The Health Promotion Alignment Framework

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For decades, program planners and funders have thrown money at reducing the negative states of physical health, with little to show for it. Fragmented, reactive spending remains the norm, and medical systems in every jurisdiction keep chasing downstream problems they can’t keep up with, let alone solve.

The Health Promotion Alignment Framework flips that logic. Instead of asking “How do we prevent, reduce or treat negative states of disease and disability?”, it starts with more useful questions: “What positive outcomes are we trying achieve?" and "What will it take to get there?”

Developed through years of interdisciplinary research and consultations with leading Canadian and international experts in health promotion, child development, and aging, the Framework offers a structured, life-course approach to reaching positive health outcomes and strengthening both economic and social resilience. It combines evidence, strategy, and operational tools to align actions across sectors and levels of government.

At its core, the Framework:

• Focuses on positive health outcomes, not just the reduction of illness
• Identifies key factors that influence the ability of people to reach these outcomes and thrive
• Maps those outcomes across life transitions, from early childhood to end of life
• Clarifies the roles of all contributor domains—individuals, governments, civil society, workplaces, schools, the medical system, and beyond
• Links to a growing inventory of evidence-based strategies for each sector
• Emphasizes measurable progress, alignment, and iteration over time

This isn’t a conceptual model or academic exercise. It’s a tool designed for real-world planning. For policy development, programs, implementation strategies, or cross-sector collaboration.
 

This is the kind of work we bring to complex challenges like this one. It's complex challenges, clarified. Evidence, made actionable. We don’t just think, we implement. And we don’t just implement, we do it with structure, logic, and strategy.

Download the full White Paper to see how the Health Promotion Alignment Framework supports national strategic, outcome-driven planning across health, education, social services, and economic policy.

 For us, this is what strategic, research-driven planning looks like!