Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic (CHPNA) – VOICE in health policy
We worked with CHPNA to coordinate the Atlantic Region's participation in this national project. The national project was coordinated by the Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations (NVO) and funded by Health Canada.This was the first of a three-phase project focused on the capacity of voluntary health organizations to influence federal health policy. This first phase consisted of assessing the current capacity to influence health policy. Our work included working with local facilitators to host a series of roundtable meetings throughout Atlantic Canada and conducting a web survey to gather feedback and ideas from as many people as possible (e.g., those that did and did not participate in a roundtable meeting). We conducted an analysis of the consultation and web survey results, and prepared a report for Atlantic Canada. The findings outlined in the report were integrated into the national project report for NVO.
