Over the last year, the Wellesley Institute has been working with community and health sector partners to provide expert advice on how to build a health-enabling social assistance system to inform the work of the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario. On Friday, we made our second formal submission to the Commission: […]
Building a Social Assistance System that Enables Good Health for All: Start from a Powerful Vision
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been blogging about the submission to the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario that the Wellesley Institute wrote as part of a collaboration of health leaders. So far, I’ve blogged about the submission itself and about how the social assistance system causes poor health. This […]
Building Action on the Social Determinants of Health
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Building Equity and Social Determinants of Health Into ‘Healthy Communities’ Planning
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Building Equity In: Hospital Planning And Service Delivery
Hospitals are a vital part of the health care system. Some hospitals have developed equity plans and made strong commitments to meeting the needs of health disadvantaged populations, and ensuring equitable access and quality in their services and within their organizations; others less so. This is a short briefing note on pressures hospitals will be […]
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Building Equity Into Cancer Care
One big challenge in health system reform is identifying the levers or mechanisms that can drive lasting system-wide change. Cancer Care Ontario and the advisory Cancer Quality Council of Ontario have shown the great potential of concentrated attention and coordinated planning, organization and delivery around this key health challenge. CQCO plays a vital role in […]
Building Equity Into Health Reform: Innovative Primary Care
Two success conditions for equitable reform of the healthcare system are to increase access to high-quality primary care, especially for the most health disadvantaged populations, and to build on the potential of the many effective front-line and community-based innovations addressing the impact of health disparities across the country. A very interesting recent report from the […]
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Building Equity Into Ontario’s New Health Care Action Plan
The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care today launched an ambitious plan to transform Ontario’s health care system. It identifies key drivers of change to improve access, quality and value; all underlain by improved system coordination and coherence, and by service and quality innovation. These are positive directions, but the opportunity must not be lost […]
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Building Equity Into Ontario’s New Health Care Action Plan
The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care recently released an ambitious plan to transform Ontario’s health-care system. It identifies key drivers of change to improve access, quality and value; all underlain by improved system coordination and coherence, and by service and quality innovation. These are positive directions, but there is a critical element missing. We […]
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Building Health and Equity Into Policy: Policy Orientated Health Equity Impact Assessments
Addressing “wicked” policy and social problems such as systemic health inequities and their underlying social determinants requires comprehensive and coordinated action across government and other sectors – and that needs good planning. Health equity impact assessments have been emphasized here in Ontario and in many other jurisdictions as one key way to ensure equity is […]