[getsmart-l] A Call for Examples of Multi-sectoral collaboration

[Janet May]

OSGN is a member of the Steering Committee for Healthy Communities and the
Built Environment, a project of the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition.  

 

The project partners are looking for case studies of collaborative projects
relating to the built environment that have a health component.  The full
details are listed below.  

 

 

 

Addressing the Health Impacts of the Built Environment:

> A Call for Examples of Multi-Sectoral Collaboration

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> The Healthy Communities and the Built Environment project aims to 

> build awareness of the impacts of the built environment on human 

> health and to work with planners, designers, public health 

> professionals, environment groups and community associations to 

> develop strategies that will improve the design of their communities 

> from a health perspective. The project involves several components, 

> including a literature review, environmental scan, community 

> workshops, regional forums and the gathering of best or promising
practices.

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> We are looking for multi-sectoral collaboratives working to improve 

> the built environment from a health perspective that would like to 

> share their practices.

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> Our interest is to:

> - Identify collaborative initiatives (i.e. those involving two or more

> organizations) that are making efforts to create positive change in 

> public health through changes in the built environment and/or land use 

> planning

> - Present the activities, processes and/or principles used by these 

> initiatives so as to demonstrate the various ways in which groups have 

> worked to meet the needs of their local communities

> - Prepare a series of case studies of the most promising practices, 

> based on a set of indicators, so that others can learn from them in 

> developing their own initiatives

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> Ten case studies* will feature the insights, successes and promising 

> practices and principles of multi-sectoral collaboratives working to 

> build healthier communities through land use planning and design. The 

> projects we plan to feature in this collection do not have to be 

> complete. We are also open to hearing about initiatives that are not 

> ready to participate in a case study but would like to share their 

> accomplishments through means other than a case study.

> 

> If you would like to share the work of your multi-sectoral 

> collaborative with us, please complete our letter of interest at 

> http://www.civics.ca/limesurvey/index.php?sid=95799
<http://www.civics.ca/limesurvey/index.php?sid=95799&lang=en> &lang=en

> If you know of a multi-sectoral collaborative that should share their 

> work with us, please recommend them by completing our referral form at 

> http://www.civics.ca/limesurvey/index.php?sid=43193
<http://www.civics.ca/limesurvey/index.php?sid=43193&lang=en> &lang=en

> For more information about these case studies and the HCBE project 

> please visit http://civics.ca/cases

> 

> The Civics Research Cooperative has been contracted to gather these 

> examples and to develop the case studies. If you have any questions 

> regarding this component of the project, please contact Beth or Eric 

> by phone at (519) 570-9521 or email at eric at civics.ca or 

> beth at civics.ca

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> * Initiatives selected for the case studies will depend on how well 

> they meet a set of pre-determined indicators.

> We welcome various audio visual media as information sources and for 

> use in the publication of the case studies.

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> ~~~~~~~~~ The Healthy Communities and the Built Environment project is 

> a collaborative initiative led by the Ontario Healthy Communities 

> Coalition, and made possible through funding from the Public Health 

> Agency of Canada's Population Health Fund. For more information on the 

> project visit: www.healthycommunities.on.ca or call: (416) 408-4841 or 

> 1

> (800) 766-3418.

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