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International: useful links

International Network of Health Promotion Foundations
Organisations
Associations
Journals

International Network of Health Promotion Foundations

This network strengthens the work of existing foundations and supports the establishment of new ones.
http://www.hp-foundations.net/

Members include:

Organisations

World Health Organisation (WHO)

WHO deals with health promotion on a global scale. It works under the United Nations system that has 193 countries and two associate members. http://www.who.int/en/

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
A 1986 document produced by WHO; launched at the first international conference for health promotion that was held in Ottawa, Canada. http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/previous/ottawa/en/
ProLead
WHO program that supports countries to look at establishing health promotion foundations.
http://www.who.or.jp/prolead.html

CDC Coordinating Office for Global Health

Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.cdc.gov/cogh/

Centre for Health Promotion

Based in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto.
www.utoronto.ca/chp/

Health Promotion Agency Ireland

Lists details for 23 countries
www.healthpromotionagency.org.uk/Links/international.htm

Institute of Health Promotion Research

Part of the University of British Columbia (Canada)
www.ihpr.ubc.ca

International Union for Health Promotion & Education - IUHPE

Leading global network working to promote health worldwide and contribute to the achievement of equity in health between and within countries.
www.iuhpe.org

The Nossal Institute for Global Health

The University of Melbourne’s new hub of expertise and knowledge in global health.
www.ni.unimelb.edu.au/

Public Health Agency of Canada

Created by the Government of Canada to prevent chronic diseass, prevent injuries and respond to public health emergencies and infectious diseases outbreaks.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html

Associations

American Public Health Association

One of the oldest organisations in health promotion.
http://www.apha.org/

European Public Health Association

An umbrella organisation for public health associations in Europe.
http://www.eupha.org/

Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand

National umbrella organisation for health promotion in New Zealand.
http://www.hpforum.org.nz/

UK Public Health Association

Best known as UKPHA, this independent voluntary organisation was formed by the coming together of three organisations in 1999 to unite the public health movement in the UK.
http://www.ukpha.org.uk/

Journals

Health Promotion International

Quarterly journal of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education, published in association with the World Health Organization. www.heapro.oxfordjournals.org/archive

International Journal of Health Promotion & Education

Quarterly journal of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education.
www.ihpe.org.uk/jour/index.htm