ASDAH’s banner displayed at the American Public Health Association Exposition in October 2012. On October 27-31, 2012, the American Public Health Association (APHA) held its annual meeting in San Francisco,… Read More »Hurling HAES Pebbles in the Public Health Pond–Our Adventures at APHA
by Jon Robison, PhD In part III of this series (click here to see Part I and Part II), I outlined three major disconnects between traditional worksite health promotion and employee… Read More »WHAT’S MISSING? Promoting Health at the Workplace (Part IV)
by Jacqui Gingras, PhD, RD and Julie Rochefort, MHSc, RD In January, Jacqui Gingras had the opportunity to apply for a grant from the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of… Read More »International HAES Team–Enhancing Research Capacity
by Dana Schuster, MS In my role as a HAES advocate in the Health and Fitness realm and as an active volunteer with ASDAH, I often find myself trying to… Read More »Musings on Bridge Building
by Jon Robison, PhD In Part II of this series (see Part I here), I summarized the traditional approach to promoting health, based on a Mechanistic Worldview and a Biomedical Model… Read More »WHAT’S MISSING? Promoting Health at the Workplace (Part III)
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA My previous blog post (“The Pursuit of Happiness”) explored dimensions of the “thin equals happiness” meme. At the end, I asserted that the meme actually… Read More »The Pursuit of Coherence
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA There is a deep cultural story in the U.S., evidenced by the wording of our Declaration of Independence, that we have a “right” to pursue… Read More »The Pursuit of Happiness
by Amy Herskowitz, MSc Have you ever had an experience with a health club, fitness class or personal trainer that left you feeling like your body was unacceptable or that… Read More »Welcome Me—Don’t Shame Me! Communicating With Fitness Clubs and Exercise Professionals
by Deb Lemire As you have no doubt heard, earlier this month Rosie O’Donnell had a heart attack. I am a big fan of Rosie’s, always have been. She is… Read More »Looking through HAES-colored glasses for Rosie
by Jon Robison, PhD In the first part of this 3-part series, we traced the roots of our traditional approach to health promotion and health promotion at the workplace as… Read More »WHAT’S MISSING? Promoting Health at the Workplace (Part II)