What can Own Volition do for you?
The World population is varied by culture, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other demographics.
However, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension,
and infectious diseases such as influenza and HIV/AIDS are impacting communities across the globe, regardless of demographics.
External factors can impact the the health of a population. However, the power of individual factors cannot be underestimated.
Working at the community level, OV currently focuses on the following four (4) services, offering them separately or in tandem with each other:
Health Education & Knowledge Translation
It's not just information; it's about being healthier.
Typically, the bridge between scientific research and the target community it is focused on resembles more of a rope bridge than the Golden Gate.
Findings often take years to reach a community for a variety of reasons, including lack of access to the research itself.
OV can build stronger knowledge translation links for your communities through:
Coordinating and facilitating knowledge exchange events
Develop and deliver custom workshops that will excite and engage your community about their health
Development of tailored resources and activities, and accompanying dissemination plan
If you have an innovative idea on making your community healthier,
then OV will support you in making it into a reality.
Give us a call so we can plan a unique workshop for your target population!
Social Marketing & Health Communications
Social Marketing...Behaviour Change Communication...Health Communications.
Whatever term is familiar to you, the goal is about getting information out to where it’s need, when it is needed to make accurate decisions about one’s health.
In addition to tailoring information to the community being targeted, information also needs to be delivered in a medium that a community is comfortable engaging with.
Traditional marketing strategies have been useful in raising awareness about a health issue, but unfortunately awareness alone cannot change behaviour.
The is key is understanding why health decisions are made, and developing interventions that reach an individual when the decision or behaviour is occurring.
Check out some of the campaigns we developed with NFP organizations:
Egale Canada - The Gender Identity Bill
Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention - One Night. Your Choice. Take Control!
Want to see other work? - OV Social Marketing Portfolio
Program Evaluation
In a time when the term ‘austerity’ is used as often as ‘a double-double’
then it is imperative that programs and resources developed are proven to be effective and impactful.
Want to know if you are reaching the goals of your program or health communications campaign?
OV can perform formative and summative evaluations that will help you correct your current course of action,
or ensure that the next round of program delivery makes an even greater impact on a community’s health.
Research
Ensure your health programs are current and evidence-based by having OV conduct:
Project management (including developing project-related work plans and tracking their progress)
Literature (systematic) reviews
Environmental scans
Community needs assessments
Windshield surveys
Qualitative survey development & data analysis (statistical analysis)
Qualitative interviews & data analysis (coding)
Report writing
...and more!
Want to see some of the work we're done? Check out the report, "Who Feels It Knows" below as well as some literature reviews we've completed.
You could use these services on their own...
But used in tandem they can be a powerful means of behaviour change.
How?
Using Own Volition's simple formula.
Call Us for your own batch of behaviour change and watch your community soar!