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The origins and spinoffs of equity-focused influenza prevention at Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors

Description

In this webinar, we will explore:

1. how staff at Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors used the knowledge of health inequities gained during the H1N1 pandemic response to improve how they work with vulnerable populations across the province—and in particular Aboriginal populations—in an attempt to minimize inequitable impacts.

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2. the degree to which the collaborations and learnings from their influenza prevention approach began to help  “mainstream” health equity work more broadly in public health work and the factors which contribute to this.

Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors’ work to reduce the burden of flu and flu-like illnesses among marginalized residents was a groundbreaking project for the Population Health Equity Unit.  First, it grounded the unit’s work in a tangible project; and second, it built relationships and program connections that have furthered the unit’s work on other fronts.

In January, the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health will publish two stories developed in collaboration with staff from Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors and the Saskatoon Health Region.  This webinar focuses on Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors’ story of embedding equity thinking in the planning and delivery of its influenza prevention services.

Our advisors on tap will discuss

  • Issues of data gathering and analysis in designing and evaluating the initiative
  • Experiences of collaborative learning and decision-making with community leaders
  • What it means to build trusting relationships
  • How to talk about an equity approach with partners
  • How to use data, experience and partnerships to influence policy
  • The unexpected, non-influenza-related advances in health equity work that this initiative has spawned

Advisors on tap

Dr. Elise Weiss, Deputy Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, MHHLS,

Dr. Marcia Anderson DeCoteau, Medical Officer of Health, Aboriginal Health and Wellness Programs, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Karen Serwonka, Senior Policy Analyst, MHHLS

To register for this Webinar click here.