This briefing note introduces public health stakeholders to eight broad, and commonly used approaches to reducing health inequalities. The note also aims to help readers distinguish between these eight approaches.
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.
This paper highlights the experience of Hamilton Public Health in advocating for the social determinants of health and health equity.
The purpose of this report is to showcase Canada’s recent actions that contribute to the commitments stated in the World Health Organization’s Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health .
This animated video uses population data to illustrate the differing life-long influences of social inequalities on underprivileged and affluent citizens.
This document summarizes an online conversation—hosted by the NCCDH in 2013— about the use and value of a four-role model for public health action to improve health equity.
This case study explores the development and implementation of social determinant of health public health nurse (SDH PHN) positions across Ontario’s 36 public health agencies. The report explores the supports and barriers to implementing equity-focused positions to improve public health organization capacity to act on SDH and advance health equity. This is one of a series of case studies about leadership for health equity.
The authors of this document analysed the application of health equity assessment tools (HEATs) in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Canada to identify facilitators and barriers to success.
This is the story of Saskatoon Health Region’s (SHR) work to improve immunization rates and reduce the spread of influenza in Saskatoon’s six core neighbourhoods. SHR’s existing strong socio-economic and health disparities data made it possible to prioritize these core neighbourhoods for H1N1 vaccination programs.
This story describes how Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors prioritized Aboriginal peoples in its response to the 2009-10 H1N1 influenza pandemic, and used this experience to further develop influenza prevention and immunization equity measures.
