HADM 336: Community Health Planning (Rev. C5) Report a Broken Link

This course involves a systematic examination of the health status of the Canadian population. It asks, What are the common illnesses affecting the general population, and how can we minimize them through community action? This course examines the major communicable and non-communicable diseases. It also examines food and nutrition, health care and the elderly, environmental health, and occupational health and safety. The course sums up with a community health planning model with strategies, program design, and population targets.

Unit 1: Health Status and Health Care in Canada


Required Readings


Howell, J. M. (1992). The nature and principles of public health. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 83(6), 401–403.

Unit 3


Health Canada. (2003). Tuberculosis in Canada 2001 (H49-108/2001). Ottawa: Minister of Public Works and Government Services.

Unit 4


Raine, K. D. (2004). Overweight and obesity in Canada: A population health perspective. Ottawa: Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Unit 5


Health Canada. (2009). A statistical profile on the health of First Nations in Canada: Determinants of health, 1999 to 2003. Ottawa: Minister of Health Canada.

Young, T. K. (1994). Decline and persistence of infectious diseases. In The health of Native Americans: Towards a biocultural epidemiology (pp. 55–93, refs.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Unit 6


Health Canada. (2007). Eating well with Canada’s food guide. Ottawa: Author.
Wein, E. E., Hawrysh, Z. J., & Gee, M. I. (1993). Food preferences and food health beliefs of Native school children and mothers in northern Alberta. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 29, 259–273.
Wein, E. E., Gee, M. I., & Hawrysh, Z. J. (1993). Nutrient intakes of Native mothers and school children in northern Alberta. Journal of the Canadian Dietary Association, 54, 42–47.
Sharma, S., Cao, X., Roache, C., Buchan, A., Reid, R., & Gittelsohn, J. (2010). Assessing dietary intake in a population undergoing a rapid transition in diet and lifestyle: The Arctic Inuit in Nunavut, Canada. British Journal of Nutrition, 103(5), 749–759.

Unit 7


National Advisory Council on Aging. (1999). 1999 and beyond: Challenges of an aging Canadian society. Ottawa: Health Canada.
Laing, L. M. (1992). Health issues affecting Canada’s elderly. In P. Krishnan & K. Mahadevan (Eds.), The elderly population in developed and developing world: Policies, problems and perspectives (pp. 367–386). New Delhi: B. R. Publishing.

Please read pages 380–385.

Rachlis, M. (2004). Long-term care. In Prescription for excellence: How innovation is saving Canada’s health care system (pp. 135–159, notes 384–386). Toronto: HarperCollins.

Unit 8


National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. (2003). Chapter 3, The role and organization of public health. In Learning from SARS: Renewal of public health in Canada. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada.

Unit 10


National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. (2003). Chapter 1, Introduction. In Learning from SARS: Renewal of public health in Canada. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada.
National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. (2003). Chapter 5, Building capacity and coordination. In Learning from SARS: Renewal of public health in Canada. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada.
National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. (2003). Chapter 11, Viruses without borders. In Learning from SARS: Renewal of public health in Canada. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada.
Millar, W. (2001). Patterns of use—alternative health care practitioners. Health Reports, 13(1). Ottawa: Statistics Canada.
Government of Alberta. (2014). Alberta’s pandemic influenza plan. Edmonton, AB: Author.

You can download the plan from this page.

Government of British Columbia. (2012). British Columbia's pandemic influenza response plan. Victoria, BC: Author.