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Canadian Institute of Child Health
OTTAWA,
ON - The Canadian Institute of Child Health
today unveiled
"Many parents are constantly juggling work and caring for their families so they need 24-hour, seven days a week access to parenting information that is reliable and credible," says Dawn Walker, Executive Director, Canadian Institute of Child Health. "e-Parenting Network will provide parents with the information they need, when they need it. In addition, each module is presented by child health experts and is supported by research so they know it is from a trusted source."
One-stop resource for all your child health concerns e-Parenting Network, hosted by Jayne Glenn, a New Brunswick mother of two and host of "Put A Lid On It" on the LIFE Network, is a series of eight online interactive webcasts presented by child health specialists in the areas of Nutrition, Safety and Injury Prevention, Climate Change, and Family Relationships/Positive Parenting. The content of each module is developed by a Project Advisory Committee that monitors the direction of the project; a Project Education Specialist, who compiles and analyses current data and produces a research paper on the specific topic; and finally a Sub-Advisory Committee, consisting of child health professionals, to review the content for accuracy.
Reliable information at your fingertips To view a webcast, parents, guardians, grandparents, and caregivers should go to www.eparentingnetwork.ca and click on the topic of interest. Each topic on parenting issues features web pages, which include a viewable video, downloadable and printable documents, and research material, as well as links to other child health resources. The content and question and answer component of each module is delivered by an expert in the specific field and runs for approximately 40 minutes. To ask the expert presenter a question, viewers simply click on the icon and send an e-mail before or during the webcast. Videos will also be archived so visitors to the site can view a previously aired session. The e-Parenting Network website will also be continuously updated with the latest research and information on child health issues. e-Parenting Network sessions can be viewed on any computer with Microsoft's Media Player.
e-Parenting Network has been made possible by the support of project partners, which include Canadian Library Association, Canadian Public Health Association and Industry Canada's Community Access Program. Various Canadian corporations dedicated to supporting child health initiatives sponsor each module, including Cheerios® and AOL Canada. Government funding is provided by the Government of Canada Climate Change Action Fund and Human Resources Development Canada - Office of Learning Technologies.
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