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Louise Potvin, PhD, Sylvie Gendron, PhD, Angèle Bilodeau, PhD and Patrick Chabot, PhD

Louise Potvin, Sylvie Gendron, and Angèle Bilodeau are with the Lea-Roback Centre for Research on Social Health Inequalities of Montreal, Quebec. Louise Potvin and Angèle Bilodeau also are with the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal. Angèle Bilodeau is also with the Public Health Directorate, Montreal Agency for Health and Social Services. Sylvie Gendron is also with the School of Nursing, University of Montreal. Patrick Chabot is with the Groupe de Recherché sur les Aspects Sociaux de la Prévention, University of Montreal.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Louise Potvin, PhD, Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, PO Box 6128, Station Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada (e-mail: louise.potvin{at}umontreal.ca).

ABSTRACT

The innovative practice that resulted from the Ottawa Charter challenges public health knowledge about programming and evaluation. Specifically, there is a need to formulate program theory that embraces social determinants of health and local actors’ mobilization for social change. Likewise, it is imperative to develop a theory of evaluation that fosters reflexive understanding of public health programs engaged in social change.

We believe advances in contemporary social theory that are founded on a critique of modernity and that articulate a coherent theory of practice should be considered when addressing these critical challenges.

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