Bringing Health Inequities from the Fringes into the Mainstream Public Health Agenda.

Hosted by: Dot Bonnenfant

The event will start on: Mar 24, 2010 13:00

And will end on: Mar 24, 2010 14:30

Across Canada, many community health professionals are concerned about Social Determinants of Health and health inequities. Are they still lying out in the fringes of our work or are they on the mainstream agenda?

Greater gains to the overall population health can be made if public health resources are focused more on addressing health inequities.

This Fireside Chat will share examples of how the Region of Waterloo Public Health and the Ontario Public Health Association's Access, Equity and Social Justice Work Group advocated for the inclusion of the health inequities agenda in the new Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS), contributed to defining the Public Health sector role in addressing health inequities, and developed a public health planning approach that focuses on health inequities. A planning model will be discussed that is based on the Foundational Standard of the OPHS and the Population Health Assessment and Surveillance (PHAS) Protocol, and uses both quantitative and qualitative, research and practice driven, evidence to expose and address health inequities.

Population health data, research, program evaluation, unique community context, stakeholder perspectives, and other sources of evidence are used to make program decisions that invest greater emphasis on addressing health inequities.

Advisor on Tap
Daniela Seskar-Hencic
Manager, Population Health Planning and Evaluation
Region of Waterloo Public Health
Chair, Access, Equity and Social Justice Group, Ontario Public Health Association

Date & Time: Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 01:00 PM — 02:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 12:30 PM (Eastern Time)