WEBSITES EXPLORED
CANADIAN ORGANIZATIONS Governmental institutions:
Public Health Agency of Canada http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/index-eng.php
(August 4, 2009)
Canadian Best Practices Portal http://www.cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/index- eng.html (August 6, 2009)
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php (August 3, 2009)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/ labetie.shtml (August 3, 2009)
Government of Canada Policy Research Initiative http://www.policyresearch.gc.ca/
(August 24, 2009)
Institut national de santé publique du Québec http://www.inspq.qc.ca/english/ default.asp?A=7 (August 3, 2009)
Public Policy and Health Portal http://politiquespubliques.inspq.qc.ca/en/index.html
(August 3, 2009)
Répertoire des plans d’action gouvernementaux en matière d’alimentation, d’activité physique et d’obésité http://www.inspq.qc.ca/pag/ (August 26, 2009)
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services
http://www.health.gov.nl.ca/health/ (August 3, 2009)
Prince Edward Island Department of Health and Wellness http://www.gov.pe.ca/health/
(August 3, 2009)
Nova Scotia Department of Health http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/ (August 3, 2009)
Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection http://www.gov.ns.ca/ohp/
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New Brunswick Health http://www.gnb.ca/0051/index-e.asp (August 3, 2009)
New Brunswick Wellness, Culture and Sport http://www.gnb.ca/0131/index-e.asp
(August 3, 2009)
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“Created in January 2011, the Department of Health and Wellness brings together the former departments of Health and Health Promotion and Protection” (http://www.gov.ns.ca/ohp/).
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/en/ index.php (August 4, 2009)
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/default.aspx
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (August 4, 2009)
http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/en/default.asp
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport (August 4, 2009)
http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English
Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services
/index.aspx (August 4, 2009)
Manitoba Health http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/ (August 4, 2009)
Manitoba Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyliving/
(August 4, 2009)
http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/
Saskatchewan Health (August 4, 2009)
Alberta Health and Wellness http://www.health.alberta.ca/ (August 4, 2009)
British Columbia Ministry of Health Services http://www.gov.bc.ca/health/ (August 4, 2009) British Columbia Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport http://www.gov.bc.ca/hls/
(August 4, 2009)
http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/
Yukon Health and Social Services (August 4, 2009)
http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/
Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services (August 4, 2009)
Nunavut Health and Social Services http://www.gov.nu.ca/health/ (August 4, 2009) Associations, networks and foundations:
Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada http://www.cdpac.ca/ (August 4, 2009)
http://www.obesitynetwork.ca/
Canadian Obesity Network (August 4, 2009) Heart and Stroke Foundation http://www.heartandstroke.com/ (August 4, 2009)
Health CheckTMhttp://www.healthcheck.org/ (August 4, 2009)
Centre for Science in the Public Interest - Canada, Food Labelling tab http://www.cspinet.org/ canada/foodlabelling.html (August 6, 2009)
Canadian Public Health Association http://www.cpha.ca/en/default.aspx (August 3, 2009)
http://www.aspq.org/
Coalition québécoise sur la problématique du poids http://www.cqpp.qc.ca/ (August 3, 2009) Ontario Public Health Association http://www.opha.on.ca/index.shtml (August 3, 2009)
Nutrition Resource Centre http://www.nutritionrc.ca/ (August 3, 2009)
Eat Smart !® / À votre santé !MD http://www.eatsmartontario.ca/welcome
(August 3, 2009)
http://www.phabc.org/
Public Health Association of British Columbia (August 3, 2009) Alberta Public Health Association http://www.apha.ab.ca/index.php (August 3, 2009) Public Health Association of Nova Scotia http://www.phans.ca/ (August 3, 2009) Manitoba Public Health Association http://www.manitobapha.ca/ (August 3, 2009) [Other provinces: no websites or no public health associations]
Research groups and think tanks:
http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/internet/en/document/
Canadian Population Health Initiative
factors+influencing+health/environmental/cphi (August 24, 2009)
http://www.caledoninst.org/
Caledon Institute of Social Policy (August 24, 2009)
Chaire Approches communautaires et inégalités de santé FCRSS / IRSC, Université de Montréalhttp://www.cacis.umontreal.ca/actualite.asp (August 24, 2009)
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), McMaster University
http://www.chepa.org/Home.aspx (August 24, 2009)
Groupe d’étude sur les politiques publiques et la santé (GÉPPS), École nationale d’administration publique http://www.gepps.enap.ca/fr/accueil.aspx?sortcode=1
(August 24, 2009)
Wellesley Institute http://wellesleyinstitute.com/ (August 24, 2009) PolitiquesSociales.net http://politiquessociales.net/ (November 5, 2009) FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
http://www.nice.org.uk/
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (August 4, 2009) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ (August 6, 2009)
http://www.cspinet.org/
Center for Science in the Public Interest (August 6, 2009)
http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/
Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (August 6, 2009)
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) http://www.naccho.org/
(August 24, 2009)
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/index.html (August 5, 2009) INSTITUTIONS THAT PRODUCE OR INVENTORY SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS Health-evidence.cahttp://www.health-evidence.ca/?language=en (August 5, 2009) Cochrane Public Health Group http://www.ph.cochrane.org/ (August 6, 2009) Campbell Collaboration http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/ (August 6, 2009) Searched using the keywords “obesity” in “all text”; “diet”; “nutrition”
TRIP database http://www.tripdatabase.com/index.html (August 7, 2009) Searched using the keywords “(nutrition or food) and label”
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/ (August 7, 2009) Searched using the keywords “nutrition label(l)(ing)”, “nutrition label*” (all these words) Effective Public Health Practice Projecthttp://www.ephpp.ca/index.htm(August 24, 2009) The Community Guide http://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html (August 24, 2009) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Annual conferences of the Ontario Public Health Association http://www.ophaconference.ca/
(August 3, 2009)
National conferences of the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada
http://www.cdpac.ca/content.php?doc=19 (August 4, 2009)
Journées annuelles de santé publique du Québec http://www.inspq.qc.ca/aspx/fr/ jasp_presentations.aspx?sortcode=1.55.58.62.69 (August 24, 2009)
Review of titles of thematic activities and search in the list of presentation titles using the keywords “nutrition”, “obésité”, “poids”.