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Pan-Canadian inventory of public health early child home visiting

This document provides key facts and a glossary based on a pan-Canadian environmental scan conducted by the NCCDH on public health early child home visiting programs.

Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health

Published: 2009

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10 Promising practices to guide local public health practice to reduce social inequities in health

These reports describe how the Sudbury & District Health Unit gathered and synthesized evidence to prioritize and guide local public health action to reduce social inequities in health.

Author: Public Health Sudbury & District

Published: 2011

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Assessing the impact and effectiveness of intersectoral action on the social determinants of health

This rapid systematic review examines the impact and effectiveness of intersectoral action as a public health practice to advance health equity.

Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health

Published: 2012

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Stepping it up: Moving the focus from health care in Canada to a healthier Canada

This report explains why collaborative and whole of government approaches are needed to address the determinants of health.

Author: Health Council of Canada

Published: 2010

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Social inequalities in health in Montréal 2011: Progress to date

This report highlights population health changes related to equity over a decade in Montreal.

Author: Report of the Director of Public Health

Published: 2011

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Reducing gaps in health: A focus on socio-economic status in urban Canada

This literature review and original data analysis explores the relationship between health and socio-economic status in urban Canada.

Author: Canadian Population Health Initiative

Published: 2008

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What are the social determinants of health?

This factsheet provides background information on the social determinants of health.

Author: National Collaborating Centers for Public Health (NCCPH) & National Collaborating Center for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)

Published: 2012

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Reducing health inequalities: A challenge for our times

Provides an overview on health inequalities in Canada, their causes, the vulnerable groups they affect and what can be done to reduce them.

Author: Public Health Agency of Canada

Published: 2011

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Environmental scan of school readiness for health

This review of the literature describes school readiness from a health and early child development perspective.

Author: Human Early Learning Partnership and National Collaborative Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)

Published: 2012

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Researcher-practitioner health equity workshop: Bridging the gap – Proceedings & highlights

These documents summarize the NCCDH and CIHR-IPPH co-hosted “Researcher-Practitioner Health Equity Workshop: Bridging the Gap” held in February 2012.

Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health & Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Published: 2012

Resource Type: Report / Document

Pan-Canadian inventory of public health early child home visiting

10 Promising practices to guide local public health practice to reduce social inequities in health

Assessing the impact and effectiveness of intersectoral action on the social determinants of health

Stepping it up: Moving the focus from health care in Canada to a healthier Canada

Social inequalities in health in Montréal 2011: Progress to date

Reducing gaps in health: A focus on socio-economic status in urban Canada

What are the social determinants of health?

Reducing health inequalities: A challenge for our times

Environmental scan of school readiness for health

Researcher-practitioner health equity workshop: Bridging the gap – Proceedings & highlights