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Sharing your passion for health equity: Building our collective understanding
April 9, 2013Charlottetown, PEI
Welcome from the Board of Directors
Pleased to partner and co-hostworkshop on healthequity
Incorporated in 2008
Beginnings 2003:
Health promotion summer institutes had proven successful in other regions
Recent research had provided a comprehensive health profile of Atlantic Canada
Increasing evidence of need for intersectoral partnerships to address common problems
Since 2004 – a focal point for learning and training in Atlantic Canada; intersectoral networking and collaboration; a facilitator of research; a promoter of healthy and sustainable policies; and a catalyst for social justice and equity.
Focus - building regional capacity for healthy and safe communities by addressing the linkages between the determinants of health and the root causes of crime and victimization.
Looking to the future – The 2014 Atlantic Summer Institute
on Healthy and Safe Communities
Renewing Democracy Through Social Justice: Adding New Voices
Charlottetown, August 19-22
Inquiries: [email protected]
www.asi-iea.ca
Public Health Association of NB-PEI
• CPHA is the only Canadian, non-governmental organization focused solely on public health. – An independent voice.
• The PHA of NB-PEI, founded in 1952, is one of 11 Provincial and Territorial public health associations that works to
further the mission of CPHA.
Public Health Association of NB-PEI
• Mission: – To support our provinces (NB, PEI) in the
continual improvement of population and public health principles through leadership, advocacy, and education.
• Governance:– 9-member Board of Directors– 6 from NB, 3 from PE
Public Health Association of NB-PEI
• Activities:– Professional Development
• Webinars• Events like today (NCCDH, NCCMT, CIPHI)
– Biennial Conference• October 25-26, 2012 in Frederiction, NB• 2014 to be held in Charlottetown, PE
• All our work is carried out by our
members on a volunteer basis.
Join us today!
Karen Fish ([email protected]) & Hannah Moffatt ([email protected]), Knowledge Translation Specialists
Heidi Sinclair, Communications
Connie Clement, Scientific Director
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health,St Francis Xavier University,Antigonish, Nova Scotiawww.nccdh.ca
About the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (NCCPH)
• We translate existing and new evidence into knowledge that is meaningful, accessible and relevant to public health practitioners and decision makers
• We foster and promote local, regional, national and international networks to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between public health community, researchers and others
National Collaborating Centres for Public Health
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health - NCCDH
• Focuses on the social and economic factors that influence the health of Canadians in order to advance health equity
• Translates and shares evidence with public health organizations and practitioners
• Works to advance knowledge, foster knowledge use, and accelerate network development
Event Objectives
• Increase understanding of the social determinants of health and health equity
• Increase knowledge of policies and programs that create more equitable conditions for health
• Explore how public health practitioners can improve the conditions that lead to health
• Connect with others in PEI doing health equity and social determinant of health work
Agenda
• Warm up exercise • Video: Let’s start a conversation about health…• Break (10:35 – 10:45am)• Presentation: 10 Promising practices • Progressive disclosure case study• Lunch (12 – 12:50pm) • PEI showcase • Presentation: Leadership for health equity • Circular questions & closure • End of day (3pm)
VIDEO Let’s start a conversation about health … and not talk
about health care at all
• What did you think of the video?
• Could you use it in your work?
Video links
• GASHA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GElWk2xYvI
• Summary in NCCDH Resource Library: http://nccdh.ca/resources/entry/lets-start-a-conversation-about-health-and-not-talk-about-health-care-at-al