Planning, implementation & evaluation for health promotion

Baum, F. 1998, The new public health: an Australian perspective, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Bickman L. (1987) The functions of program theory, New Directions in Program Evaluation, (33) 5–18.

Central Sydney Area Health Service and NSW Health (1994) Program management guidelines for health promotion, State Health Publication, Sydney. ISBN 0 7310 90576 7 Downloadable from
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/p/pdf/pmg_hp.pdf (679kb, pdf) (external link)

Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services (1999) The kit: A guide to the advocacy we choose to do, Canberra.

Country Health Services Division, South Australian Health Commission (1996) Understanding rural health needs: a manual for regional planning, Adelaide.

Evaluation Report: Victorian DHS Short Course in Health Promotion, September 2003
This evaluation report explores the validity of the five day Core Health Promotion Short Course. A wide ranging evaluation was undertaken to determine the success of the course and options for its sustainability.
Evaluation Report: Victorian DHS Short Course in Health Promotion, September 2003 (698kb, pdf)

Funnel S. (1997) Program Logic: an adaptable tool for designing and evaluating programs, Evaluation Methodology, July 5–17.

Green, L. W. and Kreuter, M. W. (1991) Health promotion planning: an educational and environmental approach, Second edition, Mayfield Publishing, Mountainview USA.

Harris, E., Wise, M., Hawe, P., Finlay, P. and Nutbeam, D. (1995) Working together: intersectorial action for health, Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra.

Hawe, P., Degeling, D. and Hall, J. (1990) Evaluating health promotion, a health worker’s guide, Maclennan and Petty, Sydney.

Infoxchange is a very well designed and popular Victorian site. Its aim is to use information technology for social justice. The site provides information on services to agencies and individuals. Other elements include a community support services database and a weekly newsletter, Infocasts, of material relevant to health and welfare workers across Victoria.
http://www.infoxchange.net.au (external link)

Keating C. (2002) An evaluation guide for community arts practitioners, State Government of Victoria. Downloadable from the VicHealth website at http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au (external link) under the Arts topic.

May, A., Crawford, J., Marconi, J. and Radoslovich, H. (1997) Preparing the ground for healthy communities: a workforce development manual, Rural Health Training Unit, Adelaide.

Naidoo, J. and Wills, J. (2000) Health promotion foundations for practice, Second Edition, Bailliere Tindall, Sydney.

National Public Health Partnership (2000) Deciding and specifying an intervention portfolio, Melbourne, Victoria. Downloadable from
http://www.nphp.gov.au/publications/phpractice/intervpf.pdf (267kb, pdf) (external link)

Narrative action evaluation in health promotion
Developed to assist Community and Women’s Health agencies in building their capacity to evaluate health promotion programs and practice using an approach that incorporates narrative evaluation and action research methodologies.

North Central Metropolitan PCP (2002) Promoting a healthy life for our community: a guide to social marketing, published by North Central Metropolitan PCP. Downloadable from
http://www.ncmpcp.org.au

NSW Health and the Australian Centre for Health Promotion, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney (2001) Indicators to help with capacity building in health promotion, Sydney. Downloadable from
http://www.chs.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/i/pdf/capbuild.pdf (279kb, pdf) (external link)

Nutbeam, D. and Harris, E. (1998) Theory in a nutshell: a practitioner’s guide to commonly used theories and models in health promotion, National Centre for Health Promotion, Sydney.

O’Conner, M. L. and Parker, E. (1995) Health promotion: principles and practice in the Australian context, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.

Planning for effective health promotion evaluation, May 2005
This resource will assist anyone working in health promotion to evaluate their health promotion program/plans more effectively. Improved health promotion practice will ultimately lead to improved health and wellbeing outcomes.

Public Health Strategy Unit (1999) Public health bush book, Northern Territory Health Service, Darwin.

Radoslovich, Helen and Barnett, Kate (1998) Making the move: health promoting health services, South Australian Department of Human Services, Adelaide.

Roe, M. (1995) Working together to improve health: a team handbook, Centre for Primary Health Care, University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Strengthening systems for health promotion
Strategic agenda for health promotion development in Victoria 2000 - 2004, February 2000
Strengthening systems for health promotion (166kb, pdf)

The Health Communication Unit, at the Centre of Health Promotion, University of Toronto's website (external link) provides a range of publications and resources, including The Health Communication Unit (2001) Introduction to health promotion planning, Ontario Ministry of health, Ontario. (The direct link is:
Introduction to Health Promotion Program Planning Version 3.0, April 2001 (285kb, pdf) (external link)

The Local Government Planning for Health and Wellbeing website at
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/localgov provides a range of publications and resources including the municipal public health planning framework (the direct link is
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/localgov/mphp.htm)

The South Australian Community Health Research Unit aims to develop healthy communities through research, training and consultation. The website provides access to a range of publications and profiles a number of innovative research projects, such as the Project Evaluation Wizard – a software tool aimed at supporting health professionals to develop project and evaluation plans. Information on publications about community-based health promotion planning and evaluation are also available at this website:
http://www.sachru.sa.gov.au (external link)

Victorian Community Indicators Project
http://www.communityindicators.net.au (external link)

Victorian Local Government Association consultation site
http://www.vlgaconsultation.org.au/ (external link)

Vinson, T. (1999). Unequal in health: access to comprehensive health services and Unequal in life: the distribution of social disadvantage in Victoria and New South Wales, Jesuit Social Services downloadable from

Walker R. (2000) Collaboration and alliances: a review for VicHealth, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation. Downloadable from
http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/default.asp?artid=353&tmid=247&level=2 (external link)

Wass, A. (2000), Promoting health: the primary health care approach, Second edition, Bailliere Tindall, Sydney.

Women’s and Children’s Hospital (1994), Guidelines for the development of written health information, South Australia.

World Health Organisation (1978) The Alma Ata Declaration, Geneva. Downloadable from
http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/DeclarationAlmaAta.pdf (12kb, pdf) (external link)

World Health Organisation (1986) Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, Geneva. Downloadable from
http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/ottawa_charter_hp.pdf (17kb, pdf) (external link)

World Health Organisation (1997) Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion in the Twenty-first Century, Geneva. Downloadable from
http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/jakarta_declaration_en.pdf (19kb, pdf) (external link)

World Health Organisation (1998) Social determinants of health: the solid facts, downloadable from
http://www.who.dk/InformationSources/Publications/Catalogue/20020808_2 (external link)

World Health Organisation Regional Publications (2001) Evaluation in health promotion: principles and perspectives, edited by I. Rootman et al., WHO regional publications. European Series ; No. 92.

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