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Tools and Approaches for Assessing and Supporting Public Health Action on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity

Nov 20, 2012

Health Inequalities, Publications, Publications Health Inequalities

A collaborative project between the National Collaborating Centres for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) and for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP), this document provides examples of the tools and approaches to health equity that have been adopted or applied by the public...

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A Framework for Analyzing Public Policies – Practical Guide

Sep 24, 2012

Analyzing Public Policies, Publications, Publications Analyzing Public Policies

This briefing note presents a structured process based on an analytical framework that reflects a public health perspective, while at the same time integrating other concerns that matter in the context of policy making. This guide is meant for public health actors who...

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Enabling Sustainability Policy and Planning at the Local Level: The Example of Food Policy

Sep 24, 2012

Health in All Policies, Publications, Publications HIAP

This paper, by Wendy Mendes of the University of British Columbia, is intended to familiarize the reader with a sustainability approach to the implementation of healthy food policies. Sustainability policies reflect decisions that touch social, economic, cultural and...

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Workshop – HIA Practice in Aboriginal Contexts in Canada: How, to What End, and by Whom? – HIA 2012

Aug 31, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Presentations, Presentations or Webinars HIA

Although the practice of HIA has grown up considerably in recent years in many parts of the world, it is still being developed in Canada, and its currency is even more limited in Aboriginal contexts. These contexts are characterized by cultural, geographical and...

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Implementation of Section 54 of Québec’s Public Health Act

Aug 15, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

Since the 2002 adoption of the Québec Public Health Act’s section 54, Québec government bodies proposing laws or regulations must first go through a health impact assessment (HIA) process. This paper provides a brief review of section 54. It describes the...

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Interprovincial Meeting on Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Update

Jul 31, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

In February 2009, the NCCHPP brought together representatives of health ministries and agencies from across the country to talk about Health Impact Assessment (HIA). The specific objectives of this meeting were to share and learn about experiences with HIA and to...

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