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Key public health resources for anti-racism action: A curated list
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Key public health resources for anti-racism action: A curated list
This reading list is designed to offer a starting point for public health practitioners hoping to deepen their understanding of the causes and implications of structural racism. In addition, the collection highlights different strategies for dismantling racist systems and offers examples of communities that have experience success with these aims.
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Published: 2018
Trends in Income-Related Health Inequalities in Canada: Summary Report
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Trends in Income-Related Health Inequalities in Canada: Summary Report
This collection of resources documents the trend in income-related health inequalities in Canada for 16 health indicators over the past 10 years. This is a one-stop-shop for national, provincial and territorial data on the topic, and includes a public summary and info graphics.
Author: Canadian Institute for Health Information
Published: 2015
Let’s talk: Racism and health equity
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Let’s talk: Racism and health equity
The seventh release in our Let’s Talk series discusses racism as a critical factor that impacts health and wellbeing. The concepts of race, racism and racialization are described, with attention to settler colonialism and structural racism.
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Published: 2018
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
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
Position statement and recommendations on responses to food insecurity
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Position statement and recommendations on responses to food insecurity
The Ontario Dietitians in Public Health’s food security working group reviewed and compiled research to support implementation of income-based policy approaches to reduce poverty as the most effective way to address food insecurity.
Author: Ontario Dietitians in Public Health 
Published: 2020
A review of frameworks on the determinants of health
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A review of frameworks on the determinants of health
This document presents a brief analysis of 37 social determinants of health frameworks that best reflect an intersectoral perspective. It also offers an in-depth analysis of the seven frameworks considered most useful for understanding and acting on the social determinants across sectors.
Author: Canadian Council on Social Determinants of Health
Published: 2015
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