[afro-nets] Looking for Health Promotion related project documents (3)

[Lisa Natoli <lisan@burnet.edu.au>]

Looking for Health Promotion related project documents (3)
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Dear Dr Enamul Haque,

Please find below a list of some useful websites that may help
you in finding some health promotion related documents.

With regard to guiding design of health promotion activities I
can highly recommend the book: "Communicating Health, An action
guide to health education and health promotion", written by John
Hubley. I don't think this is available online but is available
through TALC: http://www.talcuk.org/

Best wishes for your work in Kabul,

Lisa Natoli

Centre for International Health
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health
Commercial Road, Melbourne 3004
GPO Box 2284, Melbourne, Australia 3001
Tel: +61-3-9282-2136(office)
Fax: +61-3-9282-2144
mailto:lisan@burnet.edu.au
http://www.burnet.internationalhealth.edu.au


The Health Communication Partnership (HCP)
http://www.hcpartnership.org/

links five leading institutions
http://www.hcpartnership.org/Partners/corepartners.php

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Com-
munication Programs,
http://www.hcpartnership.org/Partners/jhuccp.php

Academy for Educational Development,
http://www.hcpartnership.org/Partners/aed.php

Save the Children,
http://www.hcpartnership.org/Partners/stc.php

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance,
http://www.hcpartnership.org/Partners/hivall.php

Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
http://www.hcpartnership.org/Partners/tulane.php

together to accomplish its goal of strengthening public health
in the developing world through strategic communication pro-
grams. Through its strategic approach to communication, HCP and
its partners work to create an environment that supports indi-
viduals, families, and communities to act positively for their
own health and to advocate for and have access to quality ser-
vices. This integrated communication approach to improving
health is based on growing evidence that strategic health commu-
nication can influence behavior. Many excellent resources, but
special mention of "A Field Guide to Designing a Health Communi-
cation Strategy", "How to Mobilize Communities for Health and
Social Change" both available electronically online:
http://www.jhuccp.org/pubs/fg/02/


The Leeds Health Education Database http://www.hubley.co.uk/

This is an ongoing research project to set up a computer-based
data-base of evaluated health education/promotion interventions
in developing countries. The initial stage has been completed
with over 600 publications reviewed and 350 entered into the da-
tabase. Further analysis of the entries is being carried out to
develop a book on evidence-based health promotion to be funded
by DFID. The author of the site - John Hubley - has written an
excellent book called "Communicating Health, An action guide to
health education and health promotion" (available through TALC:
http://www.talcuk.org/).


International Union for Health Promotion and Education:
http://www.iuhpe.org

The IUHPE is half a century old, and continues to be the only
global organisation entirely devoted to advancing public health
through health promotion and health education. The IUHPE is a
leading global network working to promote health worldwide and
contribute to the achievement of equity in health between and
within countries. It draws its strength and authority from the
qualities and commitment of its diverse network of members, and
it has an established track record in advancing the knowledge
base and improving the quality and effectiveness of health pro-
motion and health education practice Members range from govern-
ment bodies, to universities and institutes, to NGOs and indi-
viduals across all continents.

The Communication Initiative (http://www.comminit.com/) is a
partnership of development organisations seeking to support ad-
vances in the effectiveness and scale of communication interven-
tions for positive international development. The CI strategy
includes provision of real-time information on communication and
development experiences and thinking, facilitating horizontal
linkages between people engaged in communication action, peer
commentary on programmes and strategies and taking opportunities
to promote strategic thinking on communication and development
issues and problems.

Healthlink Worldwide (http://www.healthlink.org.uk/) works to
improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged and vulner-
able communities in developing countries, by working in partner-
ship to strengthen the local provision, use and impact of health
communication and to support advocacy initiatives to increase
participation and inclusion.

Health Communication Materials Network (http://www.hcmn.org/) is
an international network of professionals specializing in the
development of health communication materials - pamphlets, post-
ers, video, radio, novelty items, flipcharts, cue cards, train-
ing materials, electronic media, etc. HCMN provides a forum for
health communication specialists to share ideas, information,
and samples of health communication materials with their col-
leagues, and to seek advice and suggestions from others working
in this field. Now includes Clip Art for Health Communication:
http://www.hcmn.org/clipart/ A database of illustrations taken
from materials produced to promote public health issues. Search
the database by subject, region, or type of art.

Population and Health Infoshare (http://www.phishare.org/). A
library catalogue of electronic documents created by partner or-
ganizations (http://www.phishare.org/partners/) working in re-
productive and child health, HIV/AIDS, and population. Featur-
ing: Easy access to key research findings. You can search for
evidence and experiences around use of various approaches to
health promotion.