Drawing from a review of social and political theories, this paper provides a refined, clear and practical definition of the structural determinants of health. The authors make the case that interventions to address the social and structural determinants of health differ because interventions in the latter shift power relations.
This self-directed introductory online course from the NCCDH and Public Health Ontario is designed to build knowledge, skills and competencies in health equity work. Updates made in 2023 include refreshed content and updated links.
Use this guidance to support clinicians, researchers, decision makers, and funders to consider ways to address gaps in reporting inequities in health outcomes to enhance health equity.
Health promotion is a universal approach for creating a healthy society. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion lays the foundation to achieving health built on five core actions: build healthy public policy, create supportive environments, strengthen community actions, develop personal skills, and reorient health services. The Charter has provided the foundation for public and population
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.
This commentary focuses on the digital inequities that prevail in the growing virtual care system post-COVID-19.
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 NCCDH review of the evidence describes how hazardous work and precarious employment conditions impact health inequities in Canada. It illustrates why decent work is a solution to these inequities and is a vital domain for public health action.
This report by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) presents data from the Health Inequalities Reporting Initiative (HIRI) on COVID-19 mortality rates during the first eight months of 2020 in Canada.
This webpage produced by the United Nations Development Programme presents regularly updated data on COVID-19 vaccine equity, access and affordability in different countries, areas and territories across the globe.
