Monday, December 1, 2008

[EQ] First Steps to Equity Ideas and Strategies

First Steps to Equity - Ideas and Strategies for Health Equity in Ontario, 2008-2010

 

November, 2008

 

Dianne Patychuk, a social epidemiologist and health equity consultant with Steps to Equity in Toronto, Ontario

Daniela Seskar-Hencic, Manager, Health Determinants, Planning and Evaluation, Region of Waterloo Public Health

 

Available online PDF file [30p.] at: http://www.healthnexus.ca/policy/firststeps_healthyequity.pdf

 

 

"….This publication is a resource for public health professionals that uses a health equity lens to describe how population health assessment, research and program evaluation can contribute to addressing health inequities. The resource is posted at www.helathnexus.ca on the healthy public policy page.

 

This resource was developed to assist with identification of priority populations in response to the release (Nov 14, 2008) of the Foundational Standard and the Population Health Assessment and Surveillance Protocol that are included in the new Ontario Public Health Standards. The new Standards are at:

http://www.ontario.ca/publichealthstandards ..."

 

 

Contents

- Ontario Public Health Standards Then and Now

- A Future Scenario – 2015 and getting there from here

- Taking Steps Towards Equity

- Assessment and Surveillance

- Research

- Knowledge Mobilization

- Equity Effectiveness Evaluation

- Equitable Allocation of Resources

- Case Studies

- Back to the Future

- Appendices, Resources

 

 

 

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