In 2013, the NCCDH set out to identify and assess good-quality online learning courses on the topics of the social determinants of health and health equity (in both English and French) for public health staff. This report describes our purpose, methodology and results.
This document summarizes an online conversation hosted by the NCCDH in 2013 about public health leadership for health equity.
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
The authors of this document analysed the application of health equity assessment tools (HEATs) in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Canada to identify facilitators and barriers to success.
First in a series of five policy briefs describing practical actions to address inequities in health facing Europe, The equity action spectrum describes a framework that can be used by regions to develop comprehensive and systematic ways to address inequities in health.
This article identifies challenges of putting equity-focused research into practice and how community based participatory research (CBPR) can address these challenges. CBPR involves researchers working with communities on issues important to them, and to improve health and eliminate health disparities.
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.
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