Where are the Men?
This is about an initiative that Northern Health, in British Columbia, undertook to improve the health of men in their region, and how their work showcases community engagement as a promising practice to reduce inequities in health.
My new health equity position: Where do I start?
This blog describes my initial work in matching the NCCDH’s four "Public Health Roles for Improving Health Equity" with concrete examples and tools. This piece of work gave me some sense of ‘where to start.’ Public Health Roles for Improving Health Equity.
Who is using the public health roles for health equity action?
Since our consultant Brent Moloughney brought the four public health roles for health equity action to our attention, in 2010, we have been both promoting them as a framework (Let’s Talk Public health roles for health equity: an action framework and a 2013 CNNET webinar) and tracking how people in public health are using them.
The 5 Ws of Intersectoral Collaboration
What is intersectoral collaboration (ISC)? Why engage in this practice, when is it needed, and who participates? Click here to learn more.
Beyond indicators …
New release! How and what we learned about equity-integrated population health status reporting. The final document in the Learning Together series from the Population Health Status Reporting Initiative is now available on our website; this may be the end of the series, but it’s also the beginning of our work to develop a deeper understanding of what it takes to move beyond health equity indicators to action.
Ontario’s health promoters focus on moving upstream
In September, Health Promotion Ontario hosted its 26th conference. As with last year’s conference the theme was the social determinants of health.
The power of people and systems – An interview with Dr. Benita Cohen
This is our last excerpt interview from the Public Health Speaks: Organizational standards as a promising practice to advance health equity in preparation for the Dec. 3rd webinar. Join us starting next Tuesday for the online conversation.
The power of people and systems – An interview with Dr. Rosana Pellizzari
Follow us each Tuesday until November 26th to read an excerpt from Public Health Speaks: Organizational standards as a promising practice to advance health equity to help co-create the December 3rd webinar.