Policy

Training Workshops

Health Promotion Policy Development and Implementation in Real World Setting

DATE:	Thursday, May 28, 2009
TIME:	8:30 am - 4:30 pm
LOCATION:	Hilton Toronto, 145 Richmond St. West, Toronto

Download the workshop slides available in PDF:

• Lost in Policy Implementation: Lessons Learned
• Tips & Tools on Moving to Action on Policy
• Promoting Active Living in a Rural Environment
• Pathway Patrol as an Environmental Support Initiative
• HSFO's Policy Initiatives - From Issue Identification to Policy Execution
• Promoting a Trails Policy in a Rural Environment: An Exercise in Frustration
• Social Policy Development: A collaborative, strategic and practical approach
• Finding Champions to Promote Policies

 

Ministry of Health Promotion Information Session

DATE:	Wednesday, May 27, 2009
TIME:	8:30 am - 4:30 pm
LOCATION:	Hilton Toronto, 145 Richmond St. West, Toronto

To view the meeting background material click the following links:

• Planning for Healthy Communities Approach
• Link to Ministry of Health Promotion's Healthy Communities Framework

Policy Development At a Glance Webinar

Date: May 19 & 22, 2009

This 2-hour webinar covered the basics of THCU's Policy Development Roadmap and was sponsored by HHRC and THCU. This webinar was developed especially for OHHP Coordinators and community partners and focussed on OHHP examples.

Download the workshop slides available in PDF.

Policy Framework for Community Action - Stakeholder Engagement Meeting

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009
Location: Courtyard Marriott, Toronto

Download the meeting panel presentation slides available in PDF:

• Built Enviroment and Active Transportation
• Access to Nutritious Food and Food Security in Communities
• Access to Recreation and Physical Activity in Communities
• Policies to Support Smoke-free Environments in Schools and Communities
• Healthy Policies in the Workplaces
• Healthy Policies in Schools

Guides and Workbooks

"@ a glance"

"@ a glance" gives you tips, practical tools and a glossary to assist you in your evaluation and planning activities. Helpful resources are also profiled.

• Policy Uptake, Winter 2008

@heart newsletters

Policy Development in the Real World, Issue 27, Winter 2010 [PDF, 16 pages, 632kb]

Influencing Decision-makers, Issue 25, Summer 2007 [PDF, 12 pages, 881kb]

Policy Development, Issue 10, Spring 2001 [PDF]
This newsletter issue, covered all the key concepts involved in policy development including a "Policy Road Map"; links to comprehensive health promotion and highlights from the workshops based on the resources, "Making a Difference in your Community: A Guide for Policy Change".

Reports and Documents

Policies in Action, 2002

Looking for policies that you can adapt for use in your own community? Look no further! Policies in Action contains copies of actual and sample policies from Ontario, Canada, and beyond that you can use to guide policy development in your community. The resource is grouped by setting and risk factor, making it easy for you to quickly access the sample policies that you are looking for.

To access the section(s) you are interested in, click the active link below. (All sections are available in PDF)

• Table of Contents
• Introduction to Policies in Action
• Policies to Reduce ETS Exposure
• Policies to Encourage Active Living
• Policies to Encourage Healthy Eating
• Policies to Encourage Multiple Behaviour Changes

Working Towards Heart Healthy Public Policy at the Local Level, 1998

This guidebook is designed to assist the Ontario Heart Health Program sites in planning
heart healthy policies at the municipal government level.