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Social Determinants of Health In Action

While the fundamental social determinants of health will only be fully addressed with major shifts in government policy and action, there are many innovative Continue Reading…

Measuring Social Well-Being Not Just GDP

A recent post from the European Public Health Alliance on Measuring Progress in a Changing Europe argues for moving well beyond GDP as the dominant measure of Continue Reading…

Policy Network: Essay Collection Released

The Policy Network is a London-based European progressive think tank that does innovative research and thinking on pressing issues of social and economic Continue Reading…

Addressing Health Disparities through Community Engagement

One precondition for successfully addressing health disparities is to build on local community-based initiatives and on the needs and perspectives of local Continue Reading…

Weekly Update (Oct. 24th-28th)

Here are the contents (minus items that are independently highlighted in elsewhere on this blog) of the weekly update e-mail I recently sent out for those of Continue Reading…

Congratulations to Fife House

Congratulations to Fife House who have received a US$ 500,000 grant from the MAC AIDS Fund to expand their innovative transitional housing programme for people Continue Reading…

The Big Action on Health Is Far Beyond Health Care

I blogged earlier on how crucial it is to build equity into the new Action Plan for Health Care released by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. This is Continue Reading…

The Economic Case for Social Policy

The research evidence that public policy and investment directed towards reducing poverty and income inequality, improving early childhood development, ensuring Continue Reading…

European policy action on health inequality

A number of European countries have long emphasized comprehensive national strategies to reduce health disparities and address the social determinants of health Continue Reading…

POWER: A Vital Ingredient for Equity-Driven Health Reform

The POWER (Project for an Ontario Women's Health Evidence-Based Report) study has been an amazing source of data and evidence on population health, the Continue Reading…