Friday, July 22, 2011

[EQ] Reducing Health Inequities: A Health System Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention

Towards Reducing Health Inequities: A Health System Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention.

A Discussion Paper.
Vancouver, BC: Population & Public Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, (2011)


Available online PDF file at: http://bit.ly/r4HuZD

This report adds value in a number of ways by:

• Focusing on what the health system can do in relation to the design and delivery of services, with a particular emphasis on prevention;

• Uncovering and sharing information about several current BC initiatives and recent policy directions that can
  support the health system’s role in reducing health inequities;

• Providing more detailed information about issues and barriers within the health system in BC that may be inadvertently creating
  or perpetuating health inequities that contribute to chronic diseases in three specific underserved populations.
  Seven overarching barriers are identified that affect the availability, accessibility, and acceptability of health services in BC
(see Section 4);

• Proposing five recommendations for action for addressing the barriers faced by those underserved populations (see Section 5),
  and highlighting two of those recommendations as priority recommendations
(see Section 6);

• Building on the recommendations for action by identifying 27 specific opportunities for appropriate and relevant actions the health system can take (see Section 5);

• Identifying opportunities for further dialogue and action (see Section 6); and

• Providing a list of relevant equity related tools, resources, frameworks, and local activities and initiatives that can be aligned with,
  utilized, adapted, or built upon to implement the recommendations for action
(see Appendix D & E).

 

Tools and resources include health equity/assessment tools, indicators, health literacy toolkits and courses, cultural competency training modules, community engagement frameworks, and cultural broker/patient navigator modules. These tools and  resources are conveniently organized by the opportunities for action they are intended to support…”

 

Content:

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Content and Organization of the Discussion Paper

2.0 Overview of the Reducing Health Inequities Project

3.0 Background

3.1 Chronic Disease in British Columbia

3.2 Health Inequities in British Columbia

3.3 Promoting Health Equity within the Health System

3.3.1 How the Health System Impacts Health Equity

3.4 Recent Policy Directions Supporting the Health System’s Role in Reducing Health Inequities

4.0 Health System Barriers

4.1 Availability

4.2 Accessibility

4.3 Acceptability

5.0 Recommendations for Action

6.0 Moving Towards Reducing Health Inequities:

Recommendations & Additional Opportunities

7.0 Moving Towards Reducing Health Inequities: A Call to Action

Appendix A: Participants in the Reducing Health Inequities Project

Appendix B: Frameworks for Understanding Equity and Health Systems

Appendix C: Specific Recommendations of the Three Working Groups

Appendix D: Aligning with Ongoing Activities and Initiatives

Appendix E: Existing Resources and Initiatives

References

PROJECT:
Reducing Health Inequities: A Health System Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention
Website:  http://bit.ly/r9heKR
A Health System Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention project to identify the actions the health system can take towards reducing health inequities. 

Three underserved populations were indentified for the focus of this work:
- immigrants,
- refugees, and  
- individuals transitioning into and out of the corrections system. 

An engagement process was undertaken with a wide range of key stakeholders from across BC representing health authorities, government, and community organizations to collectively put forward recommendations for action to reduce health inequities and improve the quality and accessibility of the health system's policies, programs and services. ….”

Chronic Disease Prevention project Steering Committee:

Paola Ardiles, Chair (BC Mental Health & Addiction Services)

Lydia Drasic (PHSA Population & Public Health)

Carole Gillam (Vancouver Coastal Health, Primary Care)

Andrew Kmetic (PHSA Population & Public Health)

John Millar (PHSA Population & Public Health)

Ann Pederson (BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre and the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health)

Meredith Woermke (PHSA Population & Public Health)


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[EQ] 2012 World Congress on Public Health - Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats

2012 World Congress on Public Health

Towards Global Health Equity: Opportunities and Threats

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April 22-27

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: http://bit.ly/e02iEw
Abstract Submission Deadline is Friday, October 21, 2011 - Midnight Pacific time

Website: http://bit.ly/qGcyjM

 

“….The World Federation of Public Health Associations and the Ethiopian Public Health Association invite local, national and international public health leaders, service providers, advocates, trainers and students to submit abstracts dealing with major issues related to opportunities and threats in realizing global health equity.

