Women's
Health Action Trust
[coming events][training organisations][publications]
| Situations vacant | |
| New Zealand | |
| Sites to visit | Check out the Health Promotion Forum - health promotion vacancies at http://www.hpforum.org.nz/sitvac.htm |
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Women's
Healh Action Trust |
Women’s
Health Action is looking for someone who shares our values to
work with our small hard-working team as office co-ordinator. |
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| Overseas | |
| Projects/Research/Discussion Forums | |
| New Zealand | |
| WHIRL, or the Women's Health Interest Research List | emerged from the 1998 Health Research Council Consultative Conference. You can register your interest and join discussion groups by contacting email listproc@stonebow.otago.ac.nz with the message subscribe whirl firstname lastname. Or contact at PO Box 1370 Christchurch, Ph: 03 379 0390, Fax: 03 379 0460, Email: kim@conference.co.nz |
| Overseas | |
| IRHMedEd:
The International Reproductive Health Medical Education Listserv! Created by:-Reproductive Health Initiative (RHI) of the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) |
The
INFO Project at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center
for Communication Programs (CCP) IRHMedEd is a new forum for people actively working in preservice medical and health education in international reproductive health (IRH). IRHMedEd aims to strengthen the growing community of experts in this field by facilitating a global dialogue and creating an environment for exchanging lessons learned, sharing resources and ideas, solving individual and common problems, and advancing the field of IRH Medical Education. IRHMedEd is unique in its combined focus of international reproductive health and medical education. It allows easy communication via email messages on a broad range of topics including, but not limited to: -Reproductive health curriculum reform (implementation strategies, educational materials and content samples, curriculum evaluation) -Literature regarding IRH medical education -Announcements of events or jobs pertaining to IRH medical education Join IRHMedEd by visiting http://lists.infoforhealth.org/mailman/listinfo/irhmeded |
| Canadian Women's Health Network databases. | Site
is here: http://www.cwhn.ca/search/basicSearch.htm New titles can be found here: http://www.cwhn.ca/db_search/new.html |
| Health
e Communication (HealtheComm) - a new online resource developed
by Health Communication Partnership (HCP) and The Communication
Initiative |
A
new on-line resource for those of you working in health communication
and those who feel that the field of health communication has lessons
and experiences applicable to development work in other areas. Called
Health e Communication (HealtheComm) - it is an open process designed
to inform and improve your work by providing easy access to a growing
collection of case studies, planning models, research and evaluation
documents, and lectures and speeches submitted and peer reviewed
by yourselves or your colleagues. Available at: http://www.comminit.com/healthecomm/ |
| New
website |
The Social Medicine Portal (www.socialmedicine.org) - is devoted to promoting the principles and practice of social medicine. The goal in developing this site is to put readers in touch with some of the diverse international resources available for health activists and those interested in the interactions between health and society. The site contains many links, as well as a few documents and presentations. The material is divided into the following pages *New to Social Medicine (an introduction, *Materials for students, *Health Activism, *Social medicine A to Z, *Learning more about social medicine, *Community Health, *Latin American Social Medicine |
| New Healh Promotion 'best practice' website launched |
Two
major goals of the website are to promote discussion of best practices ideas, and to provide information to make the application of best practices easier. May's features include: - a reflection piece by Jan Ritchie, University of New South Wales(Sydney, Australia) - a profile of Rishia Burke, community-based researcher and evaluator (Burlington, Canada) - jottings on "three kinds of practice" by one of the website editors - a brief description of the resource <http://www.surveykey.com> The website defines best practices as consistency between practice (processes and activities), underpinnings (values, theories and beliefs, and evidence), and understanding of the environment. It is also open to other perspectives, and contributions related to any best practices approach are very welcome - experiences, questions, insights, resources, people profiles. |
| New Health Promotion & Best Practices websites | You
might be interested in the following websites that Michael Goodstadt
has been developing: 1. http://www.bestpractices-healthpromotion.com/: this website is devoted to making available the best practice work that Barbara Kahan and Michael (and many collaborators) have been undertaking during the past number of years. This site includes extensive elaboration of the "Interactive Domain Model of Best Practices in Health Promotion" (Kahan & Goodstadt, 2001) and its components (i.e., values, theory, evidence, a health promotion understanding of the environments, and appropriate responses to health-related issues, environment-related issues, and research/evaluation). In addition, it includes: frameworks and resources to guide the identification and use of evidence in health promotion practice, extensive discussion of evaluation/research methods, and a host of resources, links, etc., relevant to the practice of health promotion. 2. His "teaching" websites (i.e., associated with my University of Toronto course "Health Promotion Strategies: Taking a Best Practices Approach"): 1. http://www.bestpractices-healthpromotion.com/strategies/: this website is the more general introduction to my course, its goals, requirements etc. 2. http://www.bestpractices-healthpromotion.com/coursereadings/: this website provides very extensive resources related to health promotion in general and best practices in particular--including extensive recommended readings lists, bibliographies, PowerPoint presentations, links to other sites and on-line resources. |
