Publications Archives

Health Impact Assessment: Inventory of Resources

Nov 01, 2011

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

Health impact assessment (HIA) is a process that makes it possible to shed light on decision-making related to proposed policies, programs or projects, and on their potential effects on the health of a population. There are many approaches to the practice of HIA, the...

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HIA Implementation in Canada: HIA Pilot Project in Montérégie, Québec

Oct 28, 2011

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is among the practices to consider for supporting the development and adoption of healthy public policies. In Québec, HIA has been in use by the provincial government for almost ten years, since the adoption of the Public Health Act....

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Food Policy Councils

Oct 28, 2011

Health in All Policies, Publications, Publications HIAP

Food policy councils are not-for-profit organizations composed of representatives from different and diverse sectors of the food system. They collaborate to find practical solutions to the challenges relating to managing food systems at the local and even national...

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From Theory to Practice: Working Towards Common Principles and Frameworks for Population and Public Health Ethics

Sep 29, 2011

Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications Ethics

This document, produced by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Ethics Office, summarizes the proceedings from a Pre-conference workshop held during the Canadian Public Health Association’s annual Conference 2011. The workshop was jointly organized...

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A Workshop on Inequalities Using the Escalators Metaphor – Presentation Kit

Sep 06, 2011

Health Inequalities, Publications, Publications Health Inequalities

In 2003, a group of persons living in poverty compared society to a landing from which one escalator goes up and another escalator goes down. “Poverty” they essentially told some parliamentarians, “is like having to go up a down escalator. Instead of...

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A Survey of Ethical Principles and Guidance Within Selected Pandemic Plans

Jun 06, 2011

Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications Ethics

This document provides a survey of the explicit goals, ethical principles, and ethics-related recommendations put forward by a selection of national, sub-national and international pandemic preparedness plans and policies. Moral theories and concepts draw attention to...

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