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Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: A tool for

WebHealth in Canada: Release 1.0 • Public Health Sciences: Competency 1.1: “Demonstrate knowledge about…. the health status of populations, inequities in health, the determinants of health and illness… as well as the factors that influence the delivery and use of health services” (p.3) • Assessment and Analysis: Competency 2.5:

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Canadian Public Health Association

WebThe National Aboriginal Health Organization was founded, committed to influencing and advancing the health and well-being of Aboriginal peoples. 2001 The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology review (Kirby Committee) released its report on health care, calling for numerous changes to Canada’s health care system. 2001

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Blending targeted and universal approaches to advance …

WebObjectives: 1) Increase understanding and clarify the concepts of targeted, universal and targeting within universal approaches to health equity in public health practice. 2) Discuss key factors that support - and challenge - using a targeting with universal approaches in public health practice, and their impact on improving the health of all.

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Pan-Canadian Public Health Network

WebHealth Canada and the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada (ex-officio member) PHN Governance: Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health (CCMOH) • Three Steering Committees report directly to Council and are responsible for developing and implementing work plans that are aligned with the PHN’s

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Addressing Social and Economic Determinants of Health

WebPublic Health Agency of Canada: • “An approach to health that aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups . . . it looks and acts upon the broad range of factors and conditions that have a strong influence on our health . . . the full spectrum of social, economic and environmental

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Life with Arthritis in Canada: A Personal and Public Health …

Web• Public health surveillance – a core component of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) mandate. • Surveillance is the tracking or forecasting of health events or determinants through: – Regular collection of best available data; – Integration, analysis and interpretation into surveillance products; and

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Roles of Public Health in Poverty Reduction: Re-framing the

WebLinks between poverty and health… ♦ Public Health systems have important contributions to make toward reducing poverty. ♦ Public Health workforce requires skills and system supports to address health inequities and to inspire the public and policy decision-makers to act in the interest of all citizens.

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The Social Determinants of Health: Knowledge to Action …

WebThe Social Determinants of Health: Knowledge to Action Objective: The World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (2007) noted that the conditions in which people grow, live, work and age have a powerful influence on health. Our environment reaches far beyond the natural world to include

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Overview of the Knowledge Cycle Framework

Webbased research for public health. Public Health Reports 121(1), A1-A16 and Green LW, Glasgow R. 2006. Evaluating the relevance, generalization, and applicability of research: Issues in external valida-tion and translation methodology. Evaluation & the Health Professions 29 (1), 126-153. Defi nitions of Key Terms of the Knowledge Cycle Framework

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Strengthening Public Health Capacity in Canada

WebStrengthening Public Health Capacity in Canada: Developing Public Health Nursing Competencies. June, 2009. By Michelle Hogan, RN, MScN. Objectives • Competency Development – Discipline Specific Competencies- Public Health Nurses (PHN) • Initial step- extensive review of the literature

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Improving access to oral health care for vulnerable people …

Web17% of Canadians (approx. 6 million people, of which approx. 2.3 million in Ontario) report avoiding the dentist due to cost. Significant inequalities in oral health and access to dental care in Canada. Greater inequalities in women than in men. Those with highest burden of dental disease also have greatest barriers to accessing dental care.

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BC’s Population and Public Health Surveillance Plan

WebPart 2: Implementation. Co-sponsors: Dr. Perry Kendall and Arlene Paton. Population and Public Health Surveillance Committee established November 2014. Co-chaired by Dr. Patty Daly and Silas Brownsey; includes all CMHOs. Develop implementation strategy for priority work & recommend a provincial coordinating body. Report by end of April 2015.

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Peel Public Health: A Journey Toward Evidence-Informed …

WebPeel Public Health: Peel Public Health: A Journey Toward A Journey Toward Evidence-Informed Decision Making Megan Ward, MD, MHSc, CCFP, FRCP(c) Associate Medical Officer of Health, Region of Peel Public Health Department. Lelsea Peirson, MA, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster School of Nursing and NCCMT. David Mowat, MBChB, …

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Improving the Health of Canadians: Exploring Positive Mental …

WebCanadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) • Who: an independent, not-for-profit organization providing essential data and analysis on Canada’s health system and the health of Canadians • What: comparable information; databases supported by standards; pan-Canadian analyses • When: opened its doors in 1994 • Where:

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Health in All Policies as a Means of Reducing Health Inequity

Web: reducing health inequity and addressing the social determinants of health is “the right thing to do” 2) Population health arguments: the emphasis on prevention is expected to reduce disease, illness and injury. 3) Economic arguments: reducing inequity and demand for health care is expected to lower health care costs in the long term and

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Stepping it Up: Moving the Focus from Health Care in Canada …

WebHealth Council of Canada The Heath Council of Canada was set up by the First Ministers as part of the 2003 health accord OUR MISSION: To report on the renewal of Canada’s health system, focusing on best practices and innovation Stepping It Up report resulted from our research on best practices in health promotion policy –

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Charlotte Reading PhD School of Public Health and Social …

WebSocial Determinants of Health • Historical, economic and social conditions that influence health. • Determine the extent to which a person possesses the physical, social, and personal resources to identify and achieve personal aspirations, satisfy needs, and cope with the environment.

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Canadian Public Health Association

WebHe was the author of New Public Health, Sanitation for Public Health Nurses, The New Hygiene, and other volumes, all of which expressed his keen, critical evaluation of existing public health methods. Dr. Hibbert Winslow Hill was awarded CPHA’s Honorary Life Membership in 1935. (Canadian Public Health Journal, Vol. 26, 1935)

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ADULT IMMUNIZATION: What vaccines do you need

WebTalk to your doctor, nurse, pharmacist or local public health unit about being up to date on your immunizations. Pneumococcal Measles Pertussis (whooping cough) Hepatitis A Rubella (German measles) Varicella (chickenpox) Travel vaccines Diphtheria Hepatitis B Mumps HPV Herpes zoster Influenza

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The Built Environment: A Social Determinant of Health

Weband Townsend, 2006 J R Soc Health) 9 Obesity and Neighbourhoods • Differences in neighbourhood resources (availability & price of healthy foods, presence & quality of sports facilities & parks) may influence diet and physical activity • Urban form, availability and quality of sidewalks,

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Canadian Public Health Association

WebPromoting Public Health Nursing and Primary Prevention. Eleanore Louise Miner, of Regina, Saskatchewan, has shown excellence as a practitioner and leader in the field of public health throughout her 35 years involvement. She graduated from the Royal Alexandra Hospital School of Nursing in Edmonton and worked as a general duty nurse …

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