…The province has announced that it will decrease its share of funding of Ontario’s public health units by up to 10 per cent. They will also decrease the number of units. The decrease of 35 public health units to 10 regional health boards is intended to reduce health-care bureaucracy and…
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New Federal Changes to Refugee Health Care Make a Bad Situation Far Worse
…indicate TB will not be identified if people are denied access to primary care. As these changes to the Interim Federal Benefits for refugees were first announced we did a Health Equity Impact Assessment, concluding that the real cost of cutting refugee health benefits would be virtually no access to…
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Stifling public health leadership is bad for Toronto’s health
Dynamic public health leadership in Toronto over the past 100 years has been a critical factor in creating a healthier and more equitable city. Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health has recently been the target of political and personal attacks for his evidence-based research and policy advice on the public health…
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Building Health Equity: Saskatoon’s Dr. Cory Neudorf Shares Lessons Learned
…of Health, Dr. Neudorf also began to re-shape the delivery of public health services, building health equity audit tools. Low-income schools also became one of the new areas of intervention, despite some pushback from parents. Immunizations were also enhanced. Health programs underwent equity audits, identifying barriers to quality health care…
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Growing health inequalities are ‘public health emergency’ warns Sir Michael Marmot
…on Vimeo. Links and Resources: The Wellesley Institute’s health equity portal – links to multiple resources Sir Michael Marmot’s home page at University College London (with links to publications and other resources) Final report of the WHO Social Determinants of Health Task Force Toronto Public Health’s Unequal City report on…
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Equitable Access to Mental Health Services a Must for Health Care in Canada
…Looking up at these other systems rather than looking down at the USA may help us deliver better health across Canada. Canada rated especially poorly on equity. The best overall health system – the UK – performed best worldwide on this front. In my experience, equity in Canada’s health systems…
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Oral health in Ontario is full of holes
…of low-income oral health services in Ontario, including integration and/or alignment with the rest of the health care system. We agree with this recommendation and encourage the province to conduct a Health Equity Impact Assessment to ensure that any program changes will improve the health of the most vulnerable Ontarians….
A Snapshot of Equity Initiatives on LHIN Websites–Central LHIN
…has three priorities: (1) Community of Practice, (2) Health Equity Policy and Planning and (3) a Diversity Data Profile Health Equity Policy and Plan The Health Equity Plan will create an internal health equity training program, develop health equity policies for LHIN governance and operations, and create a health equity…
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Why Hospitals Need to Build Health Equity In
…of LHINs have been using Health Equity Impact Assessment developed by the Ministry (view a recent presentation). It is difficult to predict if HEIA use will become mandatory, but why not proactively experiment with a proven tool? Finally, a number of hospitals – and not just the large Toronto academic…
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Health summit talks have an opportunity to turn to health equity
When health ministers meet in Vancouver this week they will discuss what a new national health accord will look like. In this discussion, the federal government has a powerful lever to improve health and health equity in Canada. The health accord is an opportunity to set out conditions that provinces…
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