This collection of resources created jointly by Alliance for Healthier Communities and Access Alliance was developed to support organization-level capacity to address health inequities in healthcare access and quality, as well as health outcomes in community health services.
Building Healthy, Equitable Communities is a series of six training modules by ChangeLab Solutions. The series is focused on addressing health inequities through policy development that is geared to meet the needs of communities at risk of structural and health inequities.
This webinar took place in English. As part of the Organizational Capacity for Health Equity Action Initiative, the NCCDH is hosting a series of webinars to discuss ways to strengthen organizational capacity for health equity. The webinar series is based on evidence, learning circle discussions and experiences of the two public health organizations implementing organizational change projects.
This introductory document provides an overview of the NCCDH’s Organizational Capacity for Health Equity Action Initiative (OCI), its objectives and its format. This document is the first OCI entry in our new Learning Together series on organizational capacity.
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.
This practice tool from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) outlines five steps to help integrate health equity into existing and new public health interventions. It prompts users to identify equity elements relevant to their intervention and ways to address them.
This webinar took place in English. As part of the Organizational Capacity for Health Equity Action initiative the NCCDH is hosting a series of webinars to discuss ways to strengthen organizational capacity for health equity. The webinar series is based on evidence, learning circle discussions and experiences of the two public health organizations implementing organizational
This commentary article from Ruth Shim, Carol Koplan, Frederick J.P. Langheim, Marc W. Manseau, Rebecca A. Powers and Michael T. Compton provides an overview of the social determinants of mental health, the importance of a population-based approach to positive mental health promotion and opportunities for individual and policy-level action.
This 18-item Self-Evaluation Tool for Action in Partnership allows partners collaboratively working on a specific project to evaluate the strength of their partnership with respect to six conditions of effective partnership.
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.
