This paper focuses on how HIA invites health practitioners to take not only the impacts on the health of the population into consideration, but also how these impacts could have differential effects on some groups of the population. HIA and Inequities5 pages ...
Thirteen Public Interventions in Canada That Have Contributed to a Reduction in Health Inequalities
Health Inequalities, Publications, Publications Health Inequalities
The National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy asked researchers at the Centre Léa Roback, a research centre on health inequalities, to report on programs and policies in Canada whose results were evaluated according to evidence-based standards, including...
What is Evidence? A Philosophical Perspective
Analyzing Public Policies, Publications, Publications Analyzing Public Policies
Professor Daniel Weinstock’s keynote address at the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health 2007 Summer Institute starts out with the claim that ‘Evidence is not proof.’ He then goes on to discuss what evidence is, clarifying our...
Health in Political Philosophy: What Kind of Good is it?
Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications Ethics
This document is a summary of a presentation by philosopher Daniel Weinstock. As part of a collaborative project between the NCCHPP and the Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal-CRÉUM (Research Centre on Ethics, University of Montréal)...
Content Analysis of Media Coverage of Health Inequalities in Canada, 2008
Health Inequalities, Publications, Publications Health Inequalities
The NCCHPP conducted an analysis of the Canadian media from 2008 for coverage of news or information on health inequalities. We have produced a full report and a summary version. 2008 was a banner year for the study and discussion of health inequalities in public...
One of the mandates of the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP) is to inform Canadian public health actors about effective strategies for promoting the adoption of healthy public policies. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is currently the...