Introduction
The Ontario
Health Promotion Resource System (OHPRS) developed this course,
“Health Promotion 101,” as a collaborative effort between
our 22 member organizations with funding from the Ontario Ministry
of Health and Long Term Care. The OHPRS’ role is to support
health promoters in Ontario – and we define “health
promoter” very broadly:
Health promoters
include those who work to promote health as defined in the Ottawa
Charter, regardless of professional designation. It includes
people, organizations, and groups from various sectors. Health
promotion work may be paid or voluntary.
People come
to work in health promotion through many and varied paths, and
most report a need for additional professional development. This
course will help people familiarize themselves with essential
health promotion concepts and, in so doing, will help raise the
profile of health promotion in Ontario.
We chose to
create the course in a stand-alone online format to help maximize
its accessibility. We recognize that many of our members’
clients find it difficult to travel to scheduled, face-to-face
events or simply prefer alternative methods of learning. We hope
that by making these materials available online, people will find
innovative ways to use them to support their health promotion
work.
