Childhood obesity is increasing in Ontario and has significant health implications. But not all children are affected equally by the burden of poor health and Continue Reading…
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Childhood obesity is increasing in Ontario and has significant health implications. But not all children are affected equally by the burden of poor health and Continue Reading…
A presentation by Bob Gardner on embedding equity in LHIN and provider deliverables at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care HEIA Conference Continue Reading…
Public health have long been leaders in health equity strategy (see Sudbury's Ten Promising Practices). One key direction has been working with local Continue Reading…
Public health have long been leaders in advancing health equity: whether developing comprehensive equity strategies, conducting local research on the roots of Continue Reading…
Evidence from around the world shows that enhancing access to high quality comprehensive primary care for disadvantaged people and communities is one of them Continue Reading…
Building broad local partnerships and collaborations among service providers, community agencies and residents is one vital part of driving health equity into Continue Reading…
One of the challenges in figuring out how to act on complex problems such as systemic health and other inequalities is identifying the key pathways where change Continue Reading…
Denise Kouri, Kouri Research Commissioned by the Wellesley Institute Health disparities are a topic of increasing importance in Canada. In the last two Continue Reading…
Systemic and damaging health inequities have been increasingly on the policy agenda across the world in the last decade. A number of European countries have Continue Reading…
Mental health is a crucial part of health and health equity. I presented to Grand Rounds Psychiatry at a Toronto academic hospital on how to build equity into Continue Reading…
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