Building a business case for preventive home visiting for pregnant women and mothers of young child
This rapid review uses evidence from research reviews to develop a business case for home visiting programs in Canada.
Children & Youth
Learning from practice: Targeting within universalism
This series of practice examples describes how three public health units use a targeting within universalism approach to advance health equity.
Pathways to improving well-being for Indigenous peoples: How living conditions decide health
This paper highlights the interconnectedness between social determinants and Indigenous peoples’ health. The authors argue that efforts to reduce current health inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples must attend not only to the symptoms of ill health, but also to the factors that underlie ill health.
Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health
The Rio Declaration is a call by the World Health Organization to end health inequities world-wide. Published in October, 2011, it outlines a global political commitment to eliminate health inequities and the underlying social conditions that cause them.
Health care in Canada: What makes us sick?: Canadian Medical Association town hall report
In this short report, the CMA summarizes Canadians’ feedback to the question “what makes us sick?”— feedback gathered during teleconference and town hall meetings. It makes 12 recommendations for action.
The gradient evaluation framework (GEF)
This comprehensive collection of tools, the result of collaboration among 12 European organizations in academia and public health, was designed to help you determine whether a policy will contribute to greater health equity among children and their families.
The role of public health agencies in addressing child and family poverty: Public health nurses’ per
Public health nurses are ideally situated to address the impact of child and family poverty on health, yet their voices are missing in the literature.
Early child public health home visiting annotated bibliography
This reference provides brief annotations for 147 articles related to early child development and public health home visiting.
Antoinette’s story: An introduction to an early child development model of care and post-natal home
This tool increases understanding about issues that influence early child development.
Pan-Canadian inventory of public health early child home visiting
This document provides key facts and a glossary based on a pan-Canadian environmental scan conducted by the NCCDH on public health early child home visiting programs.