents
- Family Connections
- British Columbia Council for the Family
- FAS/FAE Information Service
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome site - currently funded by the Brewers'
Association
of Canada, the Association of Canadian Distillers and
Health Canada, the service provides links to support groups, prevention
projects, resource centres and experts on FAS/FAE.
- First Call!! - BC Child & Youth Advocacy Coalition
- B.C. Parent Magazine -
including archive materials
- B.C. Healthy Communities
- information on process, examples and links
- Go for Green - walking and
cycling
for transportation offers the key to better health by reducing pollution
and by increasing individual physical activity. Active and Safe Routes to
School and Walk and Roll.
- Kinder Planet - site of
crafts and music for young children.
- New Childcare Resource and Research Unit
- Centre for Urban Community Studies, University of Toronto--policy
and research-oriented site devoted to child care and related issues.
- Motherisk - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, with answers about drugs
in pregnancy and breakthroughs in maternal-fetal health.
- Safe Baby - safety of small
children, can contact with questions.
- Collaborating Centre for Research on Healthy
Cities - World Health Organization - bibliography, European links,
access to newsletter.
- Industrial Accident Prevention
Association - for a world where risks are controlled because everyone
believes suffering and loss are socially, morally and economically unacceptable.
- First Nations' Health
Information - by First Nations
- Women's Interest
Network - women and addiction
and related health issues
- PovNet - BC based network
for anti-poverty advocates
- Lesbian.org -
promoting lesbian visibility on the Internet
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Healthway - (Sympatico's (That's BCTel) Health site)
- Canada Post - yeah, really!
- Food Safety
Quiz - from the US national food safety database project at the
University of Florida
Links to more Health Links
- Health Promotion
Bookmarks - Alison Sterling's excellent "introduction to health
promotion in Ontario, across Canada and in other parts of the world. It is
a large aspect of my work as a health promotion consultant, to assist
people working in the health promotion field to find the resources and
networks that enable them to do their work and to improve the health and
well-being of their communities and organizations."
- Health
Communication Links - from Larry Hershfield of The Health
Communication Unit. They are organized from general to specific with a
guide and annotations
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Gender-Related Electronic Forums - Joan Korenman's extensive and up to
date web page of forums related to gender issues
- Local Health links - from
Vancouver CommunityNet's index of Lower Mainland non-profit web sites
- Public Health: America - Canada - library of health links
- Health Finder - U.S. government�s efforts to help consumers sort out
the many health-related sites
- Social Work
Links - resources from the School of Social Work, Carleton
University
- Labour
of Love - pregnancy
and parenting search engine on a English site
Internet Services and Help
- Vancouver CommunityNet - non-profit, charitable
provider of internet services to individuals and non-profit groups
- Web Networks - non-profit,
progressive intranet for organizations in Canada - part of worldwide
Associaton of Progressive Communications
- Getting
Connected - the OPC guide to using computer and the Internet for
Health Promotion
- Online Startup
Guide - produced for OPC and CAPC programs by Web Networks. Detailed
guide to getting online and the resources available
- The Virtual Activist
- online training course for organizing an advocacy from the US group
NetAction
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HTML for Educators - from Canada's Schoolnet
- Communication in the
Public Interest - Benton's best practices toolkit to help non-profits
make effective use of communications and information technologies
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