This framework, assessment tool and summary report from Lambton Public Health describe key elements of public health capacity to take action on health equity at an organization level.
The Health Inequities Series is a set of fact sheets designed by Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health. They are meant to support professional development and competence in understanding and applying the underlying concepts related to SDH and health inequities and how they relate to public health program standards.
This framework for applying health equity to public health programs provides the foundation for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s 2012–16 strategic plan.
In this blog post by NCCDH Program Manager Faith Layden, the author identifies common elements found in the NCCDH’s 2018 analysis of gaps in Canadian public health’s capacity to act on health equity.
This user guide describes a set of indicators that can be used to assess and demonstrate actions being taken by public health organizations in working towards health equity.
This self-directed learning tool is designed for public health middle-managers with diverse experiences, disciplines and tenure. The tool helps cultivate the knowledge, skills and attitudes public health middle managers need to facilitate the development and implementation of public health strategies and interventions that reduce health inequities.
This report summarizes the key findings of a scoping review and metasummary on public health leadership action for health equity. It explores essential elements and opportunities for leadership development.
The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) is launching a 20-month participatory initiative to test ways to develop organizational capacity to advance health equity. To learn more, please contact nccdh@stfx.ca.
This blog is part of a blog-series to be published in 2017. This blog describes the NCCDH’s current initiative to become more intentionally anti-racist and better enabled to translate knowledge that will facilitate public health to address racism and racialization in their work places and as a structural determinant of health and inequity in the population.
This action guide is the culmination of a National Quality Forum project in the U.S. which used a multi-stakeholder collaborative process to develop a common framework and practical guidance for improving population health.
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