Useful Links

Tools and websites of interest

Please use the links to the right of the page to navigate this webpage.

 

General

Academic/Research

• Disease Control Priorities Project (DCP2) http://www.dcp2.org/main/Home.html

• Disparities Reducing Advances Project (Institute for Alternative Futures) http://www.altfutures.com/DRA/

• Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) http://ocdem.customers.composite.net/

• Rudd Center http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/home.aspx

Blogs

• Center for Global Health Policy blog http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/

• Feedburner www.feedburner.com

• Women and Tobacco Control in Latin America and the Caribbean, Spanish-Language blog http://inwatlac.blogspot.com/

Calendars

• 3FOUR50 calendar of upcoming global events www.3four50.com/v2/?page=calendar

• Oxford Health Alliance calendar of global events (includes archives from 2005) www.oxha.org/meetings/global-calendar-of-events

• Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (Canada) calendar of events www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/13532.html

• Global events on urban health (WHO Kobe Centre) http://www.who.or.jp/latestjs/index.html

Government Initiatives

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/

• Mayors Wellness Campaign (US) http://www.mayorswellnesscampaign.org/

• Singapore Health Promotion Board http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=981

• The President's Challenge http://www.presidentschallenge.org/

• UK Department of Health http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm

• UK Foresight project - Tackling Obesities: Future Choices http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Obesity/Obesity.htm

International Organisations

• Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control (FCTC) http://www.fctc.org/

• Global Prevention Alliance http://www.preventionalliance.net/about.htm

• World Health Organisation (WHO) http://www.who.int/en/

• European Network for the Promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity http://www.euro.who.int/hepa

• ProCOR (Conference on Cardiovascular Health) http://www.procor.org/

• Obesity in Europe http://www.euro.who.int/obesity

Networks

• BuddyPower.net - an online social networking site for people who are trying to lose weight http://fathappens.com/

• Development Gateway Foundation http://www.developmentgateway.org/

• Healthyi - health education in areas such as diabetes, obesity and heart health http://www.healthyi.com/default.aspx

• HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information For All by 2015) is a knowledge network of 2,500 professionals working to improve availability/use of healthcare information in low-income countries. http://www.hifa2015.org

• I-FOCOS - a community of innovators committed to harnessing the power of media, communication and human ingenuity for the common good http://www.ifocos.org/

• International Clinical Epidemiology Network http://www.inclentrust.org/

• i-genius http://i-genius.org/home/

• The Lancet Global Health Network http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/

• Tu Diabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes http://tudiabetes.com/

• (WHO) European Network for the Promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity http://www.euro.who.int/hepa

News and news feeds

• BBC News Online http://news.bbc.co.uk

• EU Politics Today http://eupolitics.einnews.com

• Google News Health http://www.google.com/news?ned=us&topic=m

• National Heart Forum e-News Briefing Service http://www.heartforum.org.uk/

• Newsmap http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

• OhmyNews http:/english.ohmynews.com

• ProCOR http://www.procor.org/discussion/

• Reuters (health and wellbeing news) http://features.us.reuters.com/wellbeing/

NGOs

• Agencies for Nutrition Action http://www.ana.org.nz/

• Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes http://www.merck.com/corporate-responsibility/access/access-developed/access-us-partnerships/diabetes/us-diabetes-alliance.html

• Clinton Global Initiative http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/

• Diabetes Stories http://diabetes-stories.com/  

• Doctors Without Borders http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

• Eldis - particularly the online guide to chronic disease
  http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/health/chronic-disease

• Global Health Council http://www.globalhealth.org/

• Globalink: Global Tobacco Control http://www.globalink.org/

• Global Smoke Free Partnership http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/

• Global Tobacco Control http://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/

• International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) http://www.iaso.org/

• International Diabetes Federation http://www.idf.org/

• International Fruit and Vegetable Alliance www.ifava.org

• International Non Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco (INGCAT) http://www.ingcat.org/index_en.htm

• International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF) http://www.iotf.org/

• International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity http://www.isbnpa.org/

