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Provincial and National- Census of Population: Cautions on Data Use
Date: June 2005
Description:
The purpose of this paper is to understand some of the limitations of Census coverage
and their implications when using Census data for analysis.
- Community Development Planning Project: Final Project Report
Author: Praxis Research & Consulting Inc.
Date: April 2006
Description:
This report presents findings and recommendations from the Nova Scotia Community Development Planning Project (CDPP), which was conducted over the period of February 2005 to March 2006. This project designed and tested a program to help community groups in Nova Scotia develop more realistic evidence-based community development plans and funding proposals, using evidence drawn from the Community Counts System.
- Indicators for Community Action: Built Environment Indicators
Author: Curran, Grant, and Wood
Department: Journal of Rural and Community Development
Date: 2006
Description:
Recently a collaborative project between a university, a provincial statistical agency, and a non-profit service organization worked to identify built environment indicators for local action and planning around community health. The research involved developing appropriate built environment indicators for active recreation and transportation, and testing them for community usefulness and data availability in several communities in Nova Scotia, Canada. The indicators will be added to an online community database managed by the provincial government. By making province-wide indicator data easily and publicly available, governments have the potential to facilitate local initiatives to improve community health and well-being. In this paper we describe the process of identifying indicators that would let communities identify whether their built environment promotes active recreation and active transportation.
- Nova Scotia Deprivation Mapping Project - Update
Author: Mikiko Terashima
Department: Geographical Public Health Analysis Team, Dalhousie
Date: January 2007
Description:
The Nova Scotia Deprivation Mapping Project is intended to describe various aspects community-based deprivation. This project should be viewed more as an exploratory study, which would be expanded and developed more in depth in the future.
- Nova Scotia Fluoride Mouthrinse Program
Date: December 2004
Description:
The school-based fluoride mouthrinse program was mandated by Ministerial announcement in 1998. Over time, the recommended provincial protocol was adapted to regional and local preferences. A review initiated by an Ad Hoc Committee of the Public Health Enhancement Core Working Group in July 2001 was intended to determine the protocol variations, and then to provide a revised standardized protocol to be used across the province. Recommendations from a consensus conference included the investigation and development of a model of eligibility based on population health indicators, specifically those related to socioeconomic status. In Phase II of the review, a Criteria Subcommittee was struck to investigate the availability of appropriate socioeconomic data and their applicability as caries risk criteria for targeting of the
provincial rinse program. By arrangement with the Statistics Division of the Nova Scotia
Department of Finance, a new model was created.
- Nova Scotia: A Social Perspective
Author: Nova Scotia Statistics Agency
Department: NS Dept of Finance
Date: Dec. 2000
Description:
Analyzes Nova Scotia from a social perspective, using reliable data and social statistics. Also reviews a number of social policy research initiatives. Created by the Nova Scotia Statistics Division.
- Public Health Funding Approach
Date: November 2006
Description:
In Nova Scotia, Public Health Services are delivered in nine District Health Authorities (DHAs). In the past public health resources were allocated to DHAs using various methodologies, generating discussions as to whether funding was distributed equitably. In the spring of 2005, the issue of allocation of public health resources to DHAs was identified as a priority item.
A funding task team, comprised of provincial and district public health and health promotion representatives, was commissioned with the mandate of developing a formal approach for the allocation of new DHA operational resources for public health. Allocation from the province to the districts as well as allocation at the provincial level was considered in the approach.
- Taking the Pulse of Active Transportation
Author: Curran, Andrew
Department: School of Planning, Dalhousie University
Date: December, 2005
Description:
This study contributes to the development of built environment indicators for inclusion in the Community Counts database. The study focuses, in particular, on those elements of the built environment that most strongly influence the decision to walk or bicycle for transportation purposes
- The Postal Code Challenge
Date: October 2006
Description:
The Nova Scotia Community Counts project team is developing a concordance file to allocate postal code based data to the various geographies within the Community Counts system. This document gives an overview of some of the challenges and issues that have been encountered in developing the Community Counts postal code concordance file.
- We Are Spryfield: Our Community Profile 2006
Author: Amy Teplitsky, Tanya LeClair, and Marjorie Willison
Date: 2006
Description:
This profile was developed by the people of Spryfield as part of a federal project, Action for Neighbourhood Change. It describes Spryfield's history and current situation; the views and opinions of local residents gathered through individual interviews, small group discussions and surveys; the factors affecting individual and collective health and well-being; and relevant trends and context. This document was prepared for Action for Neighbourhood Change in a partnership between United Way of Halifax Region and Board of Directors, Captain William Spry Community Centre. The economic, demographic, and educational data for Central Spryfield was provided by Nova Scotia Community Counts.
For more information, visit their website: Action For Neighbourhood Change: Spryfield
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