A groundswell of interest has emerged recently in using collective impact (CI) to tackle entrenched social problems. This blended case story describes two CI initiatives in which public health is significantly involved: London Ontario’s Child & Youth Network and The Child & Youth Health Network on Vancouver Island.
This 2015 position statement from the Canadian Pediatric Society reviews literature on the impact of housing on health, roles for primary health care providers, and recommendations for action at multiple levels (from patient to policy level).
This series of evidence reports describes practical, local actions to tackle health inequalities through the social determinants of health. It provides evidence, practical pointers and case studies that can help health system employees achieve key policy objectives in Fair society healthy lives (the 2010 Marmot Review ).
A brief video describing how public policy can support healthy living, told through the stories of two low-income mothers in Vancouver.
This report examines 13 programs or policies that have had some success in reducing health inequalities in Canada. All of the selected interventions set out to reduce health inequities through the social determinants of health, and they were evaluated using current medical evidence-based standards.