Unit 1
Ontario Agency for health protection and promotion (2025). Health Promotion. Retrieved from: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Health-Topics/Health-Promotion
Shikuma, J. (2023). What determines health? The answer might surprise you – ACC senior services. Retrieved from: https://www.accsv.org/blog/what-determines-health-the-answer-might-surprise-you/
Nixon, S.A. The coin model of privilege and critical allyship: implications for health. BMC Public Health 19, 1637 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7884-9
Unit 2
Let’s Learn Public Health. (2017, March 4). Introduction to Health Promotion and the Ottawa Charter [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/G2quVLcJVBk
Jarvis, T., Smith, R. W., Sandhu, H. S., Mac-Seing, M., O’Neill, M., Rosella, L., Allin, S., & Pinto, A. D. (2023). Promise and peril: how health system reforms impacted public health in three Canadian provinces. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 114(5), 714–725. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-023-00785-2
Onyango J (2017) The Ottawa Charter: The Implications upon Public Health almost 31 Year since its Declaration. J Healthc Commun. 2:54. doi: 10.4172/2472-1654.100095
Potvin, L., & Jones, C. M. (2011). Twenty-five years after the Ottawa Charter: the critical role of health promotion for public health. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 102(4), 244–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03404041
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2021). Promoting 2SLGBTQI+ health equity. https://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/promoting-2slgbtqi-health-equity
Robinson, E. (2022). Cost-effective strategies of testing for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Ontario HIV Treatment Network. https://www.ohtn.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RR_cost-effective-HIV-STI-testing.pdf
Schreiber, M., Ahmad, T., Scott, M., Imrie, K., & Razack, S. (2021). The case for a Canadian standard for 2SLGBTQIA+ medical education. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 193(16), E562–E565. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.202642
Thompson, S.R., Watson, M.C. & Tilford, S. (2018). The Ottawa Charter 30 years on: still an important standard for health promotion. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 56(2), 73-84. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Watson-22/publication/321988057_The_Ottawa_Charter_30_years_on_still_an_important_standard_for_health_promotion/links/5d5d4fec92851c376370e484/The-Ottawa-Charter-30-years-on-still-an-important-standard-for-health-promotion.pdf
World Health Organization. (1986). Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/349652/WHO-EURO-1986-4044-4380361677-eng.pdf?sequence=1
World Health Organization. (2024). Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030: Report on progress and gaps. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376814/9789240094925-eng.pdf
York Region Public Health. (2024). Sexual health community needs assessment. York Region. https://www.york.ca/health/sexual-health
Unit 3
Bergeron, K., Abdi, S., DeCorby, K., Mensah, G., Rempel, B., & Manson, H. (2017). Theories, models and frameworks used in capacity building interventions relevant to public health: A systematic review. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 914. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4919-2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022, January 18). The social-ecological model: A framework for prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/about/social-ecologicalmodel.html
Deshields, Teresa & Wells-Di Gregorio, Sharla & Flowers, Stacy & Irwin, Kelly & Nipp, Ryan & Padgett, Lynne & Zebrack, Brad. (2021). Addressing distress management challenges: Recommendations from the consensus panel of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society and the Association of Oncology Social Work. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 71. 10.3322/caac.21672.
