Wellesley Institute

Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.

Home Blog Health systems and Health equity Measuring equity: what we heard from the field and next steps

Bob Gardner

Measuring equity: what we heard from the field and next steps

Over the past few months Longwoods has been publishing a blog series about health equity with contributions from a range of health and health equity thought leaders.

In this week’s blog, the Wellesley Institute’s Steve Barnes reflects on what we heard at a recent roundtable that we hosted with the Equity MAgIC group to discuss how to use measurement to drive equity into action in health care. The blog identifies ten guiding themes and recommendations that came out of roundtable working groups, including the importance of having clear starting points, sharing the data that we have, and looking for opportunities to act.

The previous blog in this series was from long-time Wellesley collaborator Sanjeev Sridharan on the challenges in evaluating equity and other complex evaluations. Earlier in the series, the Wellesley Institute’s Bob Gardner blogged about setting out an overall health equity roadmap.

Categories:    
Bob Gardner

Bob Gardner

Bob Gardner was the Director of Policy at Wellesley Institute, 2006-2014. His expertise was in health equity policy working with governments, LHINs, service provider networks, and community partners to develop effective strategies and action plans to enhance health equity. He served on many health policy advisory forums, working groups and boards. Bob has a Ph.D. in sociology; has been an academic, public sector executive and consultant; and has been a community activist on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and other issues

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.