Sustainability

Sustainability is a broad term, generally referring to continuation. Other words also may be used to describe sustainability including long-term viability, survival, durability, longevity and long- term maintenance (adapted from O’Loughlin, J., Renaud, L., Richard, L., Gomez, L. S., and Paradis, G. (1998)).

The Heart Health Resource Centre offers a number of publications and resources that will help in your efforts to develop a sustainable program.

Guides and workbooks

"@ a glance"

"@ a glance" gives you tips, practical tools and a glossary to assist you in your program planning activities. Helpful resources are also profiled.

• Policy Uptake, Winter 2008

Heart Health Sustainability Workbook for Action, September 1998
This guidebook was developed by the HHRC as one part of comprehensive support to community heart health programs in the area of sustainability. The workbook along with regional workshops, consultation support, @heart sustainability newsletter and research literature were the components of this comprehensive support plan.

Policies in Action, 2002

Looking for policies that you can adapt for use in your own community? Look no further! Policies in Action contains copies of actual and sample policies from Ontario, Canada, and beyond that you can use to guide policy development in your community. The resource is grouped by setting and risk factor, making it easy for you to quickly access the sample policies that you are looking for.

To access the section(s) you are interested in, click the active link below. (All sections are available in PDF)

• Table of Contents
• Introduction to Policies in Action
• Policies to Reduce ETS Exposure
• Policies to Encourage Active Living
• Policies to Encourage Healthy Eating
• Policies to Encourage Multiple Behaviour Changes

Working Towards Heart Healthy Public Policy at the Local Level, 1998

This guidebook is designed to assist the Ontario Heart Health Program sites in planning
heart healthy policies at the municipal government level. (This document is out of print
but is available on request from the HHRC by calling us or e-mail heart@opha.on.ca)

@heart newsletters

Policy Development, Issue 10, Spring 2001
This newsletter issue, covered all the key concepts involved in policy development including a “ Policy Road Map”; links to comprehensive health promotion and highlights from the workshops based on the resource, “Making a Difference in your Community: A Guide for Policy Change ”.

Heart Health Sustainability, Vol. 3, No. 2 - Fall 1999
This newsletter introduced the concept of sustainability and its application to heart health programming in Ontario. Articles related to planning for sustainability and the four main components of sustainability (the issue, the program, the behaviour and the partnership) are also discussed in detail.

Sharing Stories, Vol. 3, No. 1 - Spring 1999
The focus of this issue is on sharing stories. The stories are scattered throughout the newsletter and focus on awareness-raising, education/skillbuilding, environmental supports and policy, or community mobilization.