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Health Promotion International, Vol. 5, No. 3, 225-231, 1990
© Oxford University Press 1990

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Healthy communities: reflections on building alliances in Canada. A view from the middle

RITA STERN

Western Regional Office, Health Promotion Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada

Address for correspondence: Correspondence address: R. Stern Ministry of Health Office of Health Promotion c/o Centre for Human Settlements University of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada V6T 1W5

The author is currently working in the office of Health Promotion, Ministry of Health in British Columbia. For the past 17 years she has worked in Health and Welfare Canada as an advocate for citizen participation in developing health programs and policies.

This article is based on her experience as an advocate and bureaucrat in translating and mediating health promotion rhetoric into action. The Canadian Healthy Communities and Strengthening Communities projects are used as examples in analyzing the opportunities and contradictions in building alliances.

Key words: building alliances; community participation; intersectoral planning


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