<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Colleen Cameron</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:accamero@stfx.ca">accamero@stfx.ca</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">Certificate in Community-Driven Health Impact Assessment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">May 30-June 17, 2011</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:FuturaBT-Light"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. They see health as a resource for everyday life, not the object of living. Promoting community health and well-being requires an understanding of the interaction of the social determinants of health, the inequities in health status and the ability to take action. Structural determinants and conditions of daily life</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">are the major factors in health inequities between and within countries. To achieve health equity, actions must be taken to improve the conditions of daily living, tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources, measure and assess the impact of policies and programs, and raise awareness of the social determinants of health among practitioners and the public (WHO 2008).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">Community health impact assessment is a way to bring the health concerns of the community forward in discussions of public policy. Since our health and well-being are influenced by a wide range of factors both within and outside the health sector, community health impact assessment is useful in examining any activity (policy, program, project, or service) that will affect the population as a whole, as well as specific groups within the community. Community health impact assessment is based on the idea that the development of </span><i><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-LightItalic">healthy public policy </span></i><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">(public policy that is characterized by an explicit concern for health and equity, and which aims to create a supportive environment to enable people to lead healthy lives) requires broad citizen involvement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">Community health impact assessment allows communities to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">• Estimate the effect that a particular activity will have on the health and well-being of the community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">• Identify things to do that will maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of that activity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light">This course will introduce participants to a holistic understanding of health within the context of development. It will examine the relationship between health and development and the impact of development programs and policies on health. Participants will develop skills in facilitating community groups to go through the People Assessing Their Health (PATH) process and develop a Community Health Impact Assessment Tool (CHIAT).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Heavy;color:#2385FF">Scholarships</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Light;color:black">Applicants from developing countries are eligible for Coady Institute scholarships and bursaries that cover most of the cost of tuition, room and board. This support is the result of generous funding from the Canadian International Development Agency and a number of individual and institutional donors. Special efforts are made to enable women and aboriginal peoples attend. The Coady Institute is not able to support the cost of travel.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:FuturaBT-Light;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:FuturaBT-Heavy;color:#2385FF">How to Apply</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">To find out more about the Coady Institute’s educational programs, research, publications, web-based initiatives and global learning partners, please visit our website at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.coady.stfx.ca" target="_blank">www.coady.stfx.ca</a>. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Applicants should apply at least two months before the start of the program. Applications are assessed as soon as they are received so apply early to ensure time for making travel and visa arrangements.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Colleen Cameron</span></p>
<div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Senior Program Officer</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Coady International Institute</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">St. Francis Xavier University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Antigonish, Nova Scotia</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Canada</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">(902) 867-3895</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:accamero@stfx.ca" target="_blank">accamero@stfx.ca</a> </span></p>
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