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Health Promotion
Capacities: The Second Cornerstone
The second cornerstone
of ongoing learning is a self-assessment of the capacities required
to be an effective health promotion practitioner. There are a variety
of capacity development lists, profiles and survey instruments.
The Ontario
Health Promotion Resource System (OHPRS) conducted a capacity assessment,
using an instrument developed by Brian Rush, Ph.D. and Karen Urbanoski,
MSc. of VIRGO Planning and Evaluation Consultants, in cooperation
with the Evaluation and Needs Assessment Committee of the OHPRS.
The results, and the instrument, can be found in a report entitled
Ontario Health Promotion Capacity: Baseline Assessment 2002.
OHPRS (www.ohprs.ca)
is a network of more than 20 organizations working to improve the
capacity of health promotion practitioners across Ontario. The member
organizations provide training through workshops, e-learning and
other events; consultations; and a variety of resources. One of
the major activities is evaluation, needs assessments and monitoring.
The capacity assessment was conducted to determine existing strengths
and shortfalls among individuals and organizations so that priorities
could be set.
This survey
is recent and is based on previous work in the health promotion
field. It selected a representative (and still large) number of
skill sets for self-assessment. You are welcome to try it:
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