A new report by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Arlene King, has highlighted some of the barriers that low income people face in receiving oral health care in our province. Dr. King found that: Ontario has the lowest rate of public funding for dental care in Canada. 71% of Ontarians visited a dentist […]
Health systems and Health equity
New Certificate in Community Engagement, Leadership, and Development
Learn to better engage community members in the planning, problem-solving, and decision-making processes that improve the social, political, and cultural wellbeing of civic and community life. This program is geared towards practitioners in the public and non-profit sectors, social services, education, labour, health, housing, policing, and transportation. Winnie Ng (Ryerson University) and Deena Ladd (Workers […]
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Drummond Report: Health Reforms Won’t Work Without Building Equity In
The Drummond Report’s emphasis on reform and innovation in the way health care is organized and delivered is vital. The issues it highlights – from quality and patient-centred care, through better integration of health services and long-term planning, to a welcome emphasis on prevention — are crucial directions for creating an effective health care system. […]
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Missing in Action (Plan): Equity
The Ontario government plans to conduct reviews of provincial spending. This both responds to the Drummond report call for more efficient and innovative government delivery and aims to more proactively identify room for improving effectiveness and impact before problems are uncovered – and publicized – by the Auditor General. The Minister of Finance has identified three critical […]
Community Health Centres Of Greater Toronto Health Equity Plan Executive Summary
Leading LHINs (Local Health Integration Networks) in Ontario and Regional Health Authorities across the country have prioritized reducing systemic health inequities. They have encouraged and enabled comprehensive local health equity strategies and health care providers and institutions to develop equity plans. In a unique innovative example of sectoral coordination, Community Health Centres of Greater Toronto have developed a […]
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Community Health Centres Of Greater Toronto Health Equity Plan
Leading LHINs (Local Health Integration Networks) in Ontario and Regional Health Authorities across the country have prioritized reducing systemic health inequities. They have encouraged and enabled comprehensive local health equity strategies and health care providers and institutions to develop equity plans. In a unique innovative example of sectoral coordination, Community Health Centres of Greater Toronto […]
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Public Health is a Key Driver for Health Equity
Public health have long been leaders in advancing health equity: whether developing comprehensive equity strategies, conducting local research on the roots of health inequities, providing innovative programs and support to health disadvantaged populations, working in broad collaborations to create and sustain the social and infrastructural foundations of healthy communities, or creative initiatives to shift the […]
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Wellesley Urban Health Model: CHNET Presentation December 2011
Wellesley Urban Health Model: CHNET Webinar December 2011 View more PowerPoint from Wellesley Institute
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An Introduction to System Dynamics
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Advancing Health, Health Equity and Opportunities for Children in Tough Times
Recently, the Wellesley Institute’s Bob Gardner and Steve Barnes made a presentation about advancing health, health equity, and opportunities for children in tough times to staff from the Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth. Bob spoke about the pervasive and damaging health inequities that are rooted in underlying social determinants of health […]
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