 

These abstracts should demonstrate the role that public health could play in addressing emerging issues and current problems that contribute to global health inequity. Abstracts should also showcase innovations, tools, transferable knowledge, and technology.
Highlighting these lessons learned from across the globe, will help us make collective decisions and recommendations to the global health community, thereby, moving us forward towards sustainable global health equity….”



To submit abstracts in the following topics:

Achieving Millennium Development Goals: Vital for Global Health Equity

Armed Conflict and Health Impacts (including Mental Health)

Climate Change and the Impact on Strategies for Global Health

Forums for Public Health In Africa

Global Health, State of the World Economy, Rapid Urbanization and Health System

Health Equity – A Global Social Responsibility

Health Insurance, Social Health Insurance, Micro Insurance; Implications for Public Health

Health Systems Development – Integrating Public Health

HIV/AIDS – Own, Scale-up and Sustain

Household Food Security and Public Health

Human Resources in Public Health; Towards Workforce Strategies

Maternal and Child Health – Achieving MDGs & Sustaining Them

Non-communicable Diseases – Innovative Approaches for Health Promotion

Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness: Lessons learned and challenges ahead

Primary Health Care – A Feasible Road Toward the MDGs

Public Health Laws and Regulations

Resetting Financial Aid for Global Health

Sexual Health and Public Health

Strengthening Capacity Building for Public Health- Public Health Education and Workforce Needs

Strengthening Public Health Organizations for Global Health

The Health of Indigenous and Ethnic Minorities (including Traditional Medicine)

The Public Health Response to Migration

 


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[EQ] Global Pharmaceutical Development and Access: Critical Issues of Ethics and Equity

Global Pharmaceutical Development and Access: Critical Issues of Ethics and Equity


Agustín Lage Dávila, Director of the Molecular Immunology Center, Havana, Cuba

MEDICC Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine - Special Article

Available online at: PDF: http://bit.ly/nqFvZt

“……….The article presents global data on access to pharmaceuticals and discusses underlying barriers. Two are highly visible: pricing policies and intellectual property rights; two are less recognized: the regulatory environment and scientific and technological capacities.

Two ongoing transitions influence and even distort the problem of universal access to medications: the epidemiologic transition to an increasing burden of chronic non-communicable diseases; and the growing role of biotechnology products (especially immunobiologicals) in the pharmacopeia.

Examples from Cuba and Brazil are used to explore what can and should be done to address commercial, regulatory, and technological aspects of assuring universal access to medications…”

MEDICC Review Vol. 13, No 3 July, 2011

New issue now online: Achieving Universal Health Care: http://bit.ly/cjKeVZ


Table of Contents
Editorial: Equity Matters

Interview

Roundtable: Revisiting Innovative Leaders in Medical Education

André-Jacques Neusy and Bjorg Palsdottir

Feature

Cuban Maternity Homes: A Model to Address At-Risk Pregnancy

Conner Gorry

Original Research
Intentional Injury in Young People in Vietnam: Prevalence and Social Correlates

Linh Cu Le and Robert W. Blum

Cuba’s Strategy for Childhood Tuberculosis Control, 1995-2005

Gladys Abreu, et al.
 

Perspective

Raising the Profile of Participatory Action Research at the 2010 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Rene Loewenson, et al.

Population-Level Approaches to Universal Health Coverage in Resource-Poor Settings: Lessons from Tobacco Control Policy in Vietnam

Hideki Higashi, et al.

Health Systems in an Interconnected World: A View from Nigeria

Seye Abimbola

Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program: Improving Health through Community Involvement

Hailom Banteyerga

Making the Right to Health a Reality for Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples:

Innovation, Decentralization and Equity

Vera Coelho and Alex Shankland

Impact of Court Rulings on Health Care Coverage: The Case of HIV/AIDS in Colombia

Ana Cristina González and Juanita Durán

Abstracts

Cuban Research in Current International Journals

Viewpoint

Sumak Kawsay: Ecuador Builds a New Health Paradigm

César Hermida


MEDICC Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal.
 Published by Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC), a non-profit organization .

 

 


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