Tools & Resources

Healthy Public Policy

Community Development “How To” Guides

Assessment – “ What is the issue?

• Existing Data
  • Regional Health Authorities
  • Community Profiles
  • Canadian Population Health Initiative
  • Canadian Population Health Surveys
  • Cancer Surveillance On-Line
  • Chronic Disease Infobase
  • Community Health Assessments
    Brandon Regional Health Authority
  • Regional Health Authority - Central Manitoba
  • Churchill Regional Health Authority
    Interlake Regional Health Authority
    NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority
    North Eastman Health Authority
    Parkland Regional Health Authority
  • South Eastman Health/Santé Sud-Est
  • Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
  • The Community Information Database
  • Early Development Instrument (EDI) Reports
  • health-evidence.ca
  • Health Reports
  • Statistics Canada - Health
  • First Nations Regional Longitudinal Survey
  • Food and Nutrition Surveillance (Health Canada)
  • Manitoba in motion Survey
  • Provincial Youth Health Surveillance Data
• Gathering Community Information
  Resources
  • Beyond Economic Survival: 97 Ways Small Communities Can Thrive  
  • Community Action Resources for Inuit, Métis and First Nations: Assessing Needs
  • Conducting Focus Groups
  • Key Informant Interviews
  • PATHways II: The Next Steps. A Guide to Community Health Assessment
    Tools
  • Community Health Survey Tool (IRHA)
  • Reported indicators worksheets
  • University of Queensland Life and Recreation Survey
  • Youth Health Survey Tool (IRHA)
• Understanding Health Indicators
  • APHEO List of Core Health Indicators & Resources
  • Community Health Factors (framework developed by Prevention Institute)
  • Health Equity and Social Justice Toolkit
  • What determines health?

Partnership – “ Who are we going to work with?

• Building Partnerships
  • Community Action Resources for Inuit, Métis and First Nations: Finding Resources
  • Community Benefits Agreements Handbook
  • Facility Joint Use Agreements Do's and Don'ts
  • Facility Joint Use Guidelines
  • Neighborhood Change Partners
  • Facility Joint Use Agreement Issues
  • Partner identification, consideration, characteristics, and implementation
  • The Partnership Handbook
• Identifying Partners
  • Aboriginal Organizations in Manitoba
  • CONTACT Community Information, Manitoba's Community Resource Data Warehouse
  • Manitoba Networks and Coalitions

Planning & Implementation – “ What are we going to do?

• Planning a Meeting
  • Facilitating Meetings with Community Groups
  • Meeting tools: Meeting planner form; Meeting agenda planning form; Detailed meeting agenda planning form; Minutes form
  • Meeting participation Self-checklist
  • Planning a Great Meeting
• Developing Leadership
  • Different Roles in Group Process & Tasks/Questions for Each Role
  • Leadership Skills Assessment Checklist
  • Mentoring Modules
  • Choosing the Most Appropriate Leadership Style
  • Volunteer Manitoba
• Planning
  • Creating a Non Profit Organization
  • Community Action Resources for Inuit, Métis and First Nations: Planning
  • Workplan worksheet
  • Action planning form
  • Developing goals and objectives worksheet
  • Logic Model
  • Solutions Matrix
  • Watch Out for Health Planning Resource
• Considering the evidence
  • Best Practice Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion Programs: Children & Youth
  • Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
  • Canadian Best Practices Portal
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information
  • The Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
  • Heart & Stroke Position Statements
  • Knowledge Exchange Network (Canadian Cancer Society)
  • Lifestyle Information Network National Recreation Database
  • Lifting the Burden of Chronic Disease
  • National Collaborating Centres for Public Health
  • Program Evidence Tools (TEIP)
  • Pubget: the search engine for life-science PDFs
• Getting the word out
  • The Basics of Social Marketing
  • Creating a Great Website
  • The Health Communication Unit, Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto
  • Clear Language and Design
  • Making an Idea Worth Being Spread or Putting Words in People's Mouths
  • Sample Photo Release Form
  • Spreading Ideas
• Resolving Conflict
  • Conflict resolution worksheet
  • Group Effectiveness and Group Participant Checklists

Evaluation – “ How will we know if we did it?

• Evaluating
  • ARECCI Ethics Decision-Support Tools for Projects
  • Community Capacity Building Tool (Public Health Agency of Canada)
  • Data collection worksheet
  • Evaluation and Program Planning Capacity Survey Summary Report
  • Evaluation Guidebook for Small Agencies
  • Evaluation Plan Template
  • Evaluation Training Calendar
  • Guide to Project Evaluation: A Participatory Approach
  • Guidelines for engaging evaluators
  • Manitoba Evaluation Resources
  • Participatory Evaluation Essentials for Non-Profit Organizations and their Evaluation Partners
  • Program Development and Evaluation (University of Wisconsin Extension)  
  • Sample Intermediate Outcome Indicators
  • Towards Evidence-Informed Practice

Program Resources

• Active Living
  • Girls Day (info: Interlake Regional Health Authority )
  • Green Commute (info: Resource Conservation Manitoba )
  • Livin’ It Up! A wellness program for seniors (contact: Transcona Council for Seniors)
  • Manitoba Recreation Director's Handbook - A guide for recreation delivery in Aboriginal communities (info: Aboriginal and Northern Affairs )
  • School Travel Planning: Best Practice (info: Active and Safe Routes to School )
  • School Travel Plans: Review & Recommendations  (info: Active and Safe Routes to School )
• Healthy Eating
  • Canteen Checklist (info: Healthy Brandon in motion )
  • Girls Day (info: Interlake Regional Health Authority )
  • Heart Smart Cooking Segments 2009 (info: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba )
  • Livin’ It Up! A wellness program for seniors (Transcona Council for Seniors)
  • Making the Move to Healthy Choices  (contact: Healthy Food Choices for Community Recreation Facilities Committee)
  • What's In Your Lunch? (info: Healthy Brandon in motion )
  • Winnipeg Cooks Together (info: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority )
• Healthy Sexuality
  • Beyond the Basics: A sourcebook on sexual and reproductive health (info: Sexuality Education Resource Centre )
  • Do You Know What's In Your Drink? (info: Klinic Sexual Assault Crisis Program )
  • Finding Our Way: A sexual and reproductive health sourcebook for aboriginal communities (info: Sexuality Education Resource Centre )
  • Teen Clinic Services Manual (info: Healthy Child Manitoba )
  • Teen Clinic Volunteer Manual and Training Curriculum (info: Healthy Child Manitoba )
  • Toolkit for Service Providers/Educators (info: Teen Talk )
• Injury Prevention
  • Injury Prevention: A Review of Best Practices (info: Manitoba Healthy Living )
• Mental Health
  • CMHA Mental Health Promotion Toolkit (info: Canadian Mental Health Association Manitoba )
• Substance Use
  • Do You Know What's In Your Drink? (info: Klinic Sexual Assault Crisis Program )
  • Learning from Each Other: Enhancing Community-Based Harm Reduction Programs and Practices in Canada (info: Manitoba Harm Reduction Network )
• Tobacco Cessation
  • Blue Light Project (info: Manitoba Lung Association )
  • N-O-T (Not on Tobacco) (info: Manitoba Lung Association )

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