About Health Promotion

The NITHA Health Promotion Advisor provides comprehensive support in the area of health promotion for the Partnership Community Health Representatives. This involves planning, developing, and implementing First Nations based strategies (including communication strategies) and supporting NITHA and Partner staff to deliver health promotion programs and services at the community level. The NITHA Health Promotion Program also offers leadership, innovation, and vision in the planning and implementation of short, medium, and long-term initiatives aimed at supporting the NITHA Partnership in promoting healthy values and behaviors.

The role of the NITHA Health Promotion Advisor is to:

  • Applies health promotion and public health knowledge including population health, social determinants of health, epidemiology, and applicable legislation.
  • Participates in research projects related to Health Promotion initiatives
  • Advises Partnership organizations and communities on health promotion theory and practice, to enable communities in taking control of their health and its determinants by adopting positive health behaviors such as regular physical activity, injury prevention, and balanced nutrition.
  • Identifies, coordinates, and delivers health promotion training to the NITHA Partnership to ensure staff in health promotion programs acquire the skills and knowledge required to deliver programs effectively.  Build capacity by providing train the trainer for health promotion programs/activities.

For contact information, please visit our staff page.