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The resources listed below are an organized collection of alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse prevention materials, as well as resources to aid community coalitions and professionals working with AOD issues that have been developed by other organizations.


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  • Community Health Profile - Profil de la santé , Stats Canada - Statistique Canada - This profile features community-level data from a number of sources including Statistics Canada's health surveys, administrative data, and the census of population. The application is designed to give quick access to the latest health-related data available for a selected health region, providing the corresponding provincial data by default, but users can easily select any region of choice for comparison. Profil de la santé Ce profil présente les données communautaires tirées de plusieurs sources, dont les enquêtes sur la santé de Statistique Canada, les données administratives et le Recensement de la population. L'application vise à offrir un accès rapide aux plus récentes données sur la santé disponibles pour une région sociosanitaire précise. Les données provinciales correspondantes apparaissent aussi par défaut, mais les utilisateurs peuvent facilement choisir une autre région aux fins de comparaison.
  • How to Reach Francophones, Maternal and Early Years Programs , Best Start Resource Centre - The Best Start Resource Centre is pleased to announce the publication of a resource to help organizations reach francophones in Ontario. This manual for service providers describes the challenges of reaching francophones in minority settings and offers strategies to overcome these. Many local program examples are described. The printed resource is bilingual.
  • Health Nexus website , formerly Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse - For over 20 years Health Nexus (formerly the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse) has been enabling communities to promote health-in Ontario and beyond. At little or no cost, we help organizations and individuals develop and implement prevention and health promotion strategies, which aim to enhance well-being and reduce demand on the health care and social service systems. Our three strategic areas of focus are: early child development, chronic disease prevention and health equity (inclusion). At Health Nexus, we envision a future where health inequities are reduced and the health of our communities is improved through collective commitment, action and innovation.
  • Culture Counts: Best Practices in Community Education in Mental Health and Addiction with Ethnoracial/Ethnocultural Communities , Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - This report documents the results of the first of three phases of the Best Practices in Community Education in Mental Health and Addiction with Ethnoracial/Ethnocultural Communities Project. The goal of the report is to illustrate the diversity of norms, beliefs and attitudes towards alcohol use in ethnoracial/ethnocultural communities, recognize the common barriers in accessing information and services, and identify culturally appropriate approaches in community education and knowledge transfer addressing mental health and substance use problems in these communities, including messages focusing on reducing risks associated with drinking. The report will provide the basis for the development of a Best Practices Manual and a set of guiding principles to be used by service providers to direct their outreach to ethnocultural communities.
  • Count Me In! Tools for an Inclusive Ontario , Health Nexus (formerly Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse) - Belonging -- to a family, a neighborhood, a community, a society -- is one of the most important things in life. It makes us feel good. It makes us healthy. It makes us want to reach out to others. Belonging makes our communities healthy, too. If you feel that you do not belong in society as you would wish to belong, this book is for you. This book will try to make a path for you, your family, and your community to come inside, to belong, to fully realize your potential. We hope you see this book as an open source system. It is a guide to help you better understand your reality and to find a way to make the changes you decide need to be made. We hope you use it, improve it, and share it with your friends.
  • Certain Circumstances - Equity in and Responsiveness of the Health Care System to the Needs of Minority and Marginalized Populations: A Collection of Papers and Reports Prepared for Health Canada. , Health Canada - This publication includes nine papers prepared during 2000 and 2001. Among the topics presented are: access to health care; language interpretation in health care settings, cultural competence, and barriers to health care for specific populations (for example, black and Caribbean communities, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and two spirited communities).
  • Inclusive Community Organizations: A toolkit to assist community organization become more equitable, diverse and inclusive , Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition - The Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC) has developed a Tool Kit to assist community organizations in becoming more equitable, diverse and inclusive than they are at present. The purpose of our Tool Kit is to support diversity and improve inclusion within small to mid-sized, volunteer-based, not-for-profit organizations. It provides the necessary foundation for community organizations to develop a "critical lens" which will allow them to reflect on their organization's current position and respond effectively to ensure that they reflect local demographics. The suggestions offered will enable community organizations to develop and adapt initiatives that are appropriate to their individual circumstances.
  • Choosing and Adapting Culturally and Linguistically Competent Health Promotion Materials , National Center for Cultural Competence - The Guide aims to assist groups in making appropriate choices among existing materials, as well as to provide recommendations to adapt such materials for use in health promotion efforts. The Guide is designed to be used by a variety of audiences, including: those who implement health promotion activities and want to ensure cultural and linguistic competence; community organizations, including faith-based organizations, that want to address health issues and public health officials and funders who want to assure that health promotion activities they support are culturally and linguistically competent. pdf format
  • Immigrant Women and Substance Use - Current Issues, Programs and Recommendations , Health Canada
  • Rural Women and Substance Use: Issues and Implications for Programming , Health Canada - The objectives of this report are to: Explore the life circumstances of rural women and issues related to rural living and womens problematic use of alcohol, tobacco, medications and illicit drugs. Examine related programs for rural women to draw out important learnings for future programming. Suggest solutions for overcoming barriers to programming in rural settings. Provide an initial list of resource materials and contacts for health and social service providers.
  • STRONGER TOGETHER: Recruiting and working with ethnocultural volunteers , NALD - This manual looks at ways to help your organization, its staff and its volunteers become more sensitive and responsive to ethnic minority volunteers.