• International Society for Physical Activity and Health www.ispah.org

• Kintera - The Giving Communities (Communities Taking Action) www.kintera.org

• Knowledge Into Action (a UK-based charity that uses knowledge to improve health) http://www.knowledgeintoaction.org/

• London Health Observatory http://www.lho.org.uk/Default.aspx

• Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer Resource Center www.asbestos.net/

• Minority ethnic health discussion group www.jiscmail.ac.uk/minority-ethnic-health

• Nightingales Nurses http://www.nightingalesnurses.org/

• One: The campaign to make poverty history http://www.one.org/#

• Oxford Health Alliance www.oxha.org

• Physical Activity Resource Centre http://www.ophea.net/Ophea/PARC/index.cfm

• Prevention Institute www.preventioninstitute.org

• ProCOR: Conference on cardiovascular Health http://www.procor.org

• Regency Foundation Network, a not for profit organization working with the UN and its agencies www.regency.org

• Science News http://www.sciencenews.org/index.asp

• Sustrans http://www.sustrans.org.uk

• (see also Sustrans: ‘The Evidence! the latest research evidence related to walking, cycling and health: http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1091694766555)

• Treatobacco.net (information on treating tobacco dependance) http://www.treatobacco.net/

• World Heart Federation http://www.worldheart.org/

• World Heart Foundation http://www.world-heart.org/

• World Lung Foundation http://www.worldlungfoundation.org/

• World Diabetes Foundation www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org

• World Diabetes Day http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/

Reports (World Health Organization)

• Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health (2008) http://www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/en/index.html

• Constructing the Evidence Base on the Social Determinants of Health (2007) http://whqlibdoc.who.int/

• Diet, the Food Supply and Obesity in the Pacific (2003) http://www.wpro.who.int/

• The Extent, Nature and Effects of Food Promotion to Children: A Review of the Evidence (2006_ http://www.who.int/

• Food and Health in Europe: A New Basis for Action (2004) http://www.euro.who.int/

• A Framework to Monitor and Evaluate Implementation: Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (2006) http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/

• Global Burden of Disease update report (2004) http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/2004_report_update/en/

• Globalization, Diets and Noncommunicable Disease s (2002) http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/9241590416.pdf

• A Guide for Population-Based Approaches to Increasing Levels of Physical Activity: Implementation of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (2007) http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/

• Marketing Food to Children: The Global Regulatory Environment (2004) http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/

• Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children (2006) http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/

• Nutrition Labels and Health Claims: The Global Regulatory Environment (2004) http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/

• Physical Activity and Health in Europe: Evidence for Action (2006) http://www.euro.who.int/

Reports (other)

• Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand, Report of the New Zealand Health Committee (2007) http://www.parliament.nz/NR/

Stats (US)

• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

Tools

• Active Scotland (tool to support health professionals to answer the question “where do I go to be active?") http://www.activescotland.org.uk/

• Alternative London Underground map: steps between stations www.pruhealth.co.uk/presales/about_pruhealth/press_centre/pdf/walk_the_tube_line.pdf

• American International Health Alliance Nursing Toolkit www.eurasiahealth.org/toolkits/nursing/eng

• BHF National Centre (UK) Resources on physical activity and health http://www.bhfactive.org.uk/information-centre/Resources.html

• Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids International Resource Center http://tobaccofreecenter.org

• Canadian best practices portal for health promotion and chronic disease prevention, Public Health Agency of Canada http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/about/index_e.cfm

• Cases Journal (peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing healthcare case reports) http://www.casesjournal.com/

• Centre for Health Information and Technology - Essential Health Links gateway http://www.healthnet.org/essential-links/

• Clinical practice guideline development handbook for stroke care (World Stroke Organization) www.world-stroke.org/guidelines.asp

• Creative Commons, an alternative to copy right www.creativecommons.org

• Diabetes Risk Calculator (American Diabetes Association): www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp

• The eManager www.msh.org/resources/publications/eManager.html

• Healia Beta: Your Search for Health http://www.healia.com/healia/

• HEALTHmap: A global interactive map with alerts on infectious diseases http://healthmap.org/

