Presentation by Bob Gardner, Director Public Policy, to Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Feb. 2007) Here is the presentation: Health Equity Policy Conversation Sp Notes Feb 07 View more documents from WellesleyInstitute….
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Health systems and Health equity
Conference: International Union for Health Promotion and Education in Vancouver
…good health care planning and delivery, and more specifically, to grounding and guiding the kinds of policy action needed to tackle health disparities. The speaking notes outline twelve key facets of effective and equitable community engagement, especially within regional health authorities such as the Local Health Integration Networks in Ontario….
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HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform
…of community involvement, consumer-driven care, multi-disciplinary and integrated delivery, and overall innovation from providers and AIDS service organizations puts them in a strong position to make an important contribution to progressive reform. I had earlier made a speech to the Ontario Society of Physicians in HIV Care along similar lines….
Effective And Responsive Community Engagement
Written as a type of planning checklist for Ontario’s LHINs (2006), this paper by Bob Gardner sets out critical success factors for developing responsive and effective community engagement. Download this file….
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Second Stage of Medicare
…work in fleshing out this vision of the future is being done by the Association of Ontario Health Centres and the Canadian Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations in advocating for completing the second stage of Medicare. They remind us that Tommy Douglas and the original founders of Medicare always…
LHINs, Health Reform and HIV/AIDS Care
Presentation to the Ontario Society of Physicians in HIV Care by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy. November 28th, 2006. Here is the presentation: LHINs, Health Reform and HIV/AIDS Care View more documents from WellesleyInstitute….
Operationalizing Health Equity: How Ontario’s Health Services Can Contribute To Reducing Health Disparities
Author(s): Dr. Michael Rachlis Released: March, 2008 Summary: Research commissioned by the Wellesley Institute, this report looks at the Ontario Health Quality Council’s equity framework and the operationalization of health equity. Part of the Wellesley Community Roundtables on Health Equity. Download the report here ….
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally about Health Reform
…disparities can be developed and implemented. Ontario is in a position to do this now, with the recent establishment of the Local Health Integration Networks. As Bob notes, there have been some interesting and effective examples of initiatives undertaken in other jurisdictions in Canada and internationally where there is a…
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Let Us Talk About Sex
Principal Investigator: Portuguese Speaking Interagency Network Partner Organizations: Portuguese-Canadian National Congress; St.Stephen’s Community House; St.Christopher House; VIVER Coalition; AIDS Committee of Toronto; Brazil-Angolan Community Centre; Working Women Community Centre; Grupo Brasil do Ontario; Angolan Students’ Association Principal Investigator: Gila Raposo An environmental scan of the sexual attitudues, behaviours, and potential…
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Wellesley Community Roundtables on Health Equity
…all participants: Delivering Equity: Community-Based Models for Access and Integration in Ontario’s Health System by Dr. Michael Rachlis, November 2007. Health and Equity: What Can the Health Care System do? Presentation by Dr. Michael Rachlis, with discussion regarding provincial and LHIN interest in equity by Dr. Bob Gardner, December 2007….
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