Public Health Speaks: Advancing health equity through targeted universality
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers describe “targeted universalism” as an approach to reducing health inequities across the entire population.
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Public Health Speaks: Social determinants of health
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers share their understanding of health equity and the social determinants of health.
Public Health Speaks: Purposeful reporting for health equity
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers describe how data can be used to deliberately uncover the health equity and the social determinants of health picture in communities.
Public Health Speaks: Leadership for health equity
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers share their reflections on what effective public health leadership looks like: leadership that can advance the equitable distribution of health through interventions related to the social determinants.
Public Health Speaks: Advancing health equity through public health competencies
In this video, Canadian public health practitioners and researchers reflect on what competencies public health staff require to work effectively on creating a more equal society, and on how public health organizations can support the use of competencies.
Public Health Speaks: Intersectoral action for health equity
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers discuss the necessity to work across sectors and organizations to improve the social and economic factors that affect the distribution of health.
Public health speaks: Community engagement for health equity
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers discuss the importance of trust and relationship building in community engagement for health equity.
Comprehensive school health research: Evidence to action in PEI
Dr. Murnaghan, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of PEI, discusses how the SHAPES (School health action planning and evaluation system) framework is used to inform the design of chronic illness prevention initiatives in PEI schools. Her university-community research recommended policy and practice changes in schools, based on broader, local data.
Large forces affecting health equity: How health equity is affected by societal shifts such as hom
Dr. Lynn McIntyre, Professor and CIHR Chair in Gender and Health, University of Calgary and President of the Canadian Public Health Association, shows how financial policy affects people’s ability to purchase nutritious food.
What does it mean to “mobilize” community health?
Louise Potvin, Department of Social & Preventative Medicine, Université de Montréal, says that “mobilizing health” means working to improve two things: 1) availability of health protecting resources in a community; and 2) people’s capacity to transform those resources into health.