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Policy approaches to reducing health inequalities
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Policy approaches to reducing health inequalities
This briefing note introduces public health stakeholders to eight broad, and commonly used approaches to reducing health inequalities. The note also aims to help readers distinguish between these eight approaches.
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
Published: 2016
Public health use of digital technology to advance health equity
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Public health use of digital technology to advance health equity
This paper presents findings on two surveys of how public health professionals exchange knowledge and act to improve the social determinants of health and health equity in digital spaces like social media.
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Published: 2017
Collective impact and public health: An old/new approach — Stories of two Canadian initiatives
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Collective impact and public health: An old/new approach — Stories of two Canadian initiatives
A groundswell of interest has emerged recently in using collective impact (CI) to tackle entrenched social problems. This blended case story describes two CI initiatives in which public health is significantly involved: London Ontario’s Child & Youth Network and The Child & Youth Health Network on Vancouver Island.
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Published: 2017
Learning from Practice: Advocacy for health equity – Environmental racism
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Learning from Practice: Advocacy for health equity – Environmental racism
This paper highlights the experience of the Nova Scotia-based Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health (ENRICH) project in advocating against environmental racism that impacts Mi’kmaq and African-Canadian communities.
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Published: 2017
Learning from Practice: Advocacy for health equity – Food security
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Learning from Practice: Advocacy for health equity – Food security
This paper discusses advocacy for food security based on the experiences of the Ontario Association of Public Health Nutrition Professionals and Food Secure Canada. It highlights the application of a range of public health advocacy roles.
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Published: 2017
Public Health Speaks: Upstream action on food insecurity
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Public Health Speaks: Upstream action on food insecurity
Leading thinkers and practitioners in the area of food insecurity engage in discussion about how public health practice can move beyond a charity focus to addressing food insecurity and take action through upstream policy solutions.
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Published: 2017
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