Public Health Speaks: Advancing health equity through targeted universality
In this video, Dr. Pat Martens and Dr. Sande Harlos describe the theory and practice of targeted universalism as an approach to reducing health inequities across the entire population. Targeted universalism focuses on improving the health of everyone in the population, with additional attention placed on specific populations that are socially or economically disadvantaged. Public health organizations deliberately design targeted universalism interventions to reduce health inequities.
This video was filmed at the Researcher-practitioner workshop on health equity: Bridging the Gap held in February 2012.
Speakers:
- Dr. Sande Harlos, Medical Officer of Health, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
- Dr. Pat Martens, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Use this resource to:
- Increase your understanding of targeted universalism as an approach to reducing health inequities while improving the health of everyone
- Consider how the design of public health interventions can reduce inequalities in health
Related resources:
Let's talk: Universal and targeted approaches to health equity
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Reference
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. (2013). Public health speaks: Advancing health equity through targeted universality [video]. Antigonish, NS: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University.
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