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Public Policy Analysis Tool for Rapid Decision Making in Public Health

May 10, 2022

Analyzing Public Policies, News, Publications, Publications Analyzing Public Policies

The NCCHPP has collaborated with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) to develop a public policy analysis tool adapted to rapid decision-making contexts. This tool is particularly relevant in the context of a health emergency, where decisions must...

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Profiles of Public Health Systems in Canadian Provinces and Territories

Mar 31, 2022

COVID-19, News, Public Health Infrastructure, Publications, Publications COVID-19, Publications Infrastructure

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to renew and reinforce public health infrastructure in Canada and elsewhere in the world. It’s within this context that the NCCHPP joined the Platform to Monitor the Performance of Public Health Systems research project...

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Wellbeing Budgeting: A Critical Public Health Perspective. Invited Commentary

Mar 24, 2022

COVID-19, News, Population Mental Health, Publications, Publications COVID-19, Publications PMH

Over the past decade, governments have paid increasing attention to wellbeing and quality of life, in addition to economic considerations, as ways measuring how a population is faring. Going ‘beyond GDP’ has the potential to act on upstream determinants of health and,...

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Impact Assessments in Indigenous Contexts: Promising Avenues for Reflection and Improvement for Health Impact Assessment

Sep 08, 2021

Health Impact Assessment, News, Publications, Publications HIA

This report presents findings from a literature review on impact assessments in Indigenous contexts and proposes courses of action aimed at improving the practice of health impact assessment (HIA) in Indigenous contexts. Impact assessments (IAs) are implemented in...

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Build Back Better: Wellbeing Budgets for a Post COVID-19 Recovery?

Aug 17, 2021

News, Population Mental Health, Publications, Publications COVID-19, Publications PMH

Although the wellbeing of the population has long been a concern of governments, in recent years, momentum has been building for governments to consider wellbeing as a measure of success and progress alongside traditional economic measures like Gross National Product...

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Public Health Ethics and COVID-19: Selected Resources

Mar 30, 2021

COVID-19, News, Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications COVID-19, Publications Ethics

The NCCHPP has collected relevant resources that discuss ethical issues linked to COVID-19. Each resource is presented with a brief synthesis of what you will find in the document.Last updated in November 2021. The resources are organized by category. Click to access...

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