| The
International Women's Health Coalition |
The
International Women's Health Coalition works to generate health
and population policies, programs, and funding that promote and
protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, particularly
in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and countries in postsocialist
transition. Visit our website at www.iwhc.org for more information. |
| (UK)
Politics of Health Group PoHG email group membership available now |
A core group has been developing the Politics of Health Group (PoHG) for the last 18 months; we already have a 200-member e-mail discussion group, and have published a PoHG discussion paper, 'Towards a New Politics of Health'. The discussion paper can be downloaded at http://www.liv.ac.uk/PublicHealth/Publications/publications01.html If you are interested in joining the PoHG e-mail group, please contact Debbie Fox at dafox@liv.ac.uk |
| Health
systems confront poverty Edited by: Erio Ziglio, Rogerio Barbosa,
Yves Charpak, Steve Turner Public Healt also available online |
Health
systems have done and are doing much to tackle the complex and daunting
problem of poverty and health. This book describes 12 initiatives
already undertaken in 10 WHO Member States: Croatia, France, Germany,
Hungary, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, the Republic of Moldova, the
Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. It documents WHO's preliminary findings on how health systems can help to alleviate poverty, and reaches three main conclusions: that these systems can take effective action to improve the health of the poor, that they can sometimes represent an additional barrier for the poor and that more knowledge, training and capacity building in this area are urgently needed. It is hoped that the information presented here will contribute to WHO's efforts to help countries across the length and breadth of Europe improve health and increase equity by tackling poverty and its effects on health. Available on-line at http://www.euro.who.int/InformationSources/Publications/Catalogue/20030814_1 |
| The World Health Organization Health Impact Assessment (HIA) website is now live. | It
provides user-friendly access to international examples of HIA practice
and key documents, tools and methods, evaluations, links with individual-nation
HIA websites, and highlights relevant HIA work within WHO, Regional
Offices and Collaborating Centres. You can visit this at : http://www.who.int/hia Also, in July 2003 the Bulletin of the World Health Organization had a special theme issue of Health Impact Assessment. It includes articles on HIA in policy and practice, perspectives of HIA, case studies from Chad, Slovenia, Thailand and more - you can visit this at : http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/ We are still collecting examples of HIA (case studies, completed HIA, toolkits etc). If you wish to contribute the form can be downloaded from http://www.who.int/hia/examples/en/ |
| Quality in Qualitative Evaluation: A framework for assessing research evidence | Quality
in Qualitative Evaluation: A framework for assessing research evidence
Liz Spencer, Jane Ritchie, Jane Lewis and Lucy Dillon Government
Chief Social Researcher's Office UK National Centre for Social Research,
2003 Available online as PDf
file [170p.] The aim of this project was to produce guidance for undertaking research and evaluation that uses qualitative methods. The framework provides a useful guide for assessing the credibility, rigour and relevance of individual research studies. This report and framework also contributes to the ongoing debate in the wider social research and academic community on the quality of all types of social research. Policy Hub is a web resource launched in March 2002 that aims to improve the way public policy is shaped and delivered. It provides many examples of initiatives, projects, tools and case studies that support better policy making and delivery and provides extensive guidance on the role of research and evidence in the evaluation of policy. (http://www.policyhub.gov.uk ). |
| Coming Events | |
| New Zealand | Don't
forget the Women's Health Events coming in 2004 - full details on
events page A very good coming events page for public health events here and overseas is www.hpforum.org.nz/coming.htm |
| Overseas | |
| 2nd
International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder March 8-10 2007 Victoria, BC, Canada |
Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) has a profound impact on all aspects
of society and individuals around the world. In order to assist
women of childbearing years, people living with FASD, service systems,
and governments as they strive to address this urgent issue, this
international conference will provide a forum to discuss and examine
current research. Topics will include substance use in pregnancy,
biomedical, clinical and diagnostic research, and the evaluation
