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Five examples of intersectoral action for health at the local and regional level in Canada

Feb 26, 2020

Health in All Policies, Publications, Publications HIAP

The main objective of this text is to provide examples for institutions who may wish to draw inspiration from these previous experiences. It is intended equally for local and regional health organizations and for local policy makers and non-governmental organizations....

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Preparing and Conducting Work Meetings Within the Context of the Health Impact Assessment Process

Dec 01, 2019

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

This practical guide aims to support the reader in carrying out a health impact assessment (HIA). Health impact assessment (HIA) is an intersectoral approach that entails a series of work meetings requiring the coordination of the various actors participating in the...

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Report of the Pan-Canadian meeting on Health in All Policies (HiAP)

Oct 09, 2019

Health in All Policies, Publications, Publications HIAP

The National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public (NCCHPP) organized a Pan-Canadian meeting on Health in All Policies (HiAP) in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada and the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (MSSS –...

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The Policy Brief: A Tool for Knowledge Transfer

Sep 15, 2019

Knowledge Sharing, Publications, Publications Knowledge Sharing

During the past decade, the policy brief has been growing in popularity as a tool as a tool for summarizing and communicating research evidence with policy makers. But the term “policy brief” (or other equivalent terms) is used to designate documents with various...

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Collection of Adapted Summaries of Public Health Ethics Frameworks and Very Short Case Studies

Apr 02, 2019

Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications Ethics

We have started to produce and to gather together these adapted frameworks and cases to help familiarize practitioners with frameworks and with ethical deliberation. To date we have eight frameworks and six cases, and will be adding to these over time. Adapted...

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Approaching Municipalities to Share Knowledge: Advice from Municipal Civil Servants to Public Health Actors

Mar 31, 2019

Knowledge Sharing, Publications, Publications Knowledge Sharing

When public health actors wish to share knowledge in order to influence municipal policies that have an impact on health, they may wonder how to do this. Here are several questions that they might ask: If I wish to share knowledge with a municipality, whom should I...

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