Wellesley Visiting Scholar John Myles has published a very interesting paper on the changing impact of income inequality. John is a professor in the Department Continue Reading…
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Social and Economic Inequality Dynamics
November 2, 2006 by
The impact that poverty, low wages and other facets of social and economic inequality have on health is well documented. One pre-condition to being able to Continue Reading…
Local Action on Population Health
January 17, 2011 by
The Role of Local Government in Promoting Wellbeing is a very interesting British report written by the New Economics Foundation for Local Government Continue Reading…
Broader Engagement in Local Planning Processes
January 18, 2007 by
Wellesley and many other community groups have been emphasizing that effective and meaningful community participation will be crucial to the success of the new Continue Reading…
Ten Promising Practices on Equity from Sudbury Public Health
August 9, 2012 by
Public health is one of the most important policy and service delivery mechanisms for addressing health inequities. The Sudbury and District Health Unit has Continue Reading…
Winnipeg Integrated Health and Social Services
July 30, 2007 by
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…
Blueprint for Action on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity
May 14, 2008 by
I recently presented to a Portuguese-Canadian National Congress action meeting on health. They were discussing the Viva! Health Project, really interesting Continue Reading…
Recommendations for specific amendments to Bill 36 on LHINs
February 13, 2006 by
Rick Blickstead and I presented a brief to the Standing Committee on Social Policy of the Ontario Legislature January 30 on the LHINs (Local Health Integration Continue Reading…
Don’t Forget Equity in Health Funding Reform
March 8, 2010 by
We need to ensure that equity is built into the provincial government’s plans to restructure the way funding is allocated to hospitals (see Ontario proposes Continue Reading…
Social Determinants of Health Applied to Social Policy
November 9, 2006 by
A recent report commissioned by the Alberta Coalition for Healthy School Communities provides an interesting example of a social determinants of health approach Continue Reading…
