Health Promotion Practice

Health Promotion Practice is conceptualized in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. The foundations of health promotion are building health public policies, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and re-orienting healthy services. Our reports, online courses and webinars build the knowledge, skills and confidence of professionals practicing health promotion in Ontario.

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PHO Webinar: Practice Sharing: Youth Champions Initiative in Waterloo Region Schools

This session will explore how a public health unit and local school boards worked together to build and maintain a valuable relationship to address youth substance use and promotion of wellbeing of youth in their community. It will also highlight the steps in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a school-based peer-to-peer model.

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Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention

hpcdip@oahpp.ca

Updated 3 Dec 2025