healthy communities
About the Project
The Healthy Community movement is a dynamic force in many communities across Canada that brings together groups from many sectors to plan and implement strategies to enhance community well-being and address complex community issues. This project aims to demonstrate that the Healthy Community approach is an effective way to address chronic disease prevention.
Healthy Communities and Chronic Disease Prevention
Thursday, June 17,2010
10 am to 12 noon
Facilitator: Lisa Tolentino, Healthy Communities Support Services, OHCC
This webinar will increase your knowledge of the ‘healthy community’ concept worldwide and its relationship to the Ministry of Health Promotion’s Healthy Communities Ontario framework and approach, as they relate to chronic disease prevention. Elements to be covered in the webinar are:
ecoCommunities
What is "ecoCommunities"?
ecoCommunities is a joint project of the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition and ecoPerth, funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and Environment Canada. Between 8 and 12 Ontario communities were selected to participate in the ecoCommunities project, between April 2004 and November 2005.
The project was developed based on the following premises:
Pathways to a Healthy Community - An Indicators and Evaluation Tool Kit User Guide
The Indicators & Evaluation Tool Kit is a practical resource for OHCC’s Community Animators, members, and community groups to assist them choose an appropriate tool for their evaluation and/or indicators initiative. OHCC has collected what we consider to be 19 of the best evaluation and indicator tools in North America. To accompany the tools we developed a User’s Guide that provides comprehensive details to help groups select the tool most appropriate to their needs.
Healthy Environment, Healthy Community Tool Kit
This tool kit contains practical ideas and suggestions for making your community a healthier place to live, work, and play. It also provides inspiration. The health of our environment affects everyone. In return, everything we do effects the health of our environment. The kit contains the success stories of everyday people, like yourself, who have chosen to make a difference in their own communities, particularly in the area of health and the environment.
Healthy Community Factsheets
These factsheets will provide explanations of common (and sometimes misunderstood) terms used in Healthy Communities literature and materials. The sheets also provide useful links to further resourceson each subject.
From the Ground Up: An Organizing Handbook for Healthy Communities
$15.00
This handbook was written by OHCC staff and volunteers as a guide to individuals, groups and coalitions who want to start a Healthy Community initiative in their community.
It gives information and tips on getting started, assessing community needs and assets, organizational development, planning, communication, leadership, partnerships, fundraising, evaluation and more. A glossary of terms, samples of forms and documents, and references for further information are also provided.
Picture This! North Simcoe 2000-2050: Our Plan for a Healthy Community
Posted September 2004
Healthy Communities, Healthy Cities
Canada
Villes et villages en santé *OHCC member*
The Quebec Network of Healthy Cities and Villages (the site is mostly in French)
Waterloo Region Healthy Communities Coalition *OHCC member*
Woolwich Healthy Communities *OHCC member*
United States
Our mission is to create innovative solutions to meet community challenges and build strong, equitable and sustainable communities through education, engagement and collaboration
