At our latest Learning Circle meeting, we focused on what would make the “perfect indicator” and what our experience has taught us about trying to find and integrate effective equity indicators.
There is no “one size fits all” approach to population health status reports and reporting processes! That was the conclusion of the first Learning Circle meeting of the Population Health Status Reporting Initiative held in March 2012. To frame the March 2012 Learning Circle discussion, the NCCDH summarized evidence from the grey and scholarly literature
What happens when you mix together a bunch of public health practitioners and researchers from across Canada that are passionate about population health status reporting, with one regional health authority willing to try something new? You get a “Learning Circle” and a whole lot of stimulating conversation! The idea behind this Learning Circle is to
The NCCDH is pleased to present an expedited rapid systematic review examining the effectiveness and impact of intersectoral action as a public health practice to advance health equity.
In February of this year, we collaborated with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Population and Public Health (CIHR-IPPH) and several partners to host a 2 day workshop aimed at bridging the gap between research and practice in health equity. Health equity, the absence of unfair and avoidable differences in health among population
In February 2012, Carmen Dell, Alycia Fridkin, and Fareen Karachiwalla attended the Researcher-Practitioner Health Equity Workshop: Bridging the Gap. We thank them for this reflection: It was a pleasure and honour to be student attendees at the Health Equity Workshop in Toronto hosted by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) and CIHR’s
We’ve found four gems of the social determinants of health in action across the country! These cases show how to build leadership and support for health equity, empower a community to take action, and use community knowledge along with formal research to build programs on the best available evidence. Learn about Developing New Brunswick ‘s
