In Alberta, the Alberta Health Living Network (AHLN) is addressing the issue of chronic disease prevention in a collaborative and integrated manner. The Alberta Health Living Network membership is multi-sectoral with representatives of groups typically involved in province-wide disease prevention and health promotion. Click on the Alberta Healthy Living Network for a list of the organizations and individuals that are working together for collaborative action to promote health and prevent chronic disease in Alberta:

• Alberta Healthy Living Network [1]
• Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention [2]
• Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta/NWT Division [3]
• Canadian Partnership Against Cancer [4]
• Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control [5]
• Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada [6]
• Pan Canadian Healthy Living Strategy [7](An Integrated Strategy on Healthy Living and Chronic Disease)
• Keep Your Body In Check [8] (Diabetes Prevention Project)
• Theory at a Glance: A guide for Health Promotion Practice [9] (USA)

Articles
The Evolution of Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention in Alberta, Canada [10]- Alberta Heart Health Project
Tipping the Scales of Progress [11]: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada releases new data and recommendations on tobacco, obesity and disease prevention

Resources

Primer to Action: Social Determinants of Health [12]
Primer to Action: Social Determinants of Health is an electronic resource that helps us understand how the social determinants of health affect chronic disease, and what we can do about it.