The Policy Network is a London-based European progressive think tank that does innovative research and thinking on pressing issues of social and economic inequality, social change and public policy reform. It has released a new collection of “essays by progressive academics and politicians in Europe on the challenge of immigration and social integration in Western […]
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 […]
Knowledge Exchange Planning Guide
The Institute for Work and Health, working with John Lavis, a leading expert on knowledge exchange for health research, have developed a practical and clear planning guide, designed to be used with facilitated workshops. It is organized around five key principles, which can be posed as questions: what is the message? who is the intended […]
Race & Health Disparaties in the U.S.
Kate Meyers of the Kaiser Permanent Institute for Health Policy has done a comprehensive and insightful review of the research literature on race and health disparities in the US. The goal of her paper is to help develop a clear conceptual and multi-sectoral analytical framework to understand disparities and a platform from which better policy […]
New Website On The Social Determinants Of Health
The Public Health Agency of Canada has launched a new web site related to Canada’s work in the World Health Organization’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. It provides information on the Canadian reference group (I was at a consultation on the role of civil society in relation to the SDoH organized by the […]
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New Journal: Progress in Community Health Partnerships (PCHP)
The first issue of the new journal Progress in Community Health Partnerships (PCHP): Research, Education and Action (Spring 2007, Vol. 1.1) has just been released. Members of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health can subscribe to the journal at a 20% discount. Click here for details. Its mission is to “facilitate dissemination of programs that use community […]
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Health Equity Into Policy Action
Recently, I spoke on health equity into policy action at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. This was the first of a series of policy conversations they are planning to have, and it was very interesting to talk to management and policy staff from across the Ministry. My main point was that, even though […]
European Policy and Global Health
A recent report from the European Foundation Centre argued that European social and economic policy should take global health into account. It stressed the “internationalization of health risks and ever greater interdependence. Global health requires cooperation and coordination.” For example, European farm subsidies have an adverse impact on the economies and trade patterns of poor […]
Social Determinants of Health into Policy Action
The social determinants of health have been notoriously difficult to implement into concrete policy and programmes. Still, groups across the country are analysing and experimenting with how social determinants and health equity can be addressed on the ground through front-line service delivery and through community development. One such group is the Edmonton Social Planning Council. […]
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Broader Engagement in Local Planning Processes
Wellesley and many other community groups have been emphasizing that effective and meaningful community participation will be crucial to the success of the new LHINs and to the development of an innovative new provincial health strategy. One of the critical challenges will be ensuring that the full range of community voices and interests can be […]
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