From Babies to Boardrooms... CAPC and CPNP Contributions to Public Health – A Study of System-Level Involvement. 2005.

A report of the system-level influences of the Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) and the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) in Atlantic Canada.
By Kathleen Flanagan

52-page report
...download full report (521 KB)

...4-page synopsis
...html
...download synopsis (1150 KB)

Description

In Atlantic Canada, the Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) and the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) contribute to change in individuals, in the projects funded through these programs, in communities, and in the broader system. From Babies to Boardrooms... focuses on the broader system, that is, the work of CAPC and CPNP with governments and universities, where the potential for change involves a broad population over a large geographical area.

The work described in this report is part of the regional evaluation of these two federal funding programs. It draws on three sources of information: the system-level influences reported by 30 CAPC and CPNP projects from all four Atlantic provinces; a survey of 21 key partners in governments, universities, and other provincial organizations; and a literature review related to the potential significance of these influences and impacts. Together, these sources of information provide compelling evidence that CAPC and CPNP are:

• key players in the delivery of child and family programs
• firmly established and well integrated in the broader network of policy, program, and research initiatives for pregnant women, children, and their families
• helping to create supportive environments for individuals, projects, communities, and the system through opportunities to share perspectives, expertise, and resources
• contributing to policy, practice, and research development at the system level because the core elements of the programs create conditions that contribute to system-level change
• building community capacity across Atlantic Canada – capacity that affects the public health of the community
• providing the system with a means to work toward improved public health for Atlantic Canadians.

This 52-page report is written for federal, provincial, and territorial government policy tables (in particular, the Public Health Agency of Canada); Joint Management Committees across Canada; volunteer boards of CAPC and CPNP projects; national CAPC/CPNP committees; as well as community researchers and academics.

A 4-page synopsis, written for a popular audience, is also available.

Credits

From Babies to Boardrooms... CAPC and CPNP Contributions to Public Health – A Study of System-Level Involvement was produced by Kathleen Flanagan for the Atlantic Regional Office of the Public Health Agency of Canada. Angela Berrette, Frances Ennis, Joan Glode, Bernice Hancock, Julie Hickey, Natalie Kishchuk, Claudette Landry, Laura Quinn, JoAnna LaTulippe Rochon, Yolande Samson, and Judy Watson also contributed to the document.

Availability

These publications are available for download in English and French in both html and pdf formats. To open the pdf file you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

52-page report
... download full report pdf English (521 KB), French (566 KB)

4-page synopsis
... html English, French
... download synopsis pdf English (1150 KB), French (1430 KB)

For more information, contact:

Public Health Agency of Canada
Suite 1525, 15th Floor, Maritime Centre
1505 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3Y6
Tel: (902) 426-2700
Fax: (902) 426-9689
E-mail: atlantic-atlantique@phac-aspc.gc.ca

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