Culture Counts: A roadmap to health promotion

Culture Counts: A Guide to Best Practices for Developing Health Promotion Initiatives in Mental Health and Substance Use with Ethnocultural Communities

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As this exercise shows, when it comes to effective health promotion, culture counts.

Canada now has over 200 ethnic groups, yet many in those groups are missing out on the benefits of health promotion. This guide aims to change that by helping you to create effective health promotion initiatives with ethnocultural communities that move towards the goal of ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to enjoy good health.

Contents:

• About this guide
  • How this guide was developed
  • Who this guide is for
  • How to use this guide
• Chapter 1 – Break down barriers
  • Introduction
  • Re-thinking assumptions
  • Think about the effects of racism and discrimination
  • Overcoming barriers by working with ethnocultural communities
  • Summary of chapter 1
• Chapter 2 – Work with community partners
  • Introduction
  • How to find community partners
  • Working with community partners
  • Put it in writing…
  • Summary of chapter 2
• Chapter 3 – Gather and analyze information
  • Introduction
  • What kind of information should you gather?
  • Some things to think about before gathering information
  • What you will need information for
  • How to get the information you need
  • Analyzing the data you have gathered
  • Summary of chapter 3
• Chapter 4 – Plan the initiative
  • Introduction
  • How will you reach the goal/objective?
  • Make another work plan or revise the one you’ve got
  • Getting ready to launch the initiative
  • Summary of chapter 4
• Chapter 5 – Translate and adapt
  • Introduction
  • Cultural adaptation
  • Translation
  • Cultural validation
  • Summary of chapter 5
• Chapter 6 – Put the plan to work—and keep it working
  • Introduction
  • Keep to your work plan
  • Launching and promote your initiative
  • Keeping your initiative working
  • Summary of chapter 6
• Chapter 7 – Follow up
  • Introduction
  • Outcome evaluation
  • Acknowledge people’s efforts
  • Bringing the partnership to an end
  • Use what you have learned
  • Summary of chapter 7
• Acknowledgments
• Glossary
• Resources
  • General Health Promotion
  • Ethnocultural Communities / Cultural Competence
  • Health Promotion
  • Initiative Development
• Sources

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