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HIA Into Policy Development
…for public policies in all sectors to identify the potential impact of new policies and programs on the health of the population. The ministry of health receives all of the assessments. The National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy’s paper, entitled “Health Impact Assessment In Québec: When The Law Becomes…
Toronto’s cost-cutting proposals will have serious impact on the health of vulnerable people, warns Medical Officer of Health
In his in his review of the potential health impacts of Toronto’s Core Service Review, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David McKeown, has cautioned that some City of Toronto cost-cutting proposals will have a serious health impact on the city’s most vulnerable populations. In his report, Dr. McKeown warns…
Wellesley Community Roundtables on Health Equity
…were prepared to facilitate this ‘sharpening’ exercise at the February: Operationalizing health equity within the health system How to identify the most promising of the ideas generated at the December roundtables, Health Equity Working Session, February 28, 2008 – Backgrounder Health Equity Now: A Working Paper on the Best First…
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Access to prescription drugs – HEIA in the Federal Election
…afford the drugs they need9. The anxiety associated with inability to afford basic necessities such as food, housing, prescription drugs and dental forces individuals to make trade-offs which may impact their health, such as making the decision whether to fill a prescription or go to the dentist. Health Equity Impacts…
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A safe and equitable return to school: Can Ontario pass the test?
…made a priority this school year. The reopening of schools is a multifaceted issue, and with missteps potentially exacerbating inequities in both health and educational outcomes, the Province needs to conduct an equity-focused impact assessment on the matter. This would involve systematic assessments of potential health impacts, as well as…
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Does Upholding The Right To Health Decrease Inequities?
…the right to health and make it a legally binding obligation within its jurisdiction. So, do we have a right to health in Canada? Yes. But what does that mean? The right to health is not the right to be healthy. There is no policy or health care service that…
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More Resources On HEIA And HIA
Here are a few places providing more information about and examples of equity-focused health impact assessment: The Canadian National Collaborating Centre on Healthy Public Policy has a paper on HIA and inequities. A 2004 issue of the New South Wales Health Impact Assessment Project E-News is all about equity-focused HIA….
Toronto City Council Debates Equitable Access to Good Health and Health Care for Uninsured Residents
…of course, action needs to be taken by other levels of government. Starting points that would make a huge difference would be for Ontario to remove the three-month wait period for OHIP for new immigrants and for the federal government to rescind its very damaging cuts to refugee health care….
Actions to address the impact of cuts to refugee health benefits
As we have previously blogged, the federal government recently cut health benefits for many refugees. In The Real Cost of Cutting Refugee Health Benefits, the Wellesley Institute argued that these cuts would have an unfair and inequitable impact on some of the most vulnerable people in Canada. It is totally…
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