Power imbalance is a root cause of health inequities. This installment of the Let’s Talk Series guides recognition and analysis of power imbalance in public health. It also gives examples of how to deploy strategies to both build community power and limit the power of those who benefit from inequity.
This federal action plan identifies six priority areas to address inequities experienced by 2SLGBTQI+ communities in Canada.
This report by the Black Nurses Task Force of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario provides recommendations to address anti-Black racism in the nursing profession. The recommendations are based on a survey in 2020 completed by 205 Black nurses in Ontario and the findings of a scoping review of the literature.
This rapid review and checklist of promising practices responds to a need for guidance on how to integrate intersectionality into each step of quantitative health equity analysis.
In this case study report, The United Way of Greater Toronto describes the efforts of Auduzhe’s partner organizations Na-Me-Res, Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto, and the Well Living House to improve accurate collection of Indigenous COVID-19 data, which is dramatically underreported in urban environments.
Developed as a companion to the 2022 Chief Public Health Officer’s report, this document identifies research and knowledge generation opportunities that support public health action on the climate crisis.
Released in October 2022, this annual report of the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) of Canada makes the case for increased investment in public health action to address the climate and health crisis.
This report from the National Collaborating Centre for Public Policy (NCCHPP) describes five key roles for public health in population mental health and wellness promotion, including practice examples to demonstrate how these roles look in action.
This report presents data on key indicators of child and youth wellbeing in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, and includes recommendations for action on poverty and systemic racism as the most urgent threats.
This 2020 publication from the American Public Health Association examines the relationships and connections between housing, health equity and health outcomes, framed within the broader context of structural racism and its effects on neighborhood segregation, access to health-generating resources and wealth accumulation.
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