Books, DVDs, and Other Resources

Note: All resources are available to workplaces within Waterloo Region

Public Health Resource Centre Resources

Healthy Eating

Calorie Confidential DVD

Carbs DVD

Cooking Basics: How to prepare vegetables, fruit and easy recipes DVD

Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide DVD

EatRight Ontario: What's your nutrition question today? DVD

Fats DVD

Healthy Eating on a Budget DVD

Minerals DVD

Protein DVD

Supermarket Savvy: Great grocery store adventure DVD

Vitamins DVD

Water DVD

Healthy Pregnancy and Transition to Parenthood
Pregnancy:
Reproductive Hazards of the Workplace/Frazier Hage (1998)

From Conception to Birth (2006) DVD
Life with a New Baby (2006) DVD
Preparing for Parenthood – I Am Your Child Video series (2005) DVD
Stop Smoking Now: Reasons Not to Smoke When You’re Pregnant – I Am Your Child - DVD

Labour and Birth:
It's My Body, My Baby, My Birth (2007) DVD
Miracle of Birth 2: Five Birth Stories DVD
Penny Simkin's Comfort Measures for Childbirth (2008) DVD
Positions for Labour: Maternal Movement and Optimal Fetal Positioning DVD
The Stages of Labour DVD

Fathers:
To Be a Father – I Am Your Child Video series (2005) DVD

Newborn Care:
News About Newborns VHS/DVD

Mother Friendly Workplaces:
Creating a breastfeeding friendly workplace. Ontario Public Health Association (1996)
National breastfeeding guidelines for health care providers. Watters, Nancy E. (1996)
A practical workbook to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in community based programs. Government Services Canada (2002)
Protecting Infant health: making the code work. INFACT (1994)
The Baby-friendly initiative in community health service. (2002)

Physical Activity
Active Employees, Active Workplaces: Promoting and Supporting Physical Activity at Work (Region of Waterloo Public Health, September 2010)
Active Living Every Day-20 Weeks to Lifelong Vitality, Blair et al.
Making it Work with Active Living in the Workplace - Canadian Centre for Active Living in the Workplace
Health Promotion Ideas That Work: 84 Proven Activities for the Workplace - Timothy E. Glaros
Motivating People to be Physically Active - Bess H. Marcus & Leigh Ann H. Forsyth
Pedometer Power: Using pedometers in school and community - Aaron Beighle et al.
Walking Games and Activities: 40 new ways to make fitness fun - June Decker & Monica Mize

Substance Misuse Prevention
Let's Take Action on Alcohol Problems in the Workplace: A practical guide to policy development for employers, employees and others concerned about health, safety and liability (2004 - Alcohol Policy Network)

Booking Resource Centre Resources

If you would like to borrow our books and publications contact the Resource Centre by email or by phone (519-883-2256)

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