Centre for Health Promotion Research (CHPR)

Are you interested in sharing your research on reducing health inequities and improving health at the population level?

Today is the launch of an international call for contributions for a special Supplement of the Canadian Journal of Public Health. The Centre for Population Health Promotion Research is collaborating with various universities and centres to coordinate a collection of papers on population health intervention research for the Supplement.

The call is now closed (as of February 15, 2011).

For more information, see the Special Supplement page.

On November 4, 2010, Jim made a presentation to the Board of Directors of the Carnegie Community Centre. The Board of Directors had invited Jim to discuss the findings from his study on the 2010 Olympics and the Inner-city Inclusive Commitment Statement, which was a set of social, environmental, and economic guarantees that were included in Vancouver’s bid for the 2010 Games. In addition to the Board of Directors, other community members also attended the open meeting.

Click here to learn more about the study.

Jim Frankish is teaching a new, graduate-level course in the School of Population and Public Health: SPPH 545/546 – Theories, Models and Issues in Community-Based Research.

SPPH 545/546 is an introductory course on the theories, models, and issues inherent in the planning, implementation and evaluation of community-based participatory research with a variety of diverse communities. This course draws upon theories and concepts from the social/behavioural and health sciences as a basis for community-based participatory research in programs and policies for population health promotion.

CPHPR donated $694 to EMBERS Staffing Solutions, a two-part social enterprise that provides support and training to help people start and operate a microenterprise and that operates an employment agency that gives round-the-clock support and coaching to help people stay employed and grow as a person. All profits earned by EMBERS Staffing Solutions go toward providing job supports and value-added training to help workers get back on their feet and into the workforce.

The donation is part of a new approach that CPHPR is implementing in its research studies. Participants in our research can choose to donate or receive alternative compensation for their time. The donation comes out of research funds (allocated for compensation of participants), not out of participants’ pockets.

The donation to EMBERS Staffing Solutions was made from a study on the implementation of the Inner-city Inclusive Commitment Statement for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver/Whistler. The study also donated $762 to United We Can in 2008, and $972 to H.A.V.E. Culinary Training Society in 2009.

A resource guide to implementing this approach is available for viewing.

Advance access is now available for a new article written by a health literacy research team that includes individuals from the Centre for Health Promotion Research:

Wu AD, Begoray DL, MacDonald M, Wharf Higgins J, Frankish J, Kwan B, Fung W and Rootman I (2010). Developing and evaluating a relevant and feasible instrument for measuring health literacy of Canadian high school students. Health Promotion International.

The article reports on a study that tested a new instrument for measuring health literacy in high school students.