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Online Access to Health Promotion and Injury Prevention Information in Alberta www.health-in-action.org/. Workshop Objectives :. Participants will learn how to navigate and search HIA. Participants will learn how to subscribe to a listserv and what it is all about.

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  1. Online Access to Health Promotion and Injury Prevention Information in Albertawww.health-in-action.org/

  2. Workshop Objectives: • Participants will learn how to navigate and search HIA. • Participants will learn how to subscribe to a listserv and what it is all about. • Participants will learn to search the databases. • Participants will learn to submit their contact, project and resource information into the databases. • Participants will acknowledge the benefits of utilizing Health in Action to maximize their practice.

  3. Health In Action (HIA) HIA gives you immediate access to information, people and resources needed to make your health promotion and injury prevention programs and research more effective.

  4. Health In Action Funder • Alberta Health & Wellness Partners • Alberta Centre for Active Living • Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research (ACICR)

  5. Alberta Centre for Active Living • Supporting practitioners to improve the health and quality of life of Albertans through physical activity. www.centre4activeliving.ca

  6. Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research Provides support for agencies, practitioners and other key stakeholders who do work related to injury prevention, emergency medical services, acute care and rehabilitation. http://www.med.ualberta.ca/acicr/

  7. Benefits of HIA • Access to information about health promotion and injury prevention programs, resources, and research • Up-to-date listings of contacts and peers • Multiple links to health promotion and injury prevention information on the Internet • Opportunity to promote programs, meetings, or events • Broader networking with other Alberta practitioners through contact listings and listservs

  8. News & Events • Newsletters • News Releases • Events, workshops and an exhaustive list of worldwide conferences • Feature articles Promote and share your news items, articles and events

  9. Theme Pages • Information & resources on special interest topics/organizations for health practitioners: • Older Adults • Evaluation • resources and tools • articles and reports • database searches • success stories • links

  10. Hosted WebPages • Alberta Consortium for Health Promotion Research & Education • Alberta Healthy Living Network • Calgary Injury Prevention Coalition (CIPC) • For Safety’s Sake (Lakeland Injury Control Initiative)

  11. Health Networking • Practitioner links - sites containing, publications, databases or funding information to assist health practitioners • Public links – for general public • Job opportunities • Listserves - email discussion groups created to facilitate discussion in topic areas: • Community Nutrition • Environmental Health Connector • Health In Action Update • Health Promotion Research • Heart Health • Injury Prevention • Safe Communities • Sexual Health Connections

  12. Web Connections by Subject • agencies/organizations • commercial sites • community sites • health promotion • health promotion and injury prevention journals • injury prevention • population health • research links • social marketing • workplace

  13. HIA Update A monthly update of what’s new on HIA that comes right to your email inbox. Subscribe through health networking or by being a contact on the people/agencies database.

  14. The HIA Databases • Programs • People/agencies – contacts • Research projects • Resources

  15. Searching the Databases Each of the databases can be searched by: • Program, resource, contact and research project name or title • Issue, keywords, descriptors, and areas of interest • Health Region, city • Organization • Target audience, publication year, authors &/or classification (for resource search) • Option to search for evaluation &/or older adult information

  16. Adding Information to the Databases • Click on Add/Update button under databases • Enter contact information • Fields colored red must be entered • You will receive an ID number and password (write it down for future updating of information).

  17. Making changes to existing information ... • Click on Add or Update Information on the HIA homepage. • Click on update or add information. • Enter your login ID and password (contact HIA if lost ID & password) • Edit as required.

  18. How you can be a part of HIA • Be a contact • Include your project/programs & resources • Submit your news releases & events • Submit feature articles • Subscribe to a listserv • Promote the site to colleagues (HIA postcard on website) • Complete the online survey

  19. Health in Action The ultimate networking Resource for Health Promotion and Injury Prevention Practitioners in Alberta www.health-in-action.org/

  20. Contact Us ... Mailing Address: • Health In Actionc/o Alberta Centre for Active Living3rd Floor, 11759 Groat RoadEdmonton, AB. T5M 3K6 Project Manager Office:(780) 465-1248 or ACAL Office:(780) 427-6949 or Toll Free:1-800-661-4551 (outside of Edmonton) Fax: (780) 455-2092 Email: Project.manager@health-in-action.org Research.assistant@health-in-action.org

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