Annotated Resource List
Health promotion planning: an
educational and environmental approach.
2nd edition. Green, L.W., and Kreuter, M.W. Mountain View,
CA: Mayfield, I99 I.
This book provides the foundations
of health education and promotion, as well as developments
in policy, research and practice. It emphasizes an initial
educational approach but expands to include the political,
managerial and economic actions needed in health promotion
using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Topics include quality
of life, epidemiological, behavioural and environmental
assessments; educational, organizational and policy diagnosis;
and applications in community, school and health care
settings.
0rganizing: A guide for grassroots
leaders. Kahn, S. New York: McGraw Hill, 1981, revised
1991.
The chapters in Kahn’s easy-to-read
book are broken down into many subsections. Each subsection
addresses a particular question such as "What makes
a good issue?" and "How to get people to come
to a meeting". You don’t need to plow through the
whole book to find material relevant to your situation.
Planning program development
and evaluation: A handbook for health promotion, aging and
health services. Timmreck TC. Massachusetts: Jones and
Bartlett, 1995.
A concise, accessible book
which provides a thorough orientation to the methods used
to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion initiatives.
The book is structured around a ten-step planning model,
with each chapter corresponding to a particular step.
All of the chapters contain a set of learning objectives,
key planning questions, and an overview of key concepts
and methods to guide the reader through each stage of
the program development process.
Program planning for health
education and promotion. 2nd edition. Dignan, M.B., Carr,
PA. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1992.
This useful book provides
a straightforward model for planning, developing, implementing
and evaluating programs. Topics include community analysis
and definition of target groups.
Roots to power: A manual for
grassroots organizing. Staples, L New York Praeger, 1984.
Roots to Power is a good
text on nuts-and-bolts organizing. It is especially good
on recruiting, strategies and action plans, and dealing
with counter-tactics. Top practitioners have contributed
special sections on meetings, memberships, coalitions,
public relations, negotiating, action ideas, and carrying
out action plans.
Mental Health Promotion Tool
Kit. Taking action: Working together for positive change in
your community. Amen E.Toronto: Self Counsel Press, 1992.
Taking Action is a very useful
book on grassroots organizing in a Canadian context. The
author, Elizabeth Amen organized the battle to save her
Toronto Island neighbourhood from the bulldozer, and went
on to become a member of the Toronto City Council. Taking
Action is easy to read, full of examples and practical
tips not found in other books.
The program evaluation tool
kit: A blueprint for public health. Ottawa: Ontario Ministry
of Health. 1996.
This practical, step-by-step
guide to evaluating programs is presented in a series
of short modules with simple explanations and specific
tools. It includes examples from health promotion programs,
and worksheets for each step both in hard copy and on
disk. An order form can be obtained from Debora Dover
at the Ontario Ministry of Health: doverde@rmoc.on.ca
Tel: (613) 724-4I22 x3752 Fax: (6I3) 724-4152.
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