Shifting the conversation: Incorporating equity into Nutrition Month
Guest bloggers Christine Johnson (health equity lead) and Karen MacKinnon (nutritionist) discuss Nutrition Month and shifting nutrition communications.
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A retirement statement from Connie Clement, outgoing scientific director of the NCCDH
The NCCDH’s longstanding scientific director, Connie Clement, wrote a note to the NCCDH community about her upcoming retirement in March 2019.
The impact of inequities, poverty and racism on the health of children
In this blog post, Knowledge Translation Specialist Dianne Oickle discusses how inequities in early childhood have a longstanding effect on a person’s health outcomes.
Considering equity in public health and health systems: An example from northwestern Ontario
In this blog post by epidemiologist Brianne Wood, the author discusses the use of data to shape practice at the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and the North West Local Health Integration Network, where she works.
Beyond assessing and reporting: Acting on evidence of inequity in the in the Maritime provinces
NCCDH Knowledge Translation Specialist Teri Emrich spoke to public health organizations in the Maritime provinces who released health inequities reports in recent years to hear how they have been making use of the data.
Housing: An area for public health action on equity
In this blog post, NCCDH Knowledge Translation Specialist Dianne Oickle introduces the goals of the NCCDH’s recent product package focusing on public health action on housing insecurity.
Building health equity into healthy built environments: A Saskatoon perspective
In this blog post, population health promoter Cora Janzen (Saskatchewan Health Authority) discusses how healthy built environments and health equity intersect in Saskatoon’s poverty-reduction strategy and use of lived experience in her health authority’s work
Filling gaps to improve health outcomes
In this blog post by NCCDH Program Manager Faith Layden, the author identifies common elements found in the NCCDH’s 2018 analysis of gaps in Canadian public health’s capacity to act on health equity.
Promoting community walkability through meaningful community engagement in Alberta communities
When I first started working for Alberta Health Services in 2011, I was tasked with creating the WalkABle Alberta community engagement process to create community reports that provide recommendations to improve community walkability. Let me tell you what I did.
Reflections from a health equity educator
Devin Wood is an MSc student at Carleton University in Ottawa, ON, who worked as the NCCDH’s student health equity educator in July and August 2018.