Wednesday, March 30, 2016 1-2:30 p.m. EDT
Webinar: Public health discipline-specific competencies - Do they guide equity-focused practice?
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This webinar will look at the inclusion of the social determinants of health (SDH), health equity and social justice in public health discipline specific competencies to support action on health equity. Guest speakers will discuss the impact of competencies on front-line public health practice, what supports the translation of equity and SDH content of competencies into program and policy decisions, and how these factors can frame workforce capacity to address health equity.
This webinar will explore:
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How Canada compares in using competencies to further public health action to advance health equity
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How professional associations can embed the concepts of health equity, SDH, and social justice more explicitly into discipline-specific competencies
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Options to strengthen public health competencies across disciplines to ensure action on the SDH, and health equity
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The role of competencies to take health equity beyond individual professional responsibility and support organizational direction to address health equity
Advisors on tap:
Claire Betker, Program Director, Population Health & Health Equity, Manitoba Health
Kevin Churchill, Manager, Health Promotion, County of Lambton
Phi Phan, Provincial Manager, Safe Healthy Environments, Alberta Health Services
Facilitators:
Dianne Oickle, Knowledge Translation Specialist, National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)
Karen Fish, Knowledge Translation Specialist, National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)
Who should attend?
This webinar will be of interest to regional and local health authorities, provincial/territorial/national organizations, health professional regulatory bodies, health professional training programs, policy makers, and public health practitioners at all levels working to address the determinants of health and health equity in Canada.
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