of intervention and prevention activities. The conference will share
lessons learned in a way that will foster improved policy and practice,
promote healthy communities and social inclusion, and local, national
and international collaboration on FASD. The voices of affected
children, youth and adults will be heard throughout the event. For more information please visit www.interprofessional.ubc.ca, email ipad@interchange.ubc.ca . |
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Training /Organisations |
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| New Zealand | |
| NEW
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA COURSE MANAGEMENT OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS, The Waikato Management School |
The Waikato Management School has established a new Postgraduate Diploma in the Management of Not for-Profit Organisations. This diploma provides a qualification for people who have an interest in the management of the 'third' voluntary or 'community' sector. Its establishment responds to discussions with sector leaders for a formal, postgraduate qualification in this area. The diploma can be completed electronically. This means you will be working with people from all corners of the country and possibly the Pacific region, in an 'electronic' learning community'. For more information, contact Teenah Handiside, 8 Kabul Street Khandallah, Wellington, Phone 04 479 5852, 025 572 361, Fax 04 479 5752, Email: handiside@top.net.nz |
| Overseas | |
| The
Research Coordinator Training Program (RCTP) |
The
Fundamentals for the Research Coordinator course consists of eleven
topics and is designed to cover the core competencies needed to
administer and direct human subjects research projects. It is offered
on two formats: a 3 day live course or online. Completion of the Fundamentals for the Research Coordinator course will improve the coordinator’s ability to: Understand the ethical issues involved in human subjects research; Adhere to Federal regulations governing research; Work effectively with an IRB; Create and conduct informed consent; Manage study data; Manage adverse events; Achieve study recruitment goals; Understand the community/research interface; Collect high quality data; Identify funding sources and prepare grant proposals; Fulfill reporting obligations More info at http://www.ijhn.jhmi.edu/ResearchCoordinator/Fundamentals.html |
| Centre for International Health Studies, Queen Margaret University College , Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Programmes:
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The Centre for International Health (CIHS) was founded in 1993 as a multi-disciplinary centre for education, research and consultancy supporting international health development in low and middle income countries. The approach of CIHS is characterised by an emphasis on social and organisational development issues within the process of health systems reform and development. Working with a wide range of partner institutions and agencies - international and local - CIHS seeks to promote study of key issues impacting international health policy and practice. CIHS has particular strengths in the fields of healthcare human resource development, primary health & family medicine, women's health, emergency assistance and support to post-conflict societies. The work of CIHS is supported by the context of QMUC as a major provider of healthcare training, professional development and research across its faculties of Health Science and Social Science & Healthcare. More information: Lynne Fraser Secretary Centre of International Health Studies Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh, EH12 8TS Scotland, United Kingdom Phone: 00 44 131 317 3491 Fax: 00 44 131 317 3494 e-mail: int-health@qmuc.ac.uk website: http://www.qmuc.ac.uk/cihs |
| Publications | |
| New Zealand | |
| The proposal for a trans-Tasman agency to regulate therapeutic products | Harmonisation
- Waltzing with Matilda? - The proposal for a trans-Tasman
agency to regulate therapeutic products -
WHW Sept 2002 |
| Overseas | |
| A
Girl's Guide to Periods: Everything You Need to Know About Menstruation |
This
new resource, reprinted and adapted with permission from Sweet Secrets:
Stories of Menstruation, provides clinical and anecdotal information
for girls and young women about menstruation, menstrual problems, products and celebrations. http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/pub/Sweet_Secrets/index.html |
| A
Women's Guide for Understanding Evidence about Health and Health Care |
In
this guide we want to provide women with tools to assess arguments
and evidence about women, health and health care reforms. Our aim
is to help women make their own informed decisions.A Women's Guide
for Understanding Evidence about Health and Health Care from the National Coordinating Group on Health Care Reform and Women is available for download at: http://www.cewh-cesf.ca/PDF/health_reform/evidenceEN.pdf To order free hard copies of the guide, contact: cwhn@cwhn.ca. The National Coordinating Group on Health Care Reform and Women A part of the Women's Health Contribution Program from the Bureau of Women's Health and Gender Analysis, Health Canada |
| Women's Health Professional News Brief | Women's
Health Professional News Brief |
| Maritime
Women's Bladder Health |
Developed
by health professionals experienced in caring for women who suffer from involuntary loss of urine (urinary incontinence). It is designed to provide incontinent women with information so they may make informed choices about their health. http://www.womensbladderhealth.com/ |
