A number of jurisdictions provide support and guidance for those interested in conducting HIAs: New Zealand has a unit within the Ministry of Health that provides training and other support to enable widespread and effective implementation, and document the use of HIA.
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HIA Into Policy Development
The following resources are particularly useful for planning how results of assessments can be integrated into policy development.
Templates and User Guides for Equity-Focused Impact Assessment
A number of jurisdictions have developed tools, templates, and user guides for equity-focused impact assessment:
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Two-tiered primary care: Québec leads the way
The CMA’s annual meeting began on Sunday and will continue until tomorrow. This year’s theme: transformation of the health care system. There’s no denying that our system needs to change -we can all agree on that. The question is, to what? Imagine this. You are sitting in a gorgeous white and chocolate-colored leather arm chair. […]
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Bad economy equals bad health: New CMA survey underlines urgent need for national strategy to reduce health inequalities
A bad economy means poor health, according to a new survey of Canadians released today by the Canadian Medical Association. The national report card on health care surveyed slightly more than 1,000 Canadians – and made front page news in The Globe and Mail. The survey confirms research by the Wellesley Institute, including Poverty Is Making […]
Federal government once again boycotts critical national housing summit
Provincial and territorial housing ministers are meeting August 20 in St John’s, NL, but the federal housing minister has rejected an invitation to join the national summit. It is the second time the federal government has refused to meet with provincial housing counterparts in two years.
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TO adopts housing plan! Next step: Inclusionary housing plan to require affordable homes in new developments
Toronto City Council caught up with hundreds of other Canadian and US cities earlier today and adopted a 10-year affordable housing plan called Housing Opportunities Toronto. Overall, the plan is projected to cost $483.7 million and is expected to provide practical support to 257,700 households. The Wellesley Institute launched our Blueprint to End Homelessness in 2006,
H1N1 could pack big wallop; Toronto Public Health publishes new guide for homeless / housing providers
While the H1N1 swine flu has had a fairly mild impact to date in Canada, there are signs that it could pack a significant wallop when flu season arrives in three months. The pattern of cases to date is that while most flu cases pass with relatively minor symptoms, a significant number of people are […]
The European Portal for Action on Health Equity
The European Portal for Action on Health Equity is a tool for promoting health equity within the European Union (EU). This website contains a large amount of information on existing policies and programs that have been implemented to improve health equity by targeting the social determinants of health. The information contained in the website is […]
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Pandemic Flu Planning through an Equity Lens
The possibility of an H1N1 pandemic is quite properly receiving a great deal of policy and health system attention. This is not just a question of system preparedness and monitoring; the potentially unequal impact of any pandemic needs to be addressed from the outset:
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