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Equity-informed responses to COVID-19
Visit our “live” COVID-19 page for resources to help keep equity at the centre as Canadian public health practitioners respond to this evolving situation.
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The Toronto Indigenous Health Advisory Circle (TIHAC): Advancing self-determined Indigenous health
This document shares the story of the Toronto Indigenous Health Advisory Circle (TIHAC) and TIHAC's creation of Toronto’s first self-determined Indigenous health strategy.
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Organizational Capacity for Health Equity Action Initiative: A brief description
This document provides an overview of the NCCDH’s Organizational Capacity for Health Equity Action Initiative (OCI), a project to help organizations develop their capacity for health equity action by offering relevant frameworks, strategies and organizational conditions for this work.
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Towards healthy homes for all: What the RentSafe findings mean for public health in Canada
This summary document provides an overview of recent work by RentSafe, including recent findings and recommendations that can inform public health action on housing as a social determinant of health.
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Building a culture of equity in Canadian public health: An environmental scan
This third environmental scan from the NCCDH responds to recent concerns about the Canadian health sector’s significant decline in commitment to public health programs and services.
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A gaps analysis to improve health equity knowledge and practices
This gap analysis was designed as a resource to focus attention on the most pressing needs in advancing health equity.
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Movement-building as intersectoral action to achieve health equity
This practice brief by Knowledge Translation Specialist Dianne Oickle provides an overview of movement-building as intersectoral action to achieve health equity. It identifies core elements and strategies, and what this approach means for public health efforts in social justice and policy change.
Beginning from within: Promoting the health of trans, Two-Spirit and/or gender-diverse youth
In this framework description, Dr. Julie James discusses the importance of engaging with, and following the lead of, trans and gender-diverse youth. She presents a framework her team developed that can be used to guide public health action to shift personal and organizational knowledge, attitudes and approaches; it can also be used to provide competent services to trans, Two-Spirit and/or gender diverse youth.
Ethical dilemmas faced by Community Health Nurses in the COVID 19 pandemic
This blog post by Ruth Schofield, Michelle Johnson and Shona Lalonde is the second of two that describe the work of Community Health Nurses (CHNs) as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. These blogs reflect the voices of CHN across Canada — their experiences, challenges and innovations, as well as ethical dilemmas they face.
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About NCCPH
The six National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) for Public Health promote and improve the use of scientific research and other knowledge to strengthen public health practices and policies in Canada.