THCU's exemplary health communication web tour
This page was last updated July 15, 2004.
These sites are intended to introduce the incredible
array of organizations that are producing exemplary websites. This
list is by no means complete; please visit THCU's
list of IHC
links for additional starting points.
American Cancer
Society
In the medical domain, the American Cancer Society has developed
the Cancer Survivors'
Network for the stories
and voices of real people.
Let’s
Make a Meal!
This interactive game, one of many good sites relating to lifestyle,
“allows you to choose various menu items for breakfast, lunch, dinner
and snacks,
and compares your choices against the food guide
servings recommended by Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating.” New July
15, 2004
MediaWatch
This
site is a
good choice for the broad determinants of health. They provide
practical tools and specific ways to get
involved, and resources–an
empowering site. Updated July
12, 2006
GreenPeace
GreenPeace also provides a number of ways for interested users
to become involved. For example, under the campaign looking at toxic
products, users can learn about chemicals
and how they affect the body, send
emails to
friends and/or email petitions to corporations and/or government,
and find out which home
and body products are “green.” New July
15, 2004
Philip Morris
Remember not to limit your tour to traditional public health
sites—there are other sites on health promotion
issues. For example, visit Philip Morris, particularly their health
advice for smokers and useful links. This site meets most
of the criteria for good IHC, but is it health promoting?
Heart
and Stroke Foundation
The Heart and Stroke Foundation has created a number of online, interactive
tools. For example, the health
risk assessment area of the site has Blood
Pressure Risk Assessment and
Heart
and Stroke Risk Assment tools. New July
15, 2004
Kids
Help Phone
Launched in 2002, this website adds online counselling services
to Kids Help Phone. The service is confidential and
anonymous and kids can talk
to counsellors online and research
topics of interest. Updated July
15, 2004
Chatelaine:
Health + Fitness
This website acts a both a companion to the Canadian magazine of
the same name as well as providing its own resources and features.
In addition to articles, the website includes a wide range of interactive
tools. For example, users can join an online
walking club where they
can keep track of how much they walk, create their own online walking
club with friends, receive weekly motivational emails and win prizes
based on distances walked. Other features include a breast
examination email reminder system, discussion
boards, and an interactive life
balance wheel. New July
15, 2004
The Smoking Zine
A multilingual, five-stage interactive smoking prevention and cessation
resource for both youth smokers and non-smokers. Using the Zine's
login feature, youth can work through games and quizzes at their
own pace and/or can come back and see if their results change over
time. New July 15, 2004
