Publications Archives

Terms Relating to Integrated Governance

Dec 15, 2008

Health in All Policies, Publications, Publications HIAP

During the production of the NCCHPP’s Integrated Governance and Healthy Public Policy: Two Canadian Examples, the authors also produced a glossary of key terms in the area of integrated governance. Terms Relating to Integrated Governance5 pages The concepts and...

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HIA in Québec: when the law becomes a lever for action

Oct 15, 2008

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

This study traces the history of Health Impact Assessment in Québec since 2001, paying critical attention to the implementation of section 54 of Québec’s Public Health Act and the mechanisms within the provincial government to foster its adoption. The authors of...

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Public Policies Guided by the Precautionary Principle

Oct 15, 2008

Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications Ethics

This paper is the first in a series of essays developed for the NCCHPP by researchers associated with the Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal (Université de Montréal Research Centre in Ethics) as part of a project to examine ethical issues...

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Report on the Canadian Roundtable on Health Impact Assesment (HIA)

Sep 15, 2008

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

The NCCHPP has gathered together an expert Health Impact Assessment (HIA) reference group. In February, 2008 we hosted a Roundtable on HIA in the Canadian context. Some twenty people from Canada and abroad were invited to discuss, with members of the NCCHPP, the...

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Evidence and Healthy Public Policy: Insights from Health and Political Sciences

Jun 05, 2008

Analyzing Public Policies, Publications, Publications Analyzing Public Policies

Policy makers are often challenged when producing public policy to consider the role of evidence, especially scientific evidence. CPRN Research Fellow Patrick Fafard (University of Ottawa) explores this challenge in Evidence and Healthy Public Policy: Insights from...

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Health Impact Assessment (HIA): a Promising Action Path For Promoting Healthy Public Policies

Feb 15, 2008

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

This document presents the promises and challenges of health impact assessment (HIA) and its development possibilities for Canada. The mandate of the NCCHPP is to support the efforts of the public health community and the related partners who want to get involved in...

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