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This book includes a collection of papers on the theories, methodologies, and practice of health promotion initiatives in Europe and the Americas. The 23 chapters are: (1) "A Framework for Health Promotion Evaluation" (Irving Rootman, Michael Goodstadt, Louise Potvin, and Jane Springett); (2) "Beyond Process and Outcome Evaluation: A Comprehensive Approach for Evaluating Health Promotion Programmes" (Louise Potvin, Slim Haddad, and Katherine L. Frohlich); (3) "What Counts as Evidence: Issues and Debates" (David V. McQueen and Laurie M. Anderson); (4) "Participatory Approaches to Evaluation in Health Promotion" (Jane Springett); (5) "Transformative Alliance between Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Health Promotion Research" (Sylvie Gendron); (6) "Evaluation of Quality-of-Life Initiatives in Health Promotion" (Dennis Raphael); (7) "Economic Evaluation of Health Promotion" (Christine Godfrey); (8) "Health Promotion: Towards a Quality Assurance Framework" (Richard Parish); (9) "Investigating Policy Networks for Health: Theory and Method in a Larger Organizational Perspective" (Evelyne de Leeuw); (10) "Evaluating Community Health Promotion Programmes" (Louise Potvin and Lucie Richard); (11) "Evaluating Community Initiatives for Health and Development" (Stephen B. Fawcett, Adrienne Paine-Andrews, Vincent T. Francisco, Jerry Schultz, Kimber P. Richter, Jannette Berkley-Patton, Jacqueline L. Fisher, Rhonda K. Lewis, Christine M. Lopez, Stergios Russos, Ella L. Williams, Kari J. Harris, and Paul Evensen); (12) "Evaluating Health Promotion in Schools: Reflections" (Sarah Stewart-Brown); (13) "Evaluating Health Promotion Programmes in the Workplace" (Lindsay Dugdill and Jane Springett); (14) "Evaluation in Urban Settings: The Challenge of Healthy Cities" (Lisa Curtice, Jane Springett, and Aine Kennedy); (15) "Evaluating Healthy Public Policies in Community and Regional Contexts" (Alfred Rutten); (16) "Evaluation of Health Promotion Policies: Tracking a Moving Target" (Nancy Milio); (17) "Evaluation of Countrywide Health Promotion Policies: The Canadian Experience" (Reg Warren, Irving Rootman, and Rick Wilson); (18) "Health Impact Assessment as a Tool for Health Promotion and Population Health" (C. James Frankish, Lawrence W. Green, Pamela A. Ratner, Treena Chomik, and Craig Larsen); (19) "Social Capital: Evaluation Implications for Community Health Promotion" (Marshall W. Kreuter, Nicole A. Lezin, Laura Young, and Adam N. Koplan); (20) "Case Study: The Canadian Heart Health Initiative" (Sylvie Stachenko); (21) "Issues in Evaluating Mass-Media Health Communication Campaigns" (Vicki Freimuth, Galen Cole, and Susan D. Kirby); (22) "Investment for Health: Developing a Multifaceted Appraisal Approach" (Erio Ziglio, Spencer Hagard, and Lowell S. Levin); and (23) "Evaluation in Health Promotion: Synthesis and Recommendations" (Michael S. Goodstadt, Brian Hyndman, David V. McQueen, Louise Potvin, Irving Rootman, and Jane Springett). (Papers contain references.) (SM)

This paper provides a review of the past 30 years of research on the relationships between migration or residential mobility and the quality of life broadly construed, mainly in Canada and the United States. In the final section a check-list of critical issues in quality-of-life research is given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A measure of feminism is introduced, and a case is made for the acceptability of its levels of reliability, criterion-related, content, construct and discriminant-validity. Feminism is shown to be related to such features of the quality of life as happiness and being a good person. Survey results are reported from a sample of 431 members of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women and 413 undergraduate women from the University of Guelph. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses militarism and the quality of life in the Canadian and U.S. arms industry. An overview is presented on the social indicators for Canada and the U.S. covering the years from about 1963 to 1983. Following this, the Canadian federal government expenditures is reviewed in general for the period from 1974 to 1986. A summary of information on the Canadian arms industry, including production and export figures is also provided. Accordingly, arguments are raised against the Canadian production and export of military arms broadly construed.