{"id":14342,"date":"2015-01-15T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccdh-dev.media-doc.ca\/who-is-using-the-public-health-roles-for-health-equity-action-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T19:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:24:20","slug":"who-is-using-the-public-health-roles-for-health-equity-action-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccdh-dev.media-doc.ca\/fr\/who-is-using-the-public-health-roles-for-health-equity-action-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is using the public health roles for health equity action?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/nccdh-dev.media-doc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Public_Health_Roles_Diagram.webp\" style=\"height:240px;width:300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&nbsp;Assess &amp; report on a health inequities &amp; effective strategies<\/li>\n<li>Modify &amp; orient interventions &amp; services<\/li>\n<li>Partner with other government &amp; community organizations<\/li>\n<li>Lead, support &amp; participate with others to influence policy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>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&rsquo;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.&nbsp; We&rsquo;ve also used the roles to organize how we present our work on our website.<\/p>\n<p>In interviews conducted for our 2014 Environmental Scan, we learned that many public health practitioners have found the roles helpful in framing and planning their work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit used the roles to guide the development of their health equity framework, and continues to use them to evaluate the scope of their work<\/li>\n<li>Halton Region Health Unit used the roles to make a successful case for a Health Equity Steering Committee, included them in the committee&rsquo;s terms of reference, and use them as a meeting agenda template<\/li>\n<li>Middlesex-London Health Unit used the roles to design unit-wide professional development workshops<\/li>\n<li>Sudbury District Health Unit mapped the 10 promising practices that guide their Health Equity Action Plan with the four roles, and found great consistency and relevance<\/li>\n<li>Ontario&rsquo;s SDOH nurses used them to evaluate past activities and develop future plans.<\/li>\n<li>alPHa\/OPHA Health Equity Workgroup grounded their recent Health Equity Indicator Development work in the four roles<\/li>\n<li>Health and Wellness Nova Scotia used the four roles as a &ldquo;touchstone&rdquo; to guide their health equity planning, and they are in the province&rsquo;s 2011-2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/novascotia.ca\/dhw\/publichealth\/documents\/Public_Health_Standards_EN.pdf\">public health standards<\/a><\/li>\n<li>York District Health Unit has been using the roles to develop their Health Equity Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the challenges of health equity and social determinants work is that it is so broad; the roles framework helps public health teams look at the full range of their work and make strategic choices.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a story about using the roles framework please contact me at <a href=\"http:\/\/kfish@stfx.ca\">kfish@stfx.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s 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.  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