• Health Library (India) http://www.healthlibrary.com/

• Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A toolkit for developing local strategies (UK): http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/DH_088968

• HeartScore (interactive tool for predicting and managing heart attack risk in Europe) www.heartscore.org

• Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/

• Global Diabetes Walk toolkit (World Diabetes Foundation, 2008): www.globaldiabeteswalk.net

• Global Village, phone service www.globalvillage.com

• Google Earth http://earth.google.com/

• Leading Healthy Communities http://leadinghealthycommunities.com/

• Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/

• Medpedia - online health information http://www.medpedia.com

• Microsoft Live Search (map tool) http://local.live.com/

• ‘Mobilising Communities on Young People's Health and Rights: An Advocacy Training Guide’ (FamilyCare International, 2008) www.familycareintl.org/UserFiles/File/Anglo_TrainingGuide_June2008.pdf

• National Heart Forum Chronic Disease Dashboard: http://www.netvibes.com/nationalheartforum
• NHS Specialist Library for Ethnicity & Health - www.library.nhs.uk/ethnicity

• NIH - Eating well as you get older http://nihseniorhealth.gov/eatingwellasyougetolder/toc.html

• Nutrition sites on Essential Health Links Gateway http://www.healthnet.org/essential-links

• Preventing heart attack and stroke: a history of cardiovascular disease epidemiology (University of Minnesota site) http://www.epi.umn.edu/cvdepi/index.html

• PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

• SciDev.Net's chronic disease resource http://www.scidev.net/en/health/chronic-diseases/

• SimIns health financing policy tool 2.1 (WHO online tool to aid in health financing policy decisions) www.who.int/health_financing/tools/simins

• Skype.com www.skype.com

• 'Supercourse' repository of lectures on global health and prevention www.pitt.edu/~super1/

• Survey Monkey, creates professional online surveys www.surveymonkey.com

• ‘This is Public Health – Toolkit’ (stickers placed in strategic locations around communities can build awareness of the many ways in which public health impacts on well-being: Association of Schools of Public Health, 2008) http://www.thisispublichealth.org/toolkit

• Tobacco industry documents bibliography
  http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docsbiblio.html

• Toolkit to advance health equity (part of the Unnatural Causes website) http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/download_toolkit.php

• Virtual Earth: Microsoft's answer to Google Earth, provides users with 3D images and photorealistic buildings and lets them navigate through cities in striking detail; 3D viewing is supported on Internet Explorer 6 and 7 only. http://virtualearth.msn.com/

• Virtual Health Library of Noncommunicable Diseases http://ncd.bvsalud.org/html/en/home.html

• Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/

• Word Press, personal publishing platform http://wordpress.org/

  Business

  Organisations - charities, academic institutions, etc.

  • Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) http://www.cspinet.org/

  • Change4Life (government-supported scheme in England to involve multiple stakeholders, including business, in improving children’s diets and levels of activity) http://www.nhs.uk/Change4life/Pages/Default.aspx

  • International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) http://www.iblf.org/

  • HEAL (Healthy Eating, Active Living, an IBLF initiative) http://www.iblf.org/heal/

  • Partnership for Prevention http://www.prevent.org/

  • SustainAbility http://www.sustainability.com/

  • World Changing, An online publication filled with articles, opinions and examples for building a better and more sustainable future http://www.worldchanging.com/

  Tools

  • CDC: Successful business strategies to prevent heart disease and stroke toolkit: http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/toolkit/index.htm

  • Consumer-generated reviews, buying tips and advice, ratings, price information, and searchable in a variety of ways from price to product type. www.epinions.com/

  • Health Impact Assessment Gateway http://www.hiagateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=hiagateway

  • The web hub of OSHA's Healthy Workplace Initiative that provides information on health and safety regulations, legislation and resources for businesses and employers http://hwi.osha.europa.eu/

  • Watch Out For Health http://www.healthyurbandevelopment.nhs.uk/

  OxHA

  • Industry publications on OxHA website http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/

  Design

  Organisations - NGOs, academic institutions, etc.

