CHPS - UA

Centre for Health Promotion Studies,
University of Alberta

Cross Links is a forum for expressing views, sharing ideas, and acknowledging controversies related to health promotion.

• Active Living from Womb to Tomb ~ Why Separate the Generations? (November 2005)
  Sandy O’Brien Cousins, BPE, MPE, EdD; Professor Emeritus Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University Of Alberta
  
• The Importance of Who Defines What's Important (June 2005)
  Ruth Wolfe, MPH, Doctoral Student; Practicum Coodinator, Centre for Health Promotion Studies
• Who's Healthy? Who's Not? A Social Justice Perspective on Health Inequities (March 2005)
  N. Ernest Khalema, PhD (Student), Research Coordinator, Alberta Heart Health Project
  
• Poverty Reduction: Shifting Our Focus (June 2003)
  Pamela Bradley, BScN, Graduate Student, Health Promotion Studies
• Human Centred Development A Lesson in What Really Matters (March 2003)
  by Monique Beneteau, Graduate Student, Health Promotion Studies
  
  

the Shift is the Centre's newsletter, published three times annually

Volume 7 Issue 2 (Summer 2005)
Promoting Smoke-free Living

• Health Promotion in the Hospital Setting ~ The Reduce My Risk Program
• The Continuing Battle for Smoke-free Workplaces in Alberta
• Building Capacity and Supports ~ The Northeast Tobacco Cessation Project

Volume 7 Issue 1 (Winter 2005)
Healthy School Environments

• Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviours of Alberta Youth: School-based Research
• Daily Physical Activity Initiative ~ Developing Policy to Support Positive Practice
• MOVE ~ Making Our Vermilion Energized
  

Volume 6 Issue 2 - Winter 2004
Physical Activity of Albertans with Diabetes. A Profile

• Physical Activity of Albertans with Diabetes – A Profile
• Supporting Physical Activity - Removing Barriers
• Inner City School Kids Get Active
• Alberta Healthy Living Framework – An Integrated Approach
  

New Course in Aboriginal Health

A new course at the University of Alberta is set to take a novel approach to aboriginal health care – through the study of literature. Called Stories of Life: Voices in Aboriginal Health Research, it will be offered this month by the Centre for Health Promotion Studies and taught by a professor in the English Department.

The complete story is available through ExpressNews on the University of Alberta's Web site at http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/expressnews/articles/news.cfm?p_ID=6297&s=0