Introduction to Upstream
Introduction to Upstream is a short, animated, introductory film that illustrates upstream thinking. It demonstrates ways we can use upstream thinking to improve the health of the general population.
Community engagement
What is social media, and how can it support knowledge exchange on the social determinants of health
This document summarizes an online conversation—hosted by the NCCDH in 2013— about the use of social media in public health.
Review summary: Community engagement to reduce inequalities in health
Community engagement is central to understanding and addressing health inequalities. This document summarizes the findings of a multi-method systematic review on community engagement and presents implications for public health research and practice in Canada.
Let’s Talk: Advocacy and health equity
This addition to the NCCDH’s “Let’s Talk” series discusses advocacy within public health. Attention is brought to the shift towards advocacy in upstream policy and structural change. Discussion questions are included to help public health staff examine their work.
Public Health Speaks: Public Health Roles for Improving Health Equity
This document summarizes an online conversation—hosted by the NCCDH in 2013— about the use and value of a four-role model for public health action to improve health equity.
Public Health Speaks: Where are the resources to “move upstream” in Public Health work?
This document summarizes an online conversation—hosted by the NCCDH in 2014— about finding resources to move public health work upstream.
Health for All: Building Winnipeg’s Health Equity Action Plan
This report lays the foundation for a Health Equity Action Plan for the city of Winnipeg. The document provides a framework for understanding and collaboratively addressing health equity by introducing principles, strategies, and suggested areas for action.
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.
Community-based participatory research contributions to intervention research
This article identifies challenges of putting equity-focused research into practice and how community based participatory research (CBPR) can address these challenges. CBPR involves researchers working with communities on issues important to them, and to improve health and eliminate health disparities.
Public Health Speaks: Purposeful reporting for health equity
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers describe how data can be used to deliberately uncover the health equity and the social determinants of health picture in communities.