  • Active Living Research: http://www.activelivingresearch.org/index.php

  • Australian Health Policy Institute (AHPI) http://www.ahpi.health.usyd.edu.au/

  • Architecture for Humanity http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/

  • Cities in Africa Project http://www.citiesinafrica.uct.ac.za/

  • Commission on Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) - health page at http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=1268

  • Cycling Resource Centre (Australia) http://www.cyclingresourcecentre.org.au/

  • Design Can Change: www.designcanchange.org

  • Design Trust for Public Space http://www.designtrust.org/home/home.html

  • Global Cities exhibition, Tate Modern, London (20 June to 27 August): http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/globalcities/default.shtm

  • Global Studio at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney http://www.theglobalstudio.com/

  • Healthy Cities, Belfast http://www.belfasthealthycities.com/urban.html

  • International Academy for Design and Health http://www.designandhealth.com/

  • Land Use and Health http://www.healthyplanning.org/

  • Open Architecture Network: www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/

  • Open Space - the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments http://www.openspace.eca.ac.uk/

  • Ove Arup http://www.arup.com/index.cfm

  • Premier's Council on Active Living (New South Wales, Australia) http://www.pcal.nsw.gov.au/index.html

  • Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment http://www.princes-foundation.org/

  • Project Locus, addresses critical problems in underserved communities www.projectlocus.org

  • Scottish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (SPARColl) http://www.sparcoll.org.uk/

  • Slow Cities movement http://www.slowmovement.com/slow_cities.php

  • Student Landscape Institute Council, http://www.slic.info/

  • The Center for Health Design http://www.healthdesign.org/

  • UN Habitat http://www.unhabitat.org/

  • Vitamin G (Dutch only) http://www.nivel.nl/projecten/vitamineg/

  • Walk 21 http://www.walk21.com/

  • Walk England (social enterprise, working in partnerships to promote walking as a way to be healthy, travel and relax) http://www.walkengland.org.uk/

  • Walking Works http://www.walkingworks.org.uk/

  • WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Cities and Urban Policy (University of the West of England) http://www.built-environment.uwe.ac.uk/

  • WHO Regional Office for Europe - Healthy Cities http://www.euro.who.int/healthy-cities

  • World Changing: An online publication filled with articles, opinions and examples for building a better and more sustainable future http://www.worldchanging.com/

  • WSP Environmental http://www.wspgroup.com/environmental/

  Government initiatives (UK)

  • www.healthyurbandevelopment.nhs.uk

  • Olympics: London 2012 http://www.london2012.org/en

  Private-sector projects

  • Active Living by Design http://www.activelivingbydesign.org/

  • Peabody Trust http://www.peabody.org.uk/?r=633112766124375000

  Major reports

  • Promoting Physical Activity and Active Living in Urban Environments (WHO, 2006) http://www.euro.who.int/

  Tools

  • Active Design - a Sport England document promoting opportunities for sport and physical activity through good design http://www.sportengland.org/active_design_complete.pdf

  • Design for Health (University of Minnesota collaboration) http://www.designforhealth.net/

  • ‘Design for play: a guide for creating successful play spaces’ (UK): http://publications.everychildmatters.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails&PageMode=publications&ProductId=DCSF-00631-2008&

  • Design my School: Provides tools, ideas and resources for teachers, students and parents to participate in re-imagining their school http://www.designmyschool.net/

  • Healthy by Design: A planners' guide to environments for active living (Heart Foundation, Australia): http://www.heartfoundation.com.au/index.cfm?page=422

  • Healthy Community Design and Access to Healthy Food Legislation Database (US): http://www.ncsl.org/programs/environ/healthyCommunity/healthycommunitydb.htm

  • Health Promotion and sustainability through Environmental Design: A Guide for Planning (Christchurch City Council, New Zealand) http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Environment/HPSTED/

  • Placecheck http://www.placecheck.info/

  • Royal Town Planning Institute list of key websites and documents on ‘Health and spatial planning’ http://www.rtpi.org.uk/item/362/23/5/3#HealthandSpatialPlanning

