Presentation by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy at the International Union for Health Promotion and Education in Vancouver. June 2007.
Health systems and Health equity
Winnipeg Integrated Health and Social Services
While the fundamental social determinants of health will only be fully addressed with major shifts in government policy and action, there are many innovative and effective ways in which their impact on health disparities can be tackled more immediately in front-line service delivery. One direction is where regional health authorities, community health centres and social […]
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Policy Frameworks to Enhance Health Equity
Presentation by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy at the International Union for Health Promotion and Education in Vancouver. June 2007.
Blueprint for Health Equity
I am making a speech on a Blueprint for Health Equity at the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union conference in Moncton in August. I will highlight pervasive health disparities, detail key components of an integrated and comprehensive policy framework to enhance health equity, and set out some ideas on how to mobilize to win the […]
Second Stage of Medicare
One of the most important challenges facing the progressive health community is how to try to frame the debate in ways that will win public support and shift the way health reform is understood. Public opinion data clearly shows solid support for the values of universal access and Medicare, but there are also widespread worries […]
Effective And Responsive Community Engagement
Written as a type of planning checklist for Ontario’s LHINs (2006), this paper by Bob Gardner sets out critical success factors for developing responsive and effective community engagement. Download this file.
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Racialized People’s Perceptions Of And Responses To Differential Health Care
Principal Organizations: Regent Park Community Health Centre Partner Organizations: Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre, Centre for Research on Women’s Health, Multicultural Interagency Group of Peel (MIAG), Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, National AntiRacism Council of Canada Principal Investigator: Dr. Alan Li Despite Canada’s generally high standard of living and a health care system […]
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Conference: International Union for Health Promotion and Education in Vancouver
Several Wellesley staff presented or participated in the recent conference of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education in Vancouver. It was a huge conference with practitioners and experts from around the world. Among key themes were the pervasive damage of health disparities, the need for comprehensive government policies and action to address them, […]
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HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform
Ongoing massive changes to health care delivery and organization continue and ambitious plans to restructure the system are much debated within government, practitioner and community circles. 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. I recently […]
Health Equity into Policy Action
Presentation by Bob Gardner, Director Public Policy, to Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Feb. 2007)