Publications
The Roles of Public Health in Population Mental Health and Wellness Promotion
This report is a guidance document on the roles of public health in population mental health and wellness promotion (PMHWP) across Canada. The main portion of the report focuses on the roles of public health in PMHWP. It first describes the five roles that emerged from the discussions. Each role is then presented in depth.
Profiles of Public Health Systems in Canadian Provinces and Territories
The NCCHPP is publishing a series of profiles detailing public health systems in Canadian provinces and territories.
Whole-of-Government Wellbeing Approaches: A Comparative Analysis of Four Central Government Initiatives
Wellbeing approaches are innovative initiatives for incorporating wellbeing (or quality of life) indicators into policymaking and budget allocation processes. Among other things, they aim to guide and improve the intersectoral action needed to address population health and health inequalities. In order to inform decision making related to wellbeing approaches, the NCCHPP has produced a comparative analysis of four wellbeing approaches put forward by the governments of Scotland, Finland, New Zealand, and Wales.
Public Policy Analysis Tool for Rapid Decision Making in Public Health
The NCCHPP has collaborated with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) to develop a public policy analysis tool adapted to rapid decision-making contexts. This tool is particularly relevant in the context of a health emergency, where decisions must be made at an accelerated pace.
Wellbeing Budgeting: A Critical Public Health Perspective. Invited Commentary
As part of its series on wellbeing policy approaches, the NCCHPP has invited noted public health scholar, Dr. Lindsay McLaren, to offer a critical perspective on the risks and opportunities of this policy turn for public health.
Impact Assessments in Indigenous Contexts: Promising Avenues for Reflection and Improvement for Health Impact Assessment
This report presents findings from a literature review on impact assessments in Indigenous contexts and proposes courses of action aimed at improving the practice of health impact assessment (HIA) in Indigenous contexts.
Build Back Better: Wellbeing Budgets for a Post COVID-19 Recovery?
This Fact Sheet presents the recent turn to wellbeing in the policy making of central governments and considers whether it holds promise as part of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
Public Health Ethics and COVID-19: Selected Resources
The NCCHPP has collected relevant resources that discuss ethical issues linked to COVID-19. Each resource is presented with a brief synthesis of what you will find in the document.
Public Policy Competencies for Public Health: A Review of the Literature
This report presents findings from a scoping review with analysis of the literature on competencies for healthy public policy.
Repertoire – Ethics Frameworks for Public Health
This repertoire contains a list of ethics frameworks for public health, with links to the original documents (if they are freely available).