| Primary Health Care Reform and Women: A Guide | Read
about these issues, and more, in this important new publication,
funded through the Women's Health Contribution Program from the
Bureau of Gender Analysis and Women's Health.This documen, from
National Coordinating Group on Health Care Reform and Women and
funded by is available in .pdf format from: http://www.cewh-cesf.ca/PDF/health_reform/primaryCareEN.pdf |
| New CDC Online Journal: Preventing Chronic Disease | The inaugural issue of Preventing Chronic Disease is now available at www.cdc.gov/pcd where you will find downloadable articles and more information. |
| Evaluation
Made Very Easy, Accessible, and Logical K. Farell, M. Kratzmann, S. McWilliam, N. Robinson, S. Saunders, J. Ticknor, K. White 2002 |
Evaluation Made Very Easy, Accessible, and Logical above link in pdf file format (1.54 MB, 48 pages) K. Farell, M. Kratzmann, S. McWilliam, N. Robinson, S. Saunders, J. Ticknor, K. White 2002 Provides an accessible, user-friendly, evaluation resource guide for communityÐbased organizations. Presents basic definitions, frameworks, and examples from community, academic, and Internet resources. Includes a brief outline of how to do a needs assessment, four evaluation frameworks (program logic model, empowerment evaluation, Center for Disease Control framework, and participatory approach), and guidance for disseminating evaluation findings. Also includes a glossary and resource index. |
| YouthNet is pleased to announce the launch of Youth InfoNet, a one-stop monthly source for new publications and information on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention | This newsletter is divided into two sections: (I.) summaries of innovative program resources and (II.) summaries of recent research articles. We hope this information enhances your work with youth,and we invite submissions and ideas for the newsletter. For more information on subscriptions to Youth InfoNet (and other electronic notices of YouthNet publications and information), or to propose submissions to this newsletter,please send an email to youthnetpubs@fhi.org . Youth InfoNet issue Number 1 is also available at www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/Youth+InfoNet.htm . |
| Canadian
Health Services Research Foundation "The Theory and Practice of Knowledge Brokering in Canada's Health System" |
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation is making progress in the area of knowledge brokering. To find out what brokering is and what skills are needed to do it, check out a new report on the foundation's new and improved web site. "The Theory and Practice of Knowledge Brokering in Canada's Health System" is the result of a national consultation and a literature review on knowledge brokering, led by the foundation. The report can be viewed at the following link: http://www.chsrf.ca/brokering/professional_development_e.php |
| Poverty and Health-CPHI Collected Papers |
CPHI is pleased to announce the release of three reports on the
theme of poverty and health. This collection consists of two working
papers by Drs. Shelley Phipps and David P. Ross. Shelley Phipps'
paper scans the research literature on the relationship between
poverty and health. David P. Ross reviews policy approaches that
address this relationship. A third paper reports on proceedings
of a national roundtable on poverty and health hosted by CPHI in
the spring of 2002. Areas of agreement and disagreement regarding
the relationship between poverty and health are identified. The
papers are: "The Impact of Poverty on Health" by Shelley Phipps "Policy Approaches to Address the Impact of Poverty on Health" by David P. Ross á "Poverty and Health: Links to Action" - Proceedings of the CPHI National Roundtable on Poverty and Health, March 26, 2002 You can download the papers from CPHI's Web site at www.cihi.ca following the link to Canadian Population Health Initiative under Research and Reports. |
| Fact sheets and papers from the web | Fact
Sheet on Dating Violence: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/datviol.htm |
| National
Womens Health Information Centre (US) http://www.4woman.gov/ |
NWHIC has grown so much in the past few years that the previous homepage was getting bulky with a lot of scattered information. Now, you won't have any problems finding what you're looking for in our vast array of resources. Visit: http://www.4woman.gov/ |
| Womennet is pleased to announce the launch of www.womennet.ca, the Canadian Web-based Women's Information Centre | Womennet, website of the Canadian Web-based Women's Information Centre, a feminist website that provides the following features: the Directory of Canadian Women's Resources, a searchable database of over 2,500 women's groups in Canada, a Links Section, News and Resources, including Bulletin Boards that are updated daily, and a free womennet.ca e-mail address. http://www.cwhn.ca/hot/sites/default.html#womennet |
| The CWHN is the Women's Health Affiliate of the Canadian Health Network | The CWHN is the Women's Health Affiliate of the Canadian Health Network and contributes to a collection of approximately 900 resources on the Women's Health Centre of the CHN. See our new look and find women's health information at: http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/1women.html |
| DES Action Canada booklet, "Beyond Early Detection: A New Look at Breast Cancer", written by Sharon Batt, is now available free-of-charge | This
35-page guide is essential for understanding the confusing web of
facts and figures that surround the complex issue of breast cancer.
