A health equity tool is a document or resource that identifies equity as a goal and can assess, measure or promote the inclusion of health equity considerations in policies or programs. Public health practitioners look to health equity tools to help identify actions that will address the socioenvironmental influences on health. As the number and […]
This webinar took place in English. Missed Part 1 of the series? Access the recording and summary here. This webinar is the second of a two-part series on the impact of racism on health and approaches to addressing racism and improving the health of Indigenous and racialized peoples. Racism, defined as a systemic force that impacts
This webinar will focus on factors in the urban built and social environments that promote child and youth mental health, as well as how public health can work to support these factors through upstream approaches. The built environment refers to structures, spaces and products created or modified by people. Elements such as housing, transportation, buildings
This webinar took place in English only. This webinar is the first of a two-part series on the impact of racism on health. The aim of the discussions is to explore approaches to addressing racism, as well as how to improve the health of Indigenous and racialized peoples. In this first webinar, our speakers will
Join us for a discussion of how participating in a collective impact initiative can deepen public health’s commitment to community engagement and health equity. This webinar will be of interest to anyone looking to learn more about working with community to make change; however, we recommend you read Collective Impact 3.0 from the Tamarack Institute
This webinar occured in English only. Cliquez ici pour le webinaire en français (13 decembre 2016). Intersectionality is an approach that puts forward the idea that multiple social positions (e.g., age, culture, (dis)ability, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, immigrant status, race, sexual orientation, social class, and religion) intersect at the level of individual experience to reflect multiple interlocking/intersecting systems
This webinar will explore: Data about overall Canadian health care costs and predictions for the next decade (societal trends) Data about how much health inequalities cost the Canadian health system and issues of data gathering, analysis and inference Examples of research and practice supporting greater investment in the determinants of health The importance of pilot
June 18, 2014 1-2:30 EDT The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health has completed an environmental scan to understand the current state of public health action on health equity across Canada and, specifically, any key changes that have taken place since a 2010 scan. The 2010 environmental scan assessed public health practices, barriers, and
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