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Steve Barnes

Health Equity Roadmap: Community Health Days

Equity is being emphasized in many Community Health Days organized across the province by Community Health Centres and other local partners.  I spoke at the Kitchener day whose focus was on mobilizing for health equity for immigrant and refugees.  I set out an overview of how to build health equity strategy, priorities and tools into action.

There was enormous energy in the small group discussions and it was clear that a great deal of innovation was going on across the community.  It was also a chance to flesh out how equity strategies can be adapted and customized for the dynamics of medium sized cities. There was a report of the day and my talk in the local  media.

Health equity – to kitchener community health day april 28 2010
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Steve Barnes

Steve Barnes

Steve Barnes was the Director of Policy at the Wellesley Institute 2015-2016, and a Policy Advisor 2010-2015. He holds a MA in political science from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and has published on political leadership and political socialization. Prior to joining the Wellesley Institute Steve worked as a policy advisor for the Government of Ontario. He has also held positions in the New Zealand public sector and at Victoria University. Steve’s policy interests include understanding how policy decisions made outside of the health sphere affect health outcomes and creating policy solutions that address unequal and unfair health outcomes. steveb_ON

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