[EQ] The Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention

The Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention


Public Health Agency of Canada

 

Website: http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/

 

The primary goals of the Canadian Best Practices Portal are to:

- Develop and disseminate best practices information for chronic disease prevention and control interventions

- Provide decision makers with a comprehensive and standardized resource about best practices for chronic disease prevention and control

- Create awareness of the overall Canadian Best Practices System through communication and marketing activities targeted to key audience:
  Decision makers in practice, Decision makers in policy development, Decision makers in research -.

 

Population Health Approach: the Organizing Framework

Best practices are only a part of an overall process that addresses the health of the population.

As defined by PHAC, the Population Health Approach focuses on improving health status through action directed toward the health of an entire population, or sub-population, rather than individuals.

http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/population_health/index-eng.html

 

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