Empower the community: New Brunswick’s approach to overcoming poverty
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This document is part of the 'Leadership for Health Equity' Series.
As a part of our Public Health leadership initiative, the NCCDH produced a series of case studies profiling instances of leadership to advance health equity in Canada. These documents are learning tools; they are designed to help Public Health staff reflect on the qualities of effective leadership in advancing health equity, as well as on the strategies and conditions that develop and support these qualities in Public Health leaders at all levels.
“Overcoming Poverty Together: The New Brunswick Economic and Social Inclusion Plan”, empowers communities to address poverty. Over 2500 New Brunswick residents contributed to the development of the plan, and were invited to join one of 12 Community Inclusion Networks across the province. The plan is being implemented by engaging leaders and volunteers to identify community issues, and build momentum toward long-term solutions. This is a new approach that requires excellent collaboration among local organizations, and connections to relevant research to ensure that plans are based on the best possible evidence.
Use this resource to
- Develop or support existing community-driven coalitions for poverty reduction
- Build on the knowledge inherent in communities
- Find and incorporate local research sources into planning, in the absence of formal research links
- Overcome challenges associated with community poverty reduction approaches, including the role of public health to ‘lead from behind’
For more information, download related presentation and a summary of the case study methods.
Also in this series:
- Public health leadership to advance health equity: A review summary
- Public health leadership for action on health equity: A literature review
- Case Study: Leadership for health equity: Working intersectorally and engaging the community in Western Health (2014)
- Case Study: Fostering health through healing: engaging the community to create a poverty reduction strategy in Nunavut (2014)
- Case Study: Alberta Health Services: Establishing a province-wide social determinants of health and health equity approach (2013)
- Case Study: Making the case for health equity: Winnipeg’s experience (2012)
- Case Study: Improving health equity in Saskatoon: From data to action (2012)
- Case Study: Capitalizing on change: Building leadership competency in public health in Quebec (2012)
Reference
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2012). Bridging the gap between research and practice: Empower the community-New Brunswick’s approach to overcoming poverty. Antigonish, NS: Author.
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