Healthy Communities Consortium Helping to build healthy communities
Healthy Communities Consortium Helping to build healthy communities Collaboration for Healthy Communities Peggy Schultz, Health Nexus Lorna Mc. Cue, OHCC May 5, 2011
Overview Purpose: To focus attention on the broad determinants of health and collaborative approaches to creating healthy communities. l l l Definitions of Health and Determinants of Health Promotion and Healthy Communities Community Capacity and Collaboration Examples of Collaborations Questions/Dialogue Healthy Communities Consortium www. hcconsortium. ca
What is Health? l A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. (WHO, 1948) l Created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life; where we learn, work, play and love. (Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 1986) www. hcconsortium. ca
HEALTH Health Services Income and Social Status Employment and Working Conditions Biology and Genetic Endowment Culture VALUES Education Social Support Networks Social Environments Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills Physical Environments Healthy Child Development Gender ASSUMPTIONS BELIEFS www. hcconsortium. ca 4
3 Models of Health Biomedical Model Behavioural Model Socioenvironmental Model cardiovascular diseases smoking poverty cancer poor eating habits unemployment HIV/AIDS physical inactivity powerlessness stroke substance abuse isolation diabetes poor stress coping environmental pollution obesity lack of lifeskills etc. stressors hypertension etc. hazardous living and working conditions etc. (HP 101 On-line Course) www. hcconsortium. ca
What causes heart disease? l Biomedical: Heart disease is caused by hypertension, family history, & build-up of arterial plaque. l Lifestyle: Heart disease is caused by smoking, physical inactivity, excess alcohol consumption & high fat diet. l Socio-environmental: Heart disease is caused by stress, poverty, unemployment & social isolation. www. hcconsortium. ca
Health Status * Data from CIAR (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research). Graph created by Saskatchewan Health. June 1997 Health Canada, Population and Public Health Branch AB/NWT www. hcconsortium. ca
What we need to do: • Understand the interactions between individual characteristics, social and economic factors, and physical environments. • Develop strategies that address the entire range of factors that determine health. • Focus interventions on the health of an entire population, or significant sub-populations, rather than individuals. • Foster shared responsibility for developing healthy public policies outside the traditional health system. Health Canada, Population and Public Health Branch AB/NWT www. hcconsortium. ca
How we can get there. . . One way build new alliances for health and well-being • work better across jurisdictions (health, education, justice, employment) • work better across government, voluntary and private sectors www. hcconsortium. ca Health Canada, Population and Public Health Branch AB/NWT
Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion Strengthen Community Action Develop Personal Skills Enable Mediate Advocate Create Supportive Environments Reorient Health Services www. hcconsortium. ca Health Canada, Population and Public Health Branch AB/NWT
Health Promotion Values l Holistic view of health l Social justice and equity l Power sharing and respect l Social inclusion l Empowerment l Evidence-based practice l Collaboration www. hcconsortium. ca
Creating a Healthy Community www. hcconsortium. ca Health Canada, Population and Public Health Branch AB/NWT
Collaboration Full Collaboration sh • C Alliance • I om • O nve m • C w st itm om ner me en pl shi nt t ex p ity of re la tio n Partnership ip Coalition Network www. hcconsortium. ca
What is community engagement? Community engagement means people working collaboratively, through inspired action & learning, to create and realize bold visions for their common future. Source: Tamarack Institute of Community Engagement www. hcconsortium. ca
Why engage communities? Encourages people to come together to create social change l Builds capacity for individuals & communities to have more control over the factors that influence health l Increases social capital in communities l www. hcconsortium. ca
Four Levels of Engagement Region of Waterloo Public Health
Inclusion and Equity l A lens to help focus on the political, social and economic factors that influence the health of populations l Focus on the structures and conditions, rather than the specific factors that contribute to each individual’s social exclusion or inclusion. l Inclusion helps focus on health inequities www. hcconsortium. ca
Community Capacity …is the combination of a community's commitment, resources and skills that can be deployed to build on community strengths and address community problems and opportunities. www. hcconsortium. ca
Outcomes of Community Capacity Building 1. Expanding, diverse, inclusive citizen participation 2. Expanding leadership base 3. Strengthened individual skills 4. Widely shared understanding and vision 5. Strategic community agenda 6. Consistent, tangible progress towards goals 7. More effective community organizations and institutions 8. Better use of resources by the community www. hcconsortium. ca
Examples of Collaboration l Healthy Communities – Communautés santé l Connecting l Food. Net l Healthy the Dots Ontario Communities Consortium www. hcconsortium. ca
Partners v BC Healthy Communities v Mouvement Acadien des Communautés en Santé du Nouveau-Brunswick v Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition v Réseau quebecois de Villes et Villages en santé www. hcconsortium. ca
Healthy Communities Framework www. hcconsortium. ca
Connecting the Dots CTD is a dynamic, multi-sectoral, community engagement model that helps communities “work together differently” for better chronic disease outcomes and improved health for all. Health Nexus works with communities to bring together a wide cross-section of community leaders to address complex problems in a new and innovative way. Healthy Communities Consortium www. hcconsortium. ca
Working together to achieve a foodsecure Ontario Food. Net Ontario is a province-wide network that strengthens organizations and individuals committed to achieving community food security and creating sustainable local food systems. FNO members include a broad range of participants in the food system - including farmers, consumers, health promoters, community groups and government organizations – who are working together to create food systems that are healthy, just, accessible and sustainable. www. hcconsortium. ca
MHPS Healthy Communities Fund Source: Dahlgren, G. and Whitehead, M. (1991). www. hcconsortium. ca
Healthy Communities Consortium l We are group of four health promotion organizations that collaboratively support community organizations and partnerships in Ontario to build healthy communities. l Members of the Consortium are: • • Health Nexus Parent Action on Drugs (PAD) Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC) Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA). Healthy Communities Consortium www. hcconsortium. ca
Consortium Clients The Consortium provides a continuum of services, in both official languages, to: • Healthy Communities Partnerships • Community groups and organizations interested in and eligible for Healthy Communities Fund Grants Healthy Communities Consortium www. hcconsortium. ca
Consortium Services l Consultation Services • Personalized on-site or phone/email support l Learning Events • Webinars, provincial workshops and regional workshops on a variety of health promotion and community development topics l Knowledge Transfer and Exchange • Educational resources, listservs and electronic bulletins l Network Support • Participation on and capacity-building services networks aligned with the Healthy Communities framework l Referrals • Referrals to additional resource centres and organizations Healthy Communities Consortium www. hcconsortium. ca
Contact the Consortium To learn more about the Consortium or to request a service: § Visit www. hcconsortium. ca (English) or www. consortiumcs. ca (Français) § Call 416 -408 -4841 or 1 -800 -766 -3418 ext. 3 § Email consortium@ohcc-ccso. ca Healthy Communities Consortium www. hcconsortium. ca
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