The Quebec Network of Promoting Institutions

Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal
The Quebec Network of
Health
Promoting Institutions
The Quebec Network of Health Promoting Institutions (the Quebec Network)
is part of the International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health
Services, an international movement initiated by the World Health Organization
(WHO). It helps institutions embark on the road to promoting health by applying
a solid strategy to create healthy settings.
In Quebec Network institutions, health promotion is an integral part of the organizational culture.
Health promoting institutions work with users and their families, staff and the community to:
• Decrease the incidence of chronic diseases
• Better meet the needs of an aging population
• Create and maintain a healthy workplace for doctors and staff
• Promote environmentally friendly practices
• Build healthy communities
Creating
healthy settings
When an institution joins the Quebec Network of Health Promoting
Institutions, it is invited to implement—according to its own culture,
reality and pace—a policy along with programs and initiatives
based on the five WHO standards: have a written health promotion
policy; assess users’ needs for health promotion in partnership with
them; provide users with information on the key factors with regard
to their disease or state of health; develop a healthy workplace;
maintain continuous collaboration with other health care facilities
and the community.
Turning the corner towards health
promotion
Each institution develops a health promotion policy that is an integral part of its mission. Board members,
administrators, doctors, professionals, staff, volunteers and partners can incorporate health promotion into
their activities by:
•Harmonizing their activities with the health promotion policy and programs.
•Ensuring projects are in line with the local public health plan and quality management programs.
•Communicating the results of health promotion projects within the institution and the community.
Ensuring that staff incorporate
health promotion into their work
All member institutions invest a great deal of energy in order to provide patients and their families with
information regarding the key factors associated with their disease or state of health and how to take control
of their health, in particular by:
advice from the health education centre team regarding physical activity, a healthy diet and
•Providing
smoking cessation.
Promoting
breastfeeding through the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.
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•Training staff on working in a multi-ethnic context.
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Becoming a healthy workplace
The main feature of a healthy workplace is that it supports the adoption of healthy lifestyles and makes
psychological health and well-being a priority. The institution will have to implement a range of useful
initiatives in a context where it is increasingly difficult to recruit and retain staff.
These initiatives may include:
• Providing nutritious food to patients and staff.
• Promoting access to physical activities at the workplace.
• Offering self-serve bicycles for site-to-site transportation and home-based services.
the quality of life at work: better work-life balance, improved work organization, personal
• Improving
wellness activities, a pleasant work atmosphere.
Establishing close ties with
the community
The institution creates ties with other health services and community organizations.
This can include:
with associations and community groups to create safe, affordable and environmentally
• Collaborations
friendly settings.
• Associations with community businesses to create welcoming places for breastfeeding mothers.
• Partnerships with local organizations to include organic foods in the institution’s cafeteria menu.
• Initiatives with schools and other organizations to provide young people with a stimulating environment.
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Participating in the Quebec
Network means…
• Publicizing your health promotion achievements.
• Using others’ successes to enhance your organizational practices.
• Sharing experiences with peers on the Quebec HPH Network Committee.
• Contributing to debates surrounding the WHO health promotion standards.
access to specialized documentation from HPH task forces on such topics as:
• Getting
– Health Promoting Psychiatric Health Services
– Migrant-Friendly & Culturally Competent Health Care
– Health Promotion for Children & Adolescents in & by Hospitals
– Alcohol and Alcohol Interventions
– HPH and Environment
Collaborating on international events.
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“Embarking down the road of health promotion means
emphasizing all kinds of projects, both large and small…”
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The HPH Movement
A global strategy developed and applied locally.
1986
1997
38 countries adopt the Ottawa Charter and ratify
the strategy to create environments that promote
health. This approach considers the influence of
the environment on people who live, learn and
work there and who use its services. This year saw
the birth of the Health Cities program, the Health
Promoting Hospitals (HPH) program, and the
Healthy Schools initiative.
The Vienna Recommendations set out the
fundamental principles of the HPH movement,
which state that members must agree to
implement the five WHO-recommended
standards.
1988
The World Health Organization (WHO) establishes
the foundations of the HPH movement.
2011
Over 840 hospitals and health institutions grouped
into regional networks in about 40 countries are
members of the International Network of Health
Promoting Hospitals and Health Services.
The Quebec Network
2005
2012
Signature of an agreement with the WHO; the
Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de
Montréal (the Montreal Agency) is recognized as
a coordinating organization. A Canadian first.
Establishment of the Quebec Network of Health
Promoting Institutions coordinated by the
Montreal Agency.
Creation of the Montreal Network of Health
Promoting Hospitals and CSSSs. The first
regional network created outside of the
European continent.
As of January 2012, the Quebec Network has
33 members.
HPH Members
Montreal
d’Ahuntsic et Montréal•CSSS
Nord
de Bordeaux-Cartierville–
•CSSS
Saint-Laurent
Cavendish
•CSSS
CSSS
Dorval-Lachine-Lasalle
•CSSS de
de
Montagne
•CSSS de lal’Ouest-de-l’Île
•CSSS du Coeur-de-l’Île
•CSSS du Sud-Ouest–Verdun
•CSSS Jeanne-Mance
•CSSS de la Pointe-de-l’Île
•CSSS de Saint-Léonard et
•
Saint-Michel
CSSS
• Lucille-Teasdale
hospitalier de
•Centre
l’Université de Montréal
hospitalier universitaire
•Centre
Sainte-Justine
universitaire de santé
•Centre
McGill
du Sacré-Cœur
•Hôpital
de Montréal
général juif
•Hôpital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont
•Hôpital
Institut
de
• de Montréalcardiologie
universitaire de gériatrie
•Institut
de Montréal
Montérégie
Champlain-Charles-Le
•CSSS
Moyne
Haut-Richelieu-Rouville
•CSSS
du Haut-Saint-Laurent
•CSSS
CSSS
la Haute-Yamaska
•CSSS de
Jardins-Roussillon
•CSSS La Pommeraie
•CSSS Pierre-Boucher
•CSSS Pierre-De-Saurel
•CSSS Richelieu-Yamaska
•CSSS du Suroît
•CSSS de Vaudreuil-Soulanges
•
Other regions
de Chicoutimi
•CSSS
CSSS
• de Québec-Nord
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For more information
about the Quebec
Network of Health
Promoting Institutions or
to become a member:
Visit our Web site: http://www.hps.santemontreal.qc.ca
Write us at: [email protected]
Keep up with what’s new in the Quebec Network
with our E-newsletter: Destination Health
ISBN: 978-2-89510-615-9 (PDF)
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