Healthy Communities

• BC Healthy Communities – A major site from the BC Government of information and resources on health and community issues.  http://bchealthycommunities.ca/

• Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition – A charitable coalition promoting healthy communities in Ontario with good resources and online courses.  http://www.ohcc-ccso.ca/en/publications 

• Healthy Families BC – A government resource website with information for young families on health.  http://www.healthyfamiliesbc.ca/your-community 

• Creating Healthy Communities Toolkit – A Smartgrowth BC publication from 2009 outlining key issues and strategies for creating a healthy community.  http://www.smartgrowth.bc.ca/Portals/0/Downloads/CreatingHealthyCommunitiesGuide.pdf 

• Heart and Stroke Foundation resources – A site with information and resources from the Heart and Stroke Foundation who have emerged recently as a major promoter of healthy communities.  http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.8045619/k.F840/Healthy_Communities.htm 

• CIP Healthy Communities Practice Guide – This is a guide for planning and managing municipalities to enhance health, created for the Canadian Institute of Planners.  http://www.cip-icu.ca/web/la/en/fi/0008d10473bd4b7e805bb51650bc393a/get_file.asp 

• UBCM’s Healthy Communities – This site is from the Union of BC  Municipalities and offers a range of information on healthy communities in BC.   http://www.ubcm.ca/EN/main/resolutions/policy-areas/healthy-communities.html 

• BC Healthy Living Alliance – A group headed by the Canadian Cancer Society offering a range of information.  http://www.bchealthyliving.ca/ 

• Population health determinants – This is the Canadian Public Health Agency’s site covering information and perspectives on key determinants of population health including:
  • Income and Social Status
  • Social Support Networks
  • Education and Literacy
  • Employment/Working Conditions
  • Social Environments
  • Physical Environments
  • Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills
  • Healthy Child Development
  • Biology and Genetic Endowment
  • Health Services
  • Gender
  • Culture

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/determinants/

• Improving Population Health – This is a site from a University of Wisconson professor with excellent accessible information on population health.  http://www.improvingpopulationhealth.org/blog/what-are-health-factorsdeterminants.html 

• Association of Faculties of Medicine in Canada – This is an excellent site with health determinants information aimed at academics and practitioners.  http://phprimer.afmc.ca/Part1-TheoryThinkingAboutHealth/Chapter2DeterminantsOfHealthAndHealthInequities/DeterminantsofHealth 

• World Health Organization – This site takes a global view of health determinants across many issues. http://www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/ 

•  Center for Disease Control Healthy Communities – This site directly links healthy communities and chronic diseases.  http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/healthy_communities.htm 

• Healthy Canada by Design – This site is focused on changing community design to make Canadian’s healthier.  http://hcbd-clasp.com/2013/11/25/curbing-chronic-disease-with-community-design-from-new-york-to-halifax/ 

• Health and Wellness for Families – This site offers a good summary of social health including an assessment form.  http://www.healthandwellnessforfamilies.com/health-wellness/social-health/ 

• Social determinants of health – This site has a good summary of the many social determinants of health.  http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=39