Kaminski, J. (2011). Diffusion of innovation theory. Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 6(2). https://cjni.net/journal/?p=1444
Kamran R, Jackman L, Laws A, Stepney M, Harrison C, et al. (2024) Developing feasible and acceptable strategies for integrating the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in gender-affirming care: An implementation study. PLOS ONE 19(4): e0301922. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301922
Kwasnicka, D., Dombrowski, S. U., White, M., & Sniehotta, F. (2016). Theoretical explanations for maintenance of behaviour change: a systematic review of behaviour theories. Health Psychology Review, 10(3), 277–296. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2016.1151372
Powell, B. J., Proctor, E. K., & Glass, J. E. (2014). A Systematic Review of Strategies for Implementing Empirically Supported Mental Health Interventions. Research on social work practice, 24(2), 192–212. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731513505778
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2001). Population health promotion: An integrated model of population health and health promotion. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/population-health/population-health-promotion-integrated-model-population-health-health-promotion/developing-population-health-promotion-model.html
Rodrigues, I. B., Fahim, C., Garad, Y., et al. (2023). Developing the intersectionality supplemented Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and tools for intersectionality considerations. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 23(262). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-02083-4
Unit 4
Ahmed, S., Karim, M. M., Ross, A. G., Hossain, M. S., Clemens, J. D., Sumiya, M. K., Phru, C. S., Rahman, M., Zaman, K., Somani, J., Yasmin, R., Hasnat, M. A., Kabir, A., Aziz, A. B., & Khan, W. A. (2021). A five-day course of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 may reduce the duration of illness. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 103, 214–216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.191
Campillo, J. T., & Faillie, J. L. (2022). Adverse drug reactions associated with ivermectin use for COVID-19 reported in the World Health Organization’s pharmacovigilance database. Therapie, 77(6), 747–749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.therap.2022.03.002
Crump, A., & Ōmura, S. (2011). Ivermectin, ‘wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective. Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences, 87(2), 13–28. https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab.87.13
Larson, H. J. (2018). The biggest pandemic risk? Viral misinformation. Nature, 562 (7726), 309.
Roman, Y. M., Burela, P. A., Pasupuleti, V., Piscoya, A., Vidal, J. E., & Hernandez, A. V. (2022). Ivermectin for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74(6), 1022–1029. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab591
Suarez-Lledo, V., & Alvarez-Galvez, J. (2021). Prevalence of health misinformation on social media: Systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(1), e17187.
Unit 5
Kolahdooz, F., Nader, F., Yi, K. J., & Sharma, S. (2015). Understanding the social determinants of health among Indigenous Canadians: Priorities for health promotion policies and actions. Global Health Action, 8(1), 27968.
Public Health Ontario. (2015). Focus on: Situational assessment. https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/f/2015/focus-on-situational-assessment.pdf
World Health Organization. (2018). Promoting health: Guide to national implementation of the Shanghai Declaration. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/260172/WHO-NMH-PND-18.2-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
York Region Public Health (2024). Sexual health community needs assessment. www.york.ca/sexualhealth
Unit 6 and 7
Access Alliance. (2024). Making time for health equity in diabetes. https://accessalliance.ca/home/blog/making-time-for-health-equity-in-diabetes/
Brock University. (2024). Improving access to diabetes screening and prevention for newcomers to Canada. https://brocku.ca/media-room/2024/03/20/brock-research-improving-access-to-diabetes-screening-prevention-for-newcomers-to-canada/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). Diabetes self-management: Rural policy brief. https://www.cdc.gov/rural-health/php/policy-briefs/diabetes-policy-brief.html
Diabetes Canada. (2022). Engaging the diabetes community in policy and program development: A position statement. https://www.diabetes.ca/DiabetesCanadaWebsite/media/Advocacy-and-Policy/Engaging-the-Diabetes-Community-in-Policy-and-Program-Development_Position-Statement_March-2022.pdf
Harvard University (2025). Project implicit. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/research/
Hjelm, K., & Hadziabdic, E. (2025). Effects of culturally-appropriate group education for migrants with type 2 diabetes in primary healthcare. BMC Primary Care. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02689-7
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2013). A guide to community engagement frameworks for action on the social determinants of health and health equity. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University. http://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/Community_Engagement_EN_web.pdf
National Collaboration Centre for Indigenous Health. (2025). https://www.nccih.ca/en/
Ontario.ca. (2025). Diabetes Education Program. https://www.ontario.ca/page/diabetes-education-program
Public Health Ontario. (2023). Participant facilitators and barriers to diabetes prevention and treatment programs and self-management strategies. https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Documents/D/2023/diabetes-prevention-programs-strategies-barriers.pdf?sc_lang=en
World Health Organization. (2020). Community engagement: a health promotion guide for universal health coverage in the hands of the people. Geneva: World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240010529