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This web-based course for the public health workforce, is hosted by the National Association of County and City Health Officials and explores the underlying causes of social injustice and health inequity, and public health’s role in building healthier communities by addressing those root causes.
This report describes how food systems impact health through five key channels and identifies associated leverage points for building healthier food systems.
This brief report explores how the intersecting components of food systems directly and indirectly impact health outcomes, and discusses associated policy solutions.
This issue brief describes key concepts needed to understand what food systems are and why they matter for public health in the Canadian context. Drawing on peer-reviewed and grey literature, it further explains how food systems impact health inequities.
Informed by conversations with diverse thought leaders, as well as relevant peer-reviewed and grey literature, this Let’s Talk summarizes current thinking about the social, ecological and structural determinants of health. A tree graphic illustrates the underlying drivers of health inequities and supports reflective, action-focused discussion with public health professionals, policy makers and partners.