For more information about this booklet, please visit our website:
http://www.web.net/~desact/anglais/public/5cancer.html To order "Beyond Early Detection: A New Look at Breast Cancer", contact DES via e-mail (see website above) or toll-free at 1-800-482-1-DES. This booklet is also available in French. Bulk orders are welcome. |
|
Family Health International's (FHI) Network:Ethics and Reproductive
Health |
This issue of Family Health International's (FHI) quarterly scientific bulletin focuses on ethics and reproductive health. Read the full text of the bulletins on FHI's Web site at: http://www.fhi.org/en/fp/fppubs/network/ntgroupng.html |
| The Wellness and Disability Initiative of the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities ipublication "Sexuality and Disability Webliography". | The Wellness and Disability Initiative of the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities is pleased to announce the publication of its first web-based bibliography "Sexuality and Disability Webliography". Available in both HTML and a 50 page PDF format, the webliography may be found at http://www.bccpd.bc.ca/wdi/sex&dis.html This extensive listing of resources available on the internet includes curricula, articles, books, newsletters, magazines, videos, audiotapes, websites, discussion forums, organizations, programs, practitioners and researchers worldwide. Specialized topics include 16 types of disability, and resources on children and youth, women, gay and lesbian, and sexual abuse and assault. |
| Saving Women's Lives | aims to educate and raise awareness of the broad range of women's global health and rights issues, including reproductive health, safe motherhood, poverty and economic development, violence against women, women's social status and education. http://www.savingwomenslives.org/ |
| A
Friend Indeed www.afriendindeed.ca |
A Friend Indeed, the health newsletter for women in menopause and midlife, would like to announce that we have a newly improved and updated website: www.afriendindeed.ca |
| AVIVA Women's World-Wide Web |
FREE Monthly Webzine at http://www.aviva.org |
| The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)'s new factsheet "Women, Health and Action | The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)'s new factsheet "Women, Health and Action" discusses the relationship between health, income and inequality, the impact of racism and environment on health. The fact sheet contains a section on resources and opportunities for action and is available in both official languages. For more on this, go to: http://www.cwhn.ca/hot/research/default.html |
| New publications from the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health Visit the
Women and Health Care publications ibrary at: |
New(and
interesting) publications include: |
| InfoSexNet E-Bulletin | This monthly electronic newsletter is published as a free service to individuals and organizations interested in research, events, online resources and other news related to sexual and reproductive health. You will have received your copy if you are a subscriber. If you aren't, and would like to subscribe, please send a message to majordomo@ppfc.ca with "subscribe infosexnet" in the body of the message. |
| National Uterine Fibroids Foundation | Fibroid Tidbits...the newsletter: http://www.nuff.org/fibroidtidbits/ |
| Women and Media for Social Change :Communication and Initiatives Worldwide | In June 02, Women Action launched a new web site, Women and Media for Social Change: Communication and Initiatives Worlwide, in English, Spanish and French. It's a book and a website : http://www.womenaction.org/women_media/ E-mail: info@editions-remuemenage.qc.ca |
| Half The World | - a website that focuses on news, issues, books and web sites of interest to women, most of which aren't heavily publicised in the mainstream media. http://www.newswecanuse.com/ |
| Health Communication Materials Network | - a network of professionals specializing in all aspects of health communication materials development & dissemination. The Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC) is an international resource for health professionals who seek samples of pamphlets, posters, videos, and many other media/materials designed to promote public health. http://www.jhuccp.org/mmc/index.stm |
