Health Equity: 12/01/08

Monday, December 1, 2008

[EQ] The Bamako call to action: research for health

The Bamako call to action: research for health

Editorial
The Lancet - Vol 372 - November 29, 2008

Website: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

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“…..An important focus of the call to action was to ensure that re search priorities were determined by countries, not global in stitutions. To this end, the multilateral contributors to Bamako—WHO, UNESCO, and the World Bank—were asked to promote, expand, and implement research strategies with an emphasis on listening to country agendas and responding to their priorities. The idea of Nov 18 as an annual World Day of Research for Health was proposed as one means to maintain attention on this lever for health improvement.

The Bamako call to action will now go to WHO’s Executive Board next January. It will be up to the governing bodies of WHO to devise all possible means to implement these urgent country requests. What was most encouraging about the Bamako process was the way in which politicians and experts engaged in an energetic exchange of serious ideas. Policy makers and scientists too often seem to exist in different worlds, missing every opportunity to learn from one another. In Mali, WHO and its partners succeeded in bringing these two worlds together to forge a remarkable alliance.

Last week’s deliberations were an example of what can be achieved through patient and persistent engagement. 2009 must be the year when the promises of Bamako are acted upon…”

Related websites:

PAHO/WHO: http://new.paho.org/Bamako2008eng

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[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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[EQ] Canada: An up-close look at seven major health professions

An up-close look at seven major health professions

Work patterns vary by age and gender

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) - December 1, 2008

Available online at: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=home_e

In a series of five new reports released today, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) provides the latest available and most comprehensive data in Canada about the supply, distribution, migration, education, demographic trends and work patterns for seven major health professions.

The reports highlight changes in workforce trends over several years for physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and registered psychiatric nurses, as well as recent data for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and pharmacists.

“More than one million people in Canada are employed in health occupations, working together as part of a health care team,” says Francine Anne Roy, Director of Health Resources Information at CIHI. “The services offered by these workers are critical to the health and well-being of Canadians. Understanding who they are, their work patterns and how their workforce is evolving is vital in planning for the future of health care in Canada.”

Reports

Information about:

· Supply, Distribution and Migration of Canadian Physicians, 2007

· Workforce Trends of Occupational Therapists in Canada, 2007

· Workforce Trends of Physiotherapists in Canada, 2007

· Workforce Trends of Pharmacists for Selected Provinces and Territories in Canada, 2007

· Regulated Nurses: Trends, 2003 to 2007

· Watch a presentation highlighting these reports

Figures and Tables

· Figure 1. Average Age by Profession, 2007

· Figure 2. Age Distributions in Health Care Professions, 2007

· Figure 3.1. Male Health Professionals—Part-Time and Full-Time Status, 2007

· Figure 3.2. Female Health Professionals—Part-Time and Full-Time Status, 2007

· Figure 4. Percentage of Internationally Trained Health Care Workers by Profession, 2007

· Figure 5. Percentage of Female Medical Specialists, 2007

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