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Learning from practice: Targeting within universalism
This series of practice examples describes how three public health units use a targeting within universalism approach to advance health equity.
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A conceptual framework for action on the social determinants of health
This paper introduces the conceptual framework that guides the work of the WHO’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. The document describes how the framework came about, its two “levels of causation’ of health inequities, and the “policy directions” it points to.
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Public Health Speaks: Organizational standards as a promising practice for health equity
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.
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What contributes to successful public health leadership for health equity? An appreciative inquiry
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.
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Let’s Talk: Public health roles for improving health equity
The four public health roles is a framework that can help organizations make health equity a strategic focus of their governance, policies, and partnerships.
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Let’s Talk: Universal and targeted approaches to health equity
Research indicates that interventions designed to close the gap between the most and least healthy can unwittingly result in a wider gap. This resource is a condensed guide to the differences, strengths and challenges of targeted, proportionate and universal approaches to improving health equity.
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The Chief Public Health Officer’s report on the state of public health in Canada
The fifth, theme-based, annual report published by the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada focuses on sex-and gender-rooted health inequalities and what has been done and what can be done to address them.
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Tools and approaches for assessing and supporting public health action on the social determinants of health and health equity
This quick-reference guide is intended for public health practitioners, planners and decision makers who want to strengthen the equitability of public health and health sector programs and services.
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Core competencies for public health in Canada
This assessment explores how the determinants of health are reflected in Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: Release 1.0.
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Health equity impact assessment (HEIA) tool
The Health Equity Impact Assessment Tool, which includes a workbook and a template, was developed to help decision makers identify how a program, policy or other initiative will impact the health of population groups in both intended and unintended ways.