A guide for a community-based COVID-19 recovery
This guide from the Tamarack Institute focuses on community-based response to recovery from COVID-19.
Community engagement
Equity-centred COVID-19 response
Ce webinaire de l’organisme Making Health Happen porte sur la fonction de responsable de l’équité dans le comté de Washington, en Oregon, durant la pandémie de COVID-19.
How health departments can address police violence as a public health issue: Recommendations and specific actions for health departments to take to help end police violence
In this resource, Human Impact Partners offers specific actions public health departments can take to help end police violence.
Webinar: Rethinking vaccine confidence: Supporting uptake through equitable community responses
This event took place in English. Canadians’ COVID-19 vaccine confidence has improved over time, but significant inequities in vaccine uptake remain. Communities with the highest health and social burden of COVID-19 are also those with the lowest levels of vaccine access and uptake. This highlights the continuing impacts of the social and structural determinants of
Engagement, governance, access, and protection (EGAP) framework
This 2021 report from the Black Health Equity Working Group outlines the Engagement, Governance, Access and Protection (EGAP) Framework for the collection and use of race-based data from Black communities to advance health equity and dismantle systemic racism.
Let’s Talk: Community engagement for health equity
This installment of the Let’s Talk series defines community engagement for health equity and encourages viewing community members as stakeholders and partners in public health decision-making. As a resource, it explores key practices and actions for public health to build capacity for authentic engagement with communities that live with inequities.
Social participation: Synergies in systems strengthening & emergency response
This webinar from the World Health Organization focuses on the importance of social participation and investing in mechanisms to dialogue with people and communities in relation to COVID-19. More specifically, it explores these topics as they relate to strengthening emergency responses.
From risk to resilience: An equity approach to COVID-19
Released in October 2020, this annual report of the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) of Canada reviews how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequities across the country. This year’s edition builds on the CPHO’s 2019 report, titled Addressing stigma towards a more inclusive health system.
Guide to equitable, community-driven climate preparedness planning
This guide from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network proposes a framework that places those who are most vulnerable to climate change at the centre of preparedness and adaptation planning. It draws on evidence and knowledge related to racial equity, climate change and community engagement.
Enablers and barriers to community engagement in public health emergency preparedness: A literature
This journal article from Ramsbottom et al. presents the findings from a literature review identifying enablers and barriers to collaboration between communities and institutions for emergency preparedness.