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fall 2004 web forum readings

Links to sites referred to in Literacies #4

General

Health Promotion Glossary 1998
Available at www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/hp_glossary_en.pdf

Health Literacy Month
Available at www.healthliteracymonth.org/

University Health Network (Toronto)
Available at www.uhn.ca/index.asp

Health Canada

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/main_e.html

For a useful introduction and description of the
Population Health Approach go to
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/phdd/approach/index.html

This site also has a very clear description of the
Key Determinants of Health in Canada.

Health Canada (2004). What determines health?
Available at
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/phdd/determinants/determinants.html - unhealthy

The Health of Canadians—
The Federal Role Final Report Volume Six:
Recommendations for Reform (2002)
by Micheal J. L. Kirby
Available at www.parl.gc.ca/37/2/parlbus/commbus/senate
/Com-e/SOCI-E/rep-e/repoct02vol6-e.htm

A new perspective on the health of Canadians: a working document
by Marc Lalonde
Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services Canada. Cat. no. H31-1374. (1974).
Available at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/phdd/pube/perintrod.htm 

Making the Lalonde Report
by Lindsay McKay
Canadian Policy Research Networks (2000)
Available at www.cprn.com/en/doc.cfm?doc=136 

the canadian institute for health information

Several Canadian Population Health Initiative research reports
focusing on the impacts of poverty on health are
available at www.cihi.com/cihiweb/home_e.html

canadian public health association's National Literacy and Health Program

www.nlhp.cpha.ca

National Literacy and Health Research Program
Available at
www.nlhp.cpha.ca/clhrp/index_e.htm

canadian institutes of health research

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html

Literacy and Health Research in Canada:
Where have we been and where should we go?
by Irving Rootman and Barbara Ronson
Available at www.igh.ualberta.ca/RHD/Synthesis/Literacy.htm

reports and research—Alphabetical by author

Center for Literacy of Quebec Health Literacy Project Reports 2001-2003
Available at www.nald.ca/litcent.htm (click on Publications)

Taking Off the Blindfold: Seeing How Literacy Affects Health
by Doris Gillis and Allan Quigley
St. Francis Xavier University. Antigonish, Nova Scotia. 2004
Available at www.nald.ca/healthliteracystfx

Beyond Words. The Health Literacy Connection
by Doris E. Gillis
Available at the Canadian Health Network www.canadian-health-network.ca/

The challenge to create safe learning environments for youth (2004)
by Jenny Horsman
Available at www.jennyhorsman.com/

The impact of violence on learning for youth: What can we do? (2004)
by Jenny Horsman
Available at www.jennyhorsman.com/

Literacy and Health: Defining Links and Developing Partnerships
by Charles Moody  and Marg Rose
Literacy Partners of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba (2004)
Available at
www.health.mb.literacy.ca/
(click on Final Report)

Take on the challenge: A sourcebook from the women, violence, and adult education project
by Elizabeth Morrish, Jenny Horsman, and Judy Hofer
Boston: World Education. (2002).
Available at
www.worlded.org/docs/TakeOnTheChallenge.pdf

How Does Literacy Affect the Health of Canadians? A Profile Paper
by Burt Perrin
Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (1998)
Available at
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/phdd/literacy/literacy.html

Poverty, Income Inequality, and Health in Canada
by Dennis Raphael
CSJ (Centre for Social Justice) Foundation for Research and Education. Toronto, Ontario (2001)
Available at www.socialjustice.org/pdfs/PovertyIncomeHealth.pdf

Social Justice is Good for Our Hearts: Why Societal Factors—Not Lifestyles—are Major Causes of Heart Disease in Canada
by Dennis Raphael
CSJ Foundation for Research and Education. Toronto, Ontario (2002)
Available at
www.cwhn.ca/resources/heart_health/justice2.pdf

Health literacy overview from Harvard School of Public Health, Health Literacy Studies
by Ruthe E. Rudd
Available at
www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/overview.html

Health and Literacy: A review of medical and public health literature
by Ruth E. Rudd, B. A. Moeykens and T. C. Colton
Annual Review of Adult Learning & Literacy, Volume 1 (1999)
Available at
www.gse.harvard.edu/~ncsall/ann_rev/Vol1_5.html

You have to believe it to see it: Safer learning in dangerous times (2004)
by Nicole Ysabet
Available at www.jennyhorsman.com/

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