Healthy Eating in Schools: Policy Recommendations
Alberta Health Services
This resource is intended to guide wellness champions as they develop and implement healthy eating policies for school-provided food. Included in the resource are strategies and resources to help guide the process of developing healthy eating policies.
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/school/csh/if-sch-csh-he-policy-recommendations.pdf
What Determines Health?
Public Health Agency of Canada
This webpage introduces readers to a population health perspective and outlines the determinants (environmental, economic, political, social, etc.) that work together to impact the health of Canadians.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/determinants/index-eng.php
Towards Evidence Informed Practice - Learning Module Two - Making Evidence Work for You
Ontario Public Health Association
This is an excellent tool for using evidence to help promote your idea. It discusses what evidence is, where to find it and how it can be generated and applied to increase the effectiveness of health promotion programs in different settings, including a school community. There is also a PDF that offers a condensed version of the module without external links but does not require additional software. The PDF is available here.
http://www.brianegould.com/teip2/module_2/index.html
The Wellness Impact: Enhancing Academic Success through Healthy School Environments
GENYOUth Foundation, National Dairy Council, the American College of Sports Medicine, the American School Health Association
This report outlines the pivotal role that schools can play in improving students’ physical activity and nutrition. The report outlines and provides evidence about how creating supportive environments is critical for student success.
https://www.genyouthnow.org/reports/the-wellness-impact-report
The Wellness Dividend: How Employers Can Improve Employee Health and Productivity
The Graham Lowe Group Inc.
This is a comprehensive, evidence-based report that discusses why it is important to invest in employee wellness. Included with this report are details about the potential positive impacts of this investment and practical ways to invest in employee wellness.
The Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement - Resource Library
The Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement
A website devoted to community engagement and building capacity to implement social change from the ground up. The resource library has a variety of guides related to engagement, capacity building and community learning.
http://tamarackcommunity.ca/g3s4.html
The Sandbox: Your Space for Healthy School Workplaces
Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan
This website provides up-to-date resources, information and a blog about supporting employee wellness in a school community. The website provides a way for wellness champions from all over the province to collaborate to bring new ideas forward in school communities. While many of the resources provided on the website are focused on employee wellness they can easily be adopted to help move any new idea forward in a school community.
https://thewellnesssandbox.ca/
The Health Advocacy ToolBox - Effective Communications
Connecticut Health Policy Project
A short resource that provides nine simple-to-follow steps to ensure you are effectively communicating your key messages to the right people. Part of this process identifies how to frame your messages and design the communication strategy.
http://cthealthpolicy.org/index.php/resources/advocacy-tool-box/effective-communications/
The Determinants of Health
The World Health Organization
Developed by the World Health Organization, this webpage provides a detailed account of the complex factors, ranging from transportation and housing to industry and urbanization, that interact to influence human health.
http://www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/
The Comprehensive School Health Approach
Alberta Health Services
This webpage provides a number of useful documents and tools to help support the implementation of comprehensive school health. Visit the webpage to find background information on comprehensive school health, how to implement school wellness policies, gaining support of the community, etc.
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/csh.aspx