Hello Tracy,
Much of the work that we at Campaign 2000, a cross-Canada coalition of more
than 90 organizations working to monitor the implementation of the 1989
House of Commons unanimous, all-party resolution to end child poverty,
focuses on why children and their families are poor. Our most recent policy
perspectives paper, Pathways to Progress: Structural Strategies to Address
Child Poverty, makes a number of recommendations aimed at improving the life
chances for children in working poor families. They include the
establishment of a Fed/Prov Living Wage Commission to develop some
strategies to increase the amount of good jobs with decent wages and
benefits. Living wage ordinances in the U.S. is a strategy that more than
100 municipalities are using. Also, the Learnsave demonstration project
adopts a different strategy, which is to assist low-income working poor
people to build their assets through a matched savings plan. This is a
demonstration project funded by HRDC or I guess it is Social Development
Canada and implemented by SEDI, whose full name is Social Entrepreneurial
Devlopment Initiatives (I think.) So, check out www.campaign2000.ca to get
our policy paper.
Laurel Rothman, Director
Community Building & Social Reform
And National Coordinator, Campaign 2000
Family Service Association of Toronto
355 Church St.
Toronto, ON M5B 1Z8
416 595-9230 ext. 228
www.campaign2000.ca www.fsatoronto.com
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From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