This morning, Dr. Monika Dutt, Cape Breton’s Medical Officer of Health, spoke to CBC Radio about options and opportunities to reduce the health impacts of obesity. Dr. Dutt was responding to a recent call from the Ontario Medical Association to put graphic pictures on junk food packaging to deter people from eating these kinds of […]
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Equity
Chronic disease prevention and management is a key health priority for the Ontario government, as evidenced by a chronic disease framework and disease-specific strategies. And as the government looks to reign in health spending, we can expect an even greater focus on health promotion initiatives that reduce health care costs. A new report released yesterday […]
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CHSRF Research Tools
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation has long published useful guides, reports and other resources on knowledge exchange and how to effectively get research to decision-makers. The have developed a valuable new database of tools to help organizations create, share and use research. They collect strategies, stories, frameworks, evaluation plans and other literature, categorized into […]
Closing the Gap
The European Commission has initiated a major project ” Closing the Gap: Strategies for Action to Tackle Health Inequalities ” to address health disparities. They have created a European Health Inequalities Portal with links to relevant agencies and networks, a database of best practices and country specific data on polices and programs. Among their very […]
Closing The Health Council Of Canada: Another Missed Opportunity
By Bob Gardner and Emily Wong The federal government’s decision to stop funding the Health Council of Canada as of March 2014 had prompted an outcry from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and other health care organizations, which fear the loss of an independent voice to monitor health system performance and reform. CMA president, Dr. […]
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CNA: backgrounder on the social determinants of health
The Canadian Nurses Association has done a backgrounder on the social determinants of health for its members. The Association urges nurses to build understanding the social determinants into their assessments, and treatment and follow up plans; know what community resources are available to clients; if they work with disadvantaged communities, to help people with common […]
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Communications Tools
Building on the work done by the AOHC, the Wellesley Institute commissioned a number of generic communications tools to help advocates effectively incorporate Second Stage ideas in health reform debates. We hope progressive health organizations will find them useful. We take a creative commons approach to this kind of knowledge mobilization. Please use these tools […]
Community Consultations and LHINs
One of the major challenges of community engagement processes such as the recent consultation undertaken by the Toronto Central LHIN is ensuring that the full diversity of voices and perspectives are heard. Access Alliance, a Toronto Community Health Centre focussing on the health needs of immigrant and refugee communities, was concerned that these communites had […]
Community Engagement in Ontario and Beyond
There has been a great deal of discussion of community engagement in health planning in Ontario. Both the LHINs as they are beginning to plan out regional priorities and the Province as it is developing its new overall health strategy want to involve as many communities and individuals as possible. It is always useful to […]
Community Health Centres Of Greater Toronto Health Equity Plan
Leading LHINs (Local Health Integration Networks) in Ontario and Regional Health Authorities across the country have prioritized reducing systemic health inequities. They have encouraged and enabled comprehensive local health equity strategies and health care providers and institutions to develop equity plans. In a unique innovative example of sectoral coordination, Community Health Centres of Greater Toronto […]
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