  • Second Life: An online 3D world, imagined, created, and owned by its resident where users can explore, build, socialise and participate in their own economy http://secondlife.com

  • Sketchup: A free modeling program allows users to easily construct 3D structures that can be placed on images from Google Earth and shared with other users http://sketchup.google.com

  • WalkIt.com (tool for planning walking in UK cities)Ê http://www.walkit.com/

  • Walk Score - a Google-Maps-based calculator of walkability of your neighbourhood: http://www.walkscore.com/index.shtml

  • Workplace travel planning (Transport for London) http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/workplacetravelplanning/7586.aspx

  Blogs

  • Inhabitat: A weblog on sustainable design and living http://inhabitat.com /

  Events

  • 23-25 September 51st IFHP World Congress: Futures of Cities, Copenhagen http://www.ifhp2007copenhagen.dk

  • Building for Health http://www.buildingforhealth.co.uk/index.shtml

  • International Academy for Design and Health http://www.designandhealth.com/

  • Urbanism, Environment and Health: Fenner Conference 2006 http://nceph.anu.edu.au/Fenner2006/index.htm

  • Global events on urban health (WHO Kobe Centre) http://www.who.or.jp/latestjs/index.html

  Networking websites or networks

  • Architecture for Humanity http://architectureforhumanity.org/

  • Climate Connection (UK collaborative online initiative linking public health and the environment) http://www.theclimateconnection.org/home

  • Open Architecture Network http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/

  • Social Design Site http://www.socialdesignsite.com/

  • Urban Design Alliance (UDAL) http://www.udal.org.uk/index.html

  • Your Development - Creating Sustainable Neighbourhoods http://www.yourdevelopment.org

  OxHA

  • Design publications on OxHA website http://www.oxha.org/

  Economics

  Organisations - NGOs, academic institutions, etc.

  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) http://www.oecd.org/home/

  • Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/About.aspx (for information on OxHA, see also http://www.prb.org/ )

  • World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/   (see in particular http://web.worldbank.org/)

  Major reports

  • An unhealthy America: the economic burden of chronic disease (Milken Institute) http://www.chronicdiseaseimpact.com/

  • Chronic Disease: An Economic Perspective (Oxford Health Alliance, 2006) http://www.oxha.org/initiatives/economics/

  • The Contribution of Health to the Economy in the European Union (Suhrcke et al., European Commission, 2005) http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_overview/

  • Disease Control Priorities Project www.dcp2.org

  • Dying Too Young: Addressing Premature Mortality and Ill Health due to Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries in the Russian Federation (World Bank, 2005) http://web.worldbank.org/

  • Engineers against Poverty: http://www.engineersagainstpoverty.org/

  • Preventing Chronic Disease: A Vital Investment (WHO, 2005) http://www.who.int/chp/chronic_disease_report/en/

  • A Race Against Time: The Challenge of Cardiovascular Disease in Developing Economies (Leeder et al., Columbia University, 2004) http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/

  • 'Reducing the Growing Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in the Developing World' (Thomas A. Gaziano, Health Affairs 26(1): 13-24, 2007) http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/26/1/13

  • Sick Cities (Sydney Morning Herald interactive site): http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/sickcities/main.html
  • The Prevention of Lifestyle-related Chronic Diseases: An Economic Framework (OECD) http://www.oecd.org/LongAbstract/0,3425,en_2649_33929_40324264_119684_1_1_1,00.html

  Blogs

  • A community of 40 selected science bloggers, set up as an experiment in scientific communication www.scienceblogs.com/

  OxHA

  • Economics publications on OxHA website http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/

  Youth

  Organisations - NGOs, academic institutions, etc.

