…be better addressed in impact assessments. Innovative tools and resources for Mental Well-being Impact Assessment have been developed. HEIA Resources Templates and User Guides for Equity-Focused Impact Assessment More resources on HEIA and HIA International Support and Resources for HIA HIA Into Policy Development Engaging the Community in HIA …
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Templates and User Guides for Equity-Focused Impact Assessment
A number of jurisdictions have developed tools, templates, and user guides for equity-focused impact assessment: Wales and New Zealand have led in developing and implementing focused HEIA tools. New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has produced a health equity assessment tool and a user’s guide on how to use the tool…
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Supervised injection services play a critical 3rd role in health
…determinants of health for drug users. Integrated Supervised injection services in existing health care facilities can provide critical referrals to health and social supports like additions treatment, primary health care and housing services that can improve the health and well-being of drug users. The social determinants of health are the…
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What the candidates aren’t talking about – HEIA in the Federal Election
…aren’t talking about and that deserve more attention. Health equity impact assessments support decision makers to incorporate health and health equity in all policies by identifying potential health impacts and enhancing positive impacts while reducing negative impacts. Using a health equity impact assessment tool 1 we identified populations that may…
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Racism, Health & What You Can Do About It
…the impact of racism ensure that their actions do not by mistake increase racism and its impacts. Ontario already has a model of Health Equity Impact Assessment. The Ministry of Health and Long Term care have a great tool, super training and communities of interest online. If those creating policies…
Early Childhood Education and Care – HEIA in the Federal Election
…a social determinant of health. In Raphael, D (Ed) Social Determinants of Health, 2nd ed. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc. ↩ Block S (2010). Work and health: Exploring the impact of employment on health disparities. Wellesley Institute. https://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Work_and_Health.pdf ↩ http://www.conservative.ca/cpc/more-support-for-parents/ ↩ http://www.greenparty.ca/en/platform ↩ https://www.liberal.ca/files/2015/08/Working-for-modern-Canadian-families.pdf, https://www.liberal.ca/files/2015/10/New-plan-for-a-strong-middle-class.pdf ↩ http://www.ndp.ca/childcare ↩ http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/mulcair-says-ndp-government-would-keep-tory-child-care-benefits ↩…
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What the Candidates Aren’t Talking About: HEIA in the 2014 Mayoral Election
…2014. Accessed October 1, 2014. http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Toronto%20Public%20Health/Healthy%20Public%20Policy/Report%20Library/PDF%20Reports%20Repository/2014%20Air%20Pollution%20Burden%20of%20Illness%20Tech%20RPT%20final.pdf. ↩ Toronto Public Health. Path to Healthier Air: Toronto Air Pollution Burden of Illness Update, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2014. http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Toronto%20Public%20Health/Healthy%20Public%20Policy/Report%20Library/PDF%20Reports%20Repository/2014%20Air%20Pollution%20Burden%20of%20Illness%20Tech%20RPT%20final.pdf ↩ Toronto Public Health. Path to Healthier Air: Toronto Air Pollution Burden of Illness Update. ↩ Toronto Public Health. Path to Healthier Air:…
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A new normal for health coverage
…because of its gaps. This is contrary to the primary objective of Canadian health care policy, which is “to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers.” People getting the care they…
Election 2022: Seniors’ care
…groups who wanted access to culturally and linguistically appropriate services. We documented how inadequate provision of care negatively impacts not just seniors, but their family and caregivers – and the costs it imposes on our acute healthcare system. We called for a New Normal with an expansion of person-centred and…
Driving Health on the Gardiner
…of a policy or program decision, while Health Equity Impact Assessments analyze potential to influence health inequities and/or the health of disadvantaged populations. Undertaking a health impact assessment and a health equity impact assessment is the only way that city councillors can be confident that their decisions won’t worsen health…