Wellesley Institute: Advancing Urban Health
The Wellesley Institute advances the social determinants of health through community-based research , capacity building , and the informing of public policy.
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Presentations

OPHA Symposium: Blueprint for Health Equity

Bob Gardner, Director of Research and Policy, presented at the OPHA in November 2007 on health equity, chronic disease, and the social determinants of health. His Blueprint for Health Equity talk sets out promising policy directions and action to reduce health disparities.

Primary Prevention to Fight Inequalities – The German Experience and Lessons Learned

Rolf Rosenbrock is Head of the Research Group on Public Health at the Social Science Research Centre in Berlin (WZB), Professor for Social Sciences and Public Health Policy at the Technical University of Berlin and is a member of key advisory bodies.  He visited the Wellesley Institute and gave a presentation titled: Primary Prevention to Fight Inequalities – The German Experience and Lessons Learned.  

LHINs, Health Reform and HIV/AIDS Care

Presentation to the Ontario Society of Physicians in HIV Care by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy. November 28th, 2006. 

Health Reform and HIV/AIDS

The HIV community and service providers are vitally interested in the implications of Local Health Integration Networks, primary care reform, alternative practice structures and other key changes.

This is a presentation made by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy,  outlining the possible implications of major reform directions, and arguing that community groups need to be proactive in working to shape the terms of  health reform debate.

Social Determinants of Health and Healthy Public Policy

Presentation to the Conference Board of Canada Roundtable on Social Determinants of Health, by Bob Gardner, Director Public Policy, Wellesley Institute, October, 2006.

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