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CHNET-WORKS! is pleased to announce that we are booking webinars for September 2015 – March 2016.
For more information on partnering with CHNET-Works! please contact lchilds@uottawa.ca
We walk you through preparation, delivery and follow up; providing templates and tools and guidance!

Last chance to register for fall PHDA courses – Registration Deadline is closing soon

These fully online, non-credit courses—offered in partnership with the University of Victoria, Division of Continuing Studies and the Department of Geography—will give you the skills and knowledge you need to get ahead in your career.

Working with Administrative Data
Date: Monday, Sept. 14 – Sunday, Dec. 6

This course examines the basics of what administrative data are, where they come from, how they can be used for research, what the data produced for a research project looks like, the skills that are needed to work with them, and basic statistical analysis of these data. It also provides an overview of privacy issues and access to data.

Longitudinal Analysis and Multi-level Modeling of Population Health Data
Date: Monday, Sept. 14 – Sunday, Dec. 6

This course provides students with an introduction to and hands-on experience specifying multi-level modeling and longitudinal analysis. Students will gain an understanding of different types of approaches including time varying and invariant predictors and multivariate and multi-population models with different outcomes. The course also deals with missing data and errors in measurement and measurement misclassification.

Please note: knowledge of regression analysis is a requirement for this course.

Certificate Program in Population Health Data Analysis
This four-course program fills a gap in the present training needs for those working in the field of epidemiology and statistical analysis, as well as researchers, policy makers, graduate students and faculty members working with data analysis pertaining to population health. The overall goal of the program is to provide you with strong foundational knowledge and data analysis skills to support your work within the health and social services sector.

For more information—including program and course pre-requisites, course descriptions, possible funding sources and professional development credit visit our program website at: www.popdata.bc.ca/etu/PHDA

For more information and to apply contact:
Maxine Reitsma, Program Coordinator, UVic Continuing Studies
Phone: 250-721-8481 | phda@uvic.ca

August 2015 · Issue 139

New video! A brief introduction to the work of the NCCMT

What we do and why we do it

What exactly is the National Collaborating Centre for Method and Tools? Find out in this short video.

In a couple of minutes, members of the NCCMT team talk about the work of the NCCMT, including:

• why we believe in evidence-informed decision making
• what resources and expertise we can provide
• how we help to build capacity for evidence-informed public health among professionals and educators.

Watch now to learn more about the NCCMT.

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Do you want to encourage policy change in your community or organization?

The Policy Readiness Tool: Understanding a Municipality’s Readiness for Policy Change and Strategies for Taking Action can help you determine a municipalities, communities or organizations level of readiness for policy change. The tool is appropriate for anyone interested in encouraging health public policy development, including policy developers, advocates, community organizations, community members, and municipalities

For information on courses and webinars

As part of the lab process  we are seeking pilot districts to take part in year 1. For more information go to:: http://mcconnellfoundation.ca/assets/PDFs/Call%20for%20Expressions%20of%20Interest_WellAhead.pdf
OR http://goo.gl/KhRQsg 

Those interested in learning more are invited to attend a webinar – these have been scheduled at multiple times to allow for greater accessibility. Folks can sign up here to attend.

For more information and details please visit: WellAhead

Do you work in the arts sector, the health sector or somewhere in between?  Check out Arts Health BC’s On The Map: Arts & Health in BC project for a glimpse into how arts & health intersecting in BC!

Following a province-wide survey of arts & health activity in BC last fall, Arts Health BC has just released a final report presenting a summary of the OTM survey findings, as well as a directory of the submitted initiatives.  An online map has also been created that plots the initiatives on a Google map of BC and provides links to various websites with additional information.   (Although the survey is now complete, it is not too late for BC-based arts & health initiatives to be added to the Google Map.  Profile summaries can be submitted online at: www.artshealthbc.ca/on-the-map.)

On the Map: Arts & Health in BC is a project of Arts Health BC, a provincial not-for-profit promoting engagement with the arts for health, healing & wellbeing.  Learn more at www.artshealthbc.ca

Please join us in congratulating Paola Ardiles (PHBABC Board member) for her nomination to the YWCAMetro Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards.

She was nominated by friends and colleagues from Bridge for Health, SFU and the President of the Public Health Association of BC for her leadership making a difference in our community.

As part of this nominations she is participating in an online category: Connecting the Community Award. With your help she will have an opportunity to allocate $10,000 to preventing violence against women – all you need to do is  online for her! You can vote once every 24 hours from each computer until Friday, May 15th at noon. The nominee with the most votes will receive the Connecting the Community Award and Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to the program area of her choice.

For more information on the YWCA Metro Vancouver’s preventing violence against women programs, please click here.

Thank you for your ongoing support and please don’t forget to vote!