"Thirst-quenching conversations: Evaluation and Reporting in Health Promotion" was a webinar hosted by the Alliance for Healthier Communities, presented and facilitated by Julia Fursova, Gillian Kranias, Kisa Hamilton, and Denise Bishop-Earle of Transform Practice.
This handout that was shared during the webinar, Thirst-quenching conversation: Evaluation and reporting in health promotion. It draws from the research paper titled Round Peg in a Square Hole (Journal of Public and Non-profit Affairs, Vol 10, No.2, 2024), which explores what can happen when reporting and evaluation overemphasize a funder’s functional requirements - to the detriment of community priorities, organizational values, and professional standards.
In 2018, the Alliance for Healthier Communities brought Social Prescribing to Canada. Over the last 5 years, the model has evolved to include special, population-health focuses such as Black health, mental wellness, and active living for seniors.