Learning from Practice: Advocacy for health equity – Generation Squeeze
This paper highlights the experience of the non-profit group Generation Squeeze in advocating for increased investment in people in their 20s, 30s and 40s and their children.
Leadership & capacity building
The REFLEX-ISS tool: Taking better account of social inequalities in health
REFLEX-ISS is a discussion tool intended to facilitate the conversation on how to incorporate considerations of social inequalities in health into routine projects.
Taking action on the social determinants of health: Insights from politicians, policymakers and lobb
Through interviews with current politicians, senior bureaucrats and external lobbyists, this report examined how approaches to shift the distribution of the social determinants of health and improve health equity fit the Australian political context.
Improving population health by working with communities: Action guide 3.0
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.
Doctors for health equity. The role of the World Medical Association, national medical associations
The aim of this report is to contribute to Professor Sir Michael Marmot’s Presidency of the World Medical Association and to support the WMA’s Declaration of Oslo on the Social Determinants of Health.
Common agenda for public health action on health equity
This paper identifies eight common priorities of public health stakeholders who are working to improve the social determinants of health and health equity.
Economic arguments for shifting health dollars upstream
This discussion paper presents key economic arguments that support the call to re-think how we distribute health care dollars, concluding that a shift towards the upstream determinants of health is warranted on the basis of economics, as well as social justice values.
Learning from Practice: Advocacy for health equity – Hamilton Public Health Services
This paper highlights the experience of Hamilton Public Health in advocating for the social determinants of health and health equity.
Multiple actors bringing diverse knowledge to improve health equity: Dialogue proceedings
These proceedings summarize an open space forum held in Quebec City in 2015. The event explored the question: “What are the opportunities to reduce social inequities in health if we bring together knowledge gathered from experience, intervention, research, and decision-making?”
Equity action: Health equity tools for health system managers (Canada) – Online course
Intended for planners, health policy-makers, health system managers and other stakeholders, this online course provides insight into how health regions across Canada are addressing health equity.