  • Building Better Kids http://www.buildingbetterkids.com/

  • Children and Nature Network http://www.cnaturenet.org/

  • Early Bird http://www.pms.ac.uk/earlybird/default.asp

  • Feeding Our Futures http://www.feedingourfutures.org.nz/

  • Girls for change: The website of a US organisation devoted to empowering girls to create social change http://www.girlsforachange.org/

  • Global Youth Movement (GYM) http://www.globalyouthmovement.com/

  • Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence http://www.helenastudy.com/

  • Heart Core (South Africa) http://www.heartcore.co.za/

  • HRIDAY-SHAN http://www.hriday-shan.org/hriday/index.php

  • MEND http://www.mendprogramme.org/

  • Shaping America's Youth http://www.shapingamericasyouth.org/Default.aspx

  • World Changing: An online publication filled with articles, opinions and examples for building a better and more sustainable future http://www.worldchanging.com/

  Government initiatives (US)

  • CDC on Healthy Youth http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/physicalactivity/

  • Truth campaign: American Legacy Foundation's anti-tobacco initiative targeting young people www.thetruth.com/

  • VERB Campaign http://www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign/

  Major reports (WHO)

  • The Extent, Nature and Effects of Food Promotion to Children: A Review of the Evidence (2006_ http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/

  • Marketing Food to Children: The Global Regulatory Environment (2004) http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/9241591579.pdf

  • Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Children (2006) http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/

  Private sector

  • MTV: A major section of MTV's website dedicated to education, sexual health, discrimination, and the environment used to inform viewers and inspire them to take action www.mtv.com/thinkmtv

  Tools

  • Alliance for a Healthier Generation http://www.healthiergeneration.org/

  • Design my School: Provides tools, ideas and resources for teachers, students and parents to participate in re-imagining their school http://www.designmyschool.net/

  Networks

  • TakingITGlobal http://www.takingitglobal.org/

  • Youth for Health http://y4h.hriday-shan.org/index.php

  Reports

  • Would You Like Lies with That?: Food, Kids, and TV Advertising http://obesityaction.org.nz/docs/wouldyoulikelieswiththat.pdf

  OxHA

  • Youth publications on OxHA website http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/

  Workplace

  Organisations - NGOs, academic institutions, etc.

  • Corporate Health Improvement Program (CHIP) of the University of Arizona School of Medicine http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/chip.html

  • Health Promotion Project at the Health Communication Unit (THCU) at the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto http://www.thcu.ca/workplace/about.htm

  • Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Cornell http://www.human.cornell.edu/

  • Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA) http://www.welcoa.org/

  Government initiatives

  • Glasgow NHS Health at Work project http://www.healthatwork.org.uk/index.asp

  • Health Scotland's Safe and Healthy Working initiative http://www.sahw.co.uk/index.cfm

  • Health, Work and Wellbeing - Caring for our Future (a strategy for the health and well being of working age people) http://www.health-and-work.gov.uk/

  • Singapore Workplace Health Promotion programme http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=981

  Private sector

  • Discovery Health http://health.discovery.com/

  • PruHealth http://www.pruhealth.co.uk/uk/

  Major reports

  • Research perspectives on workplace health promotion http://www.utoronto.ca/chp/CCHPR/workplace.pdf

  Tools

  • Active Travel Workplace Toolkit (Sustrans - UK cycling charity) http://www.sustrans.co.uk/default.asp?sID=1239960935365

  • British Heart Foundation, Health at Work site http://www.bhf.org.uk/HealthAtWork/default.aspx?page=0

  • Designing a Health Promotion Strategy http://www.healthatwork.org.uk/

  • European Network for Workplace Health Promotion toolbox http://www.enwhp.org/fileadmin/

  • Healthy Workplace Template, University of Alberta http://www.hrs.ualberta.ca/docs/

  • The Health Promoting Workplace - A Simple Guide http://www.safeandhealthyworking.com/

  • National Business Group on Health (US): ‘an employer’s website on tobacco cessation’http://businessgrouphealth.org/tobacco/

  • Silver Workers Institute: 'research and advisory centre on productive ageing' http://www.silverworkers.ch/

  Networks

  • European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) www.enwhp.org

  • List of workplace health promotion networks in the UK http://www.scmh.org.uk/

  OxHA

  Workplace publications on OxHA website http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/

  Blogs

  • Corporate Fitness and Wellness Today www.cft8.blogspot.com