Launch of Updated Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
January 29, 2010, source: Health Promotion Clearinghouse
We are pleased to announce that on January 20, 2010, a new and improved version of the Canadian Best Practices Portal, www.phac.gc.ca/cbpp will go live.
The Public Health Agency of Canada’s Portal is a virtual front door to community and population health interventions related to chronic disease prevention and health promotion that have been evaluated, shown to be successful, and have the potential to be adapted and replicated by other health practitioners working in similar fields.
As a public health program decision-maker, the portal can make your work easier by providing you with access to well evaluated and effective interventions.
What’s New?
The updated version includes new functional features such as a centralized search centre, a video and a rotating spotlight section on the home page to showcase specific interventions and news stories. ‘Best’ and ‘promising’ practices in priority gap areas have been added. New content focuses on topics that include:
Asthma and lung disease;
Children and youth aged 3 to 17;
Hypertension and cardiovascular disease;
Misuse of medications;
Adults and seniors;
Tobacco and alcohol;
Chronic gambling;
Food security;
Physical activity; and
Aboriginal populations.
The Portal is now more user friendly by including streamlined navigation, improved visual aesthetics, more simplified language and easier access to key features such as topic-specific pages and interventions at a Glance. A revised feedback form has been added to make it easier for users to provide comments on specific interventions and share information with their peers.
The Portal’s main components are:
a catalogue of best practice systematic review sites from organizations such as The Campbell Collaboration, Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and The Cochrane Library.
a searchable database of community level interventions;
and resources to help you reach your public health planning, chronic disease prevention and health promotion goals. These resources will be organized according to the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools seven steps of Evidence-Informed Public Health.
Visit the portal at www.phac.gc.ca/cbpp now!
For more information on the Portal, please contact Nina Jetha, Manager, Canadian Best Practices Initiative, Public Health Agency of Canada, tel: 613-952-7608, email: Nina_I_Jetha@phac-aspc.gc.ca.
