One of the major challenges of community engagement processes such as the recent consultation undertaken by the Toronto Central LHIN is ensuring that the full diversity of voices and perspectives are heard. Access Alliance, a Toronto Community Health Centre focussing on the health needs of immigrant and refugee communities, was concerned that these communites had […]
Health systems and Health equity
Putting the social determinants of health into practice
There has been increasing discussion within Canadian public health circles on how the social determinants of health can be put into practice. The Sudbury and District Health Unit prepared a discussion paper in March 2006. Quebec is the most advanced jurisdiction in integrating traditional public health with comprehensive and integrated interventions on the social determinants […]
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Volunteering & Health
Recent English research on volunteering highlights the analytical value of drilling down into small-scale neighbourhood-based analyses to better understand the dynamics of poor communities. More and more research, including projects in which the Wellesley Institute is involved, focuses on how variations in community structure and connections, access to services and other social determinants in local […]
Canadian Nurses Association on the SDOH
Nurses’ professional associations have long done useful policy work on the social determinants of health. A recent paper from the Canadian Nurses Association highlights social justice as a crucial pre-condition of a healthy society. It sets out a useful Social Justice Gauge as a tool to evaluate policy directions and impact. See it here.
Seeds, Soil, And Stores: A Pilot Study Of Community Gardening In Southeast Toronto
Principal Organization: University of Toronto, Department of Geography Partner Organization: Ryerson University, School of Nutrition Principal Investigator: Sarah Wakefield Researchers set out to gather systematic data on the benefits and challenges of community gardens in Southeast Toronto. Researchers held 10 focus groups, and interviewed garden coordinators and community members. The main benefit of community gardens […]
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2007 CCPH Conference Planning Has Begun
Planning for next year’s Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) 10th anniversary conference, April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto is underway! We are delighted to be a partner in the CCPH conference, the first held in Canada. For those of you not familiar with CCPH, the organization is a leading champion in the U.S. for promoting health […]
Making What Matters Happen: Organizational Needs Assessment Of Toronto’s Urban Health Nonprofit Community
The experience of Toronto’s nonprofit community over the past decade has been articulated in countless reports. They document that changing political and economic forces have led to not only the downloading of responsibilities,but also increased demands for programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations. This changing terrain has placed local nonprofits in a precarious position, […]
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Count Us In! Inclusion And Homeless Women In Downtown East Toronto
Principal Organization: Ontario Women’s Health Network (OWHN) Partner Organizations: Toronto Christian Resource Centre and Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse Principal Investigator: Tekla Hendrickson The purpose of this project, called Count Us In!, was to investigate how health and social services in Toronto, and in the province of Ontario, can be made more inclusive, and in turn, promote […]
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Positive Spaces, Healthy Places
Principal Organizations: McMaster University, Department of Family Medicine and Fife House Partner Organizations: York University, Ontario AIDS Network, Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy, Bruce House, AIDS Thunder Bay and AIDS Niagara Principal Investigators: Ruthann Tucker and Dale Guenter, PhD Housing has been identified as one of the most important needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS. The […]
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Building Capacity For CBR With Racialized Groups: Towards A Richer Understanding Of Health Disparities
Principal Organization: Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre Partner Organizations: Toronto Public Health and Black Creek Community Health Centre Principal Investigator: Helene Gregoire Researchers identified the fact that while there are many studies on the impact of socioeconomic factors on racialized minority groups in Canada, there is little community based research in this area. The […]
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