Supporting the position that health is a positive resource for everyday life, indicators that are based on assets, or positive attributes at an individual and/or community level need to be included in the Ministry’s evaluation framework (Jackson, 1995; Rajkumar, 1997). Furthermore, social indicators appropriate for a socioenvironmental approach to health promotion must incorporate subjective notions of “wellness” and “quality of life,” as well as subjective and objective measures of “social justice” and “social well-being” (see Appendix A for suggested quality of life and social well-being indicators). In order to measure subjective concepts such as what we mean by a “well” society, evaluations should include the perspectives of clients or populations served. This approach requires meaningful public debate in the setting of goals, purposes, guiding principles and evaluation indicators for IHSs at both a provincial and local level, and is consonant with health promotion’s emphasis on public participation (Eyles, 1994). It also demands that evaluations of IHSs impact on health include qualitative and quantitative measures. Not all areas of concern regarding the promotion of health can be quantifiably measured (e.g. wellness), and for these concepts rigorous qualitative evaluation methods are appropriate, valid and useful (Eyles, 1994).