October 28, 2015 (in person-no telecast) 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. (AT)
Seven key societal investments for health equity: Scotland, the UK, and Canada Compared
NCCDH with the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre, Dalhousie University and IWK, is hosting a public talk by Dr. John Frank, of University Edinburgh and past scientific director of the Institute for Population & Public Health, CIHR. Dr. Frank will discuss evidence of the impact of seven key societal-level investments—made within and outside the health sector— that were expected to improve health equity across socio-economic levels. Dr. Frank will show these largely upstream investments have and have not affected health in Scotland, England and Wales, and Canada.