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Toward health equity: Practical actions for public health inspectors

Toward health equity: Practical actions for public health inspectors

A framework and user guide have been developed for environmental public health staff, and other public health agencies or departments that deal with environmental health issues, to help identify potential actions on the social determinants of health and health equity.

Housing need in Canada: Healthy lives start at home

Housing need in Canada: Healthy lives start at home

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).

Common agenda for public health action on health equity

Common agenda for public health action on health equity

This paper identifies eight common priorities of public health stakeholders who are working to improve the social determinants of health and health equity.

Economic arguments for shifting health dollars upstream

Economic arguments for shifting health dollars upstream

This discussion paper presents key economic arguments that support the call to re-think how we distribute health care dollars, concluding that a shift towards the upstream determinants of health is warranted on the basis of economics, as well as social justice values.