DESCRIPTION
This webinar addressed the following question: how can public health organizations strengthen their capacity to promote healthy public policies? It is primarily intended for professionals and decision-makers in the public health field who are interested in potential ways to advance healthy public policies. Drawing on the work of the NCCHPP as well as the concrete experiences of Peterborough Public Health and Saskatchewan Health Authority, the webinar offered a reflection on existing strategies and learning derived from their implementation. It was held on November 14, 2024.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the webinar, participants were able to:
- Identify various strategies tailored to different contexts to strengthen the capacity to act on healthy public policies.
- Describe concrete experiences of public health organizations that have implemented some of these strategies.
- Initiate or deepen a reflection on the means that can be implemented to strengthen the capacity of their organizations to act on healthy public policies
RECORDING
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SPEAKERS
Webinar Recording
PPT Presentation
51 slides
Janet Dawson
Health Promotor
Peterborough Public Health
Janet has a Master of Science (Health Promotion) from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Science (Health Education) from Dalhousie University and currently works as a Health Promoter Specialist at Peterborough Public Health (PPH). Throughout her public health career, Janet has led many small and large-scale healthy public policy projects, developed partnership approaches for collaborating with local governments, and coordinated strategies to foster healthier built and natural environments. In addition, Janet has worked as an Instructor at the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health and was a member of the Fleming College Research & Ethics Board for 8 years.
Cora Janzen
Population Health Promotion Practitioner
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Cora is with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), Population Health, Saskatoon and area. The Population Health Department’s purpose is to improve health equity by assessing, promoting, and protecting the health and wellbeing of the people of Saskatchewan, and healthy public policy (HPP) is a key action of achieving this. Influencing and improving HPP is a key cornerstone in Cora’s work, along with creating supportive physical and social environments, and working with partners in various sectors to improve health and address the disproportionate impacts that some populations experience. She has provided the health perspective on several municipal policies, plans, and projects in an effort for them to have positive health impacts for all ages, abilities, and socioeconomic situations. She has also led internal teams to do policy analysis, health equity impact assessments, and is part of the internal process to develop a health equity assessment framework for the SHA to apply an equity lens.
Laure Baglinière
Expert Scientific Advisor
National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
Laure joined the NCCHPP in 2022. She is a member of the Québec Bar and holds a PhD in health law from the Université de Montréal and the Université Paris Cité. Before pursuing her doctoral studies with the Chaire sur la culture collaborative en droit et politiques de la santé, she gained academic and practical experience working as a legal adviser and as a lawyer. Her PhD research focused on health complaint systems and mediation in the care relationship. At the NCCHPP she is involved in projects on Public Health Infrastructure, including a project related to public health organizations’ capacities to act on healthy public policies.
Martin Renauld
Expert Scientific Advisor
National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
Martin joined the NCCHPP in 2021 after having taught at different post-secondary institutions. He holds a BA (Bishop’s University) and a Master’s (Université de Montréal) in history as well as a political science minor (Université Laval). He completed a PhD in sociology (University of Buenos Aires) and post-doctoral work at the Chaire de recherche en Mondialisation, Citoyenneté et Démocratie (UQAM). His research has mainly focused on extractivism, citizen mobilization and collective action. At the NCCHPP, he has worked on projects related to the Health in All Policies approach and capacity building.