When was it?: 1 pm August 15 to 1 pm August 18, 2005
Where: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
What: A national, intersectoral adult education event designed to increase skills and knowledge in taking a population health promotion approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Why: To strengthen community and organizational capacity to develop a range of effective health promotion initiatives in addressing underlying health determinants of mental health and wellbeing. To enable the creation of health-related policies and programs that support the self-determination of a variety of cultural communities.
Objectives were to provide:
- An understanding of mental health promotion
- An understanding of the relationships between culture, identity, power and well being
- An understanding of the impact of colonization and health policies on health practices and programming
- An understanding of Aboriginal concepts of well being
- The ability to identify your current work along the continuum of approaches to mental well being
- The ability to critically evaluate health promotion practices and develop a mental health promotion intervention
- An understanding of the key policy, organizational and practitioner factors influencing the implementation of mental health promotion programs
- An opportunity to network with colleagues
Who should have participated:
- Community leaders, staff and managers interested in taking a health promotion approach to issues of mental wellbeing and addictions
- Practitioners, from the health and allied sectors
- Policy people and program developers
- Applied Researchers
- People working for social justice
- Community and non-governmental organizations, public sector organizations
- Learners from Canada and abroad
Presented by The Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre in partnership with:
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region
- Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority
- University of Saskatchewan, Community Health & Epidemiology
- Saskatchewan Prevention Institute
- Saskatoon Health Region
- Indigenous Peoples Health Research Center
- First Nations & Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada
- Saskatchewan Health, Population Health Branch
Evaluation Report for the 2005 Summer School:
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Brochure/Agenda for the 2005 Summer School:
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Learning Resources:
PowerPoint file of Opening Keynote by Dr. Lewis Williams
Taking a Population Health Approach
to Mental Well-being: Identity, Culture & Power
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PowerPoint file of Keynote by Dr. Lewis Williams
Landscapes of Self-Determination: Power, Culture and Equity (Part One: Widening
the Cultural Lens)
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PowerPoint file of Keynote by Dr. Lewis Williams
Landscapes of Self-Determination: Power, Culture and Equity (Part Two: The
Mental Health Promotion Practitioner as an Agent of Self-Determination)
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Mental Health Promotion Links
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2005 Summer School Speaker Biographies
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2005
Summer School - Dr. James Irvine PowerPoint
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Some Background:
The focus of the previous Schools has been on a variety of topics including: “Working for Change in the Community and Organizations”, “Intersectoral Partnerships” and “Working together on the Determinants of Health.” The huge success of past summer schools has largely been achieved through collaborative processes that involved a number of health-related organizations such as Saskatchewan Health, Human Services Integrated Forum, and Health Canada. We are continuing the Centre’s rich tradition of partnering with organizations to plan and produce this learning event. Among organizations we are partnering with are: the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Population Health Promotion Branch, Public Health Agency, Population Health and Community Care Branches, Saskatchewan Health, Saskatoon Health District and the Indigenous People’s Health Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan. This year, as in the years past, the Centre aspires to host a meaningful and successful 2005 Summer School. If you haven’t attended before, or simply want to remember, please feel free to browse the Centre website to get a feel for previous summer schools.
Highlights from Previous Summer Schools:
- Summer School 1999 - From Principles to Practice
- Summer School Award 1999
- Summer School 2000 - Working With Communities
- Summer School 2002 - Working for Change in the Commmunity and in Organizations
Why Mental Health Promotion? Mental well-being is a relatively un-trodden
frontier in terms of health promotion practice. It remains predominantly entrenched
within western biomedical approaches; and has tended to be compartmentalized
from mainstream health promotion, which has for the most part, concentrated
on the physical aspects of health. The focus of service provision tends to
remain on illness care, rather than prevention, promotion and work to address
the underlying determinants that influence the wellbeing of the diverse range
of populations that make up our society.