Element Three
Conduct a Situational Assessment

Readings and Resources

1. Conducting a Situational Assessment - Getting to the Root of the Problem (A Chapter in an Online Resource, Workplace Mental Health Promotion - A How To Guide, Canadian Mental Health Association and The Health Communication Unit)
2. Catalogue of Situational Assessment Tools (Online Catalogue of Surveys/Tools, The Health Communication Unit)
3. Checklist of Health Promotion Environments at Worksites (CHEW), developed by Sallis, J., San Diego State University:
   • Introduction
   • Procedures
   • Survey
   • Scoring
4. Organizational Culture - From Assessment to Action (Info Pack, The Health Communication Unit)
5. The Effectiveness of Workplace-based Health Risk Appraisal in Improving Knowledge, Attitudes or Behaviours (Article, Effective Public Health Practice Project Highlights for Policy Development, Ontario Public Health Research, Education and Development Program)
6. Training, Workshops (Online list of Skill Development Workshops [to Aid in Developing Skills to Interpret Situational Assessment Results], Statistics Canada)
7. Training, Skills Enhancement for Public Health (Online List of Workshops, Public Health Agency of Canada)

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