The report encourages public health organizations and agencies to strengthen integration of climate change mitigation strategies into their work. Case studies are provided that tell the story of local public health organizations and agencies collaborating with municipalities and community groups to inspire and guide public health action.
How is structure defined when we talk about its influence on the social determinants of health? This journal article proposes a new conceptualization of structure in public health.
This global report defines key concepts, brings together literature and data on the health status and determinants of health for migrants and refugees, and lays out a framework for essential, urgent action for shared health.
Influencing the structural determinants of health to advance health equity requires more than Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) work; it requires shifting the balance of power relations. This editorial calls for public health to act intentionally to shift power relations.
This NCCDH review of the literature discusses health equity frameworks that can be used to advance equity in public health contexts. Readers are invited to consider how frameworks, and the ways we work together to create or use them, can break down systems of oppression.
Many health policies are urban-centric, focused on cost-effective considerations, and do not address inequities faced by rural communities. This commentary proposes a framework to assist public health practitioners, policy-, and decision-makers to consider and build health equity in rural communities in Canada.
This journal article details the role the commercial sector will play in global health and health equity. It outlines practical steps the commercial sector can take to prevent health harms caused by the commercial determinants of health. These practical examples can guide public health practitioners whose work overlaps or involves collaboration with the commercial sector.
Many corporate actors contribute to health and health equity, positively and negatively. This journal article defines and proposes a model for the commercial determinants of health to develop public health’s understanding of the concept and guide action to address these determinants.
Thriving, as opposed to surviving, can prevent ongoing homelessness and promote social justice. In this study, researchers explore the conditions needed for people leaving homelessness to sustain their housing, but also to create a life of meaning.
This case study highlights the experience of the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre in supporting nail technicians in the Greater Toronto Area to build community and worker power to advance equity.
