This document summarizes an online conversation—hosted by the NCCDH in 2013— about developing the skills and competencies needed by public health staff, and the organizational systems that need to be in place, to support health equity work.
Leadership is integral to action on the social determinants of health and health equity. This guest blog written by Erika Haney, Marty Mako and Tannisha Lambert for the alPHa-OPHA Health Equity Workgroup in Ontario describes the leadership framework used in their work. The Health Equity Workgroup (HEWG) is a joint work group of the Association
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers describe “targeted universalism” as an approach to reducing health inequities across the entire population.
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers share their reflections on what effective public health leadership looks like: leadership that can advance the equitable distribution of health through interventions related to the social determinants.
This story about leadership at Western Health in Newfoundland is one of a series of case studies about leadership for health equity. This case explores the structures and processes the health authority put in place to support intersectoral action and community engagement for health equity.
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers discuss the necessity to work across sectors and organizations to improve the social and economic factors that affect the distribution of health.
This story is about Nunavut’s highly collaborative approach to poverty reduction, and is part of an NCCDH series about leadership for health equity. It discusses the roots of poverty in the territory, and how government and community organizations set out together to build health through poverty reduction.
Four public health experts talk about how both having organizational standards, and going through a process of developing standards, can build an organization’s capacity to advance health equity.
This project set out to identify factors or conditions that influence effective public health leadership to improve health equity. Interviews were conducted with 14 Canadian public health leaders and themes were identified using an appreciative inquiry method.
This case study starts at the beginning – building support for health equity among senior health managers. It outlines how to find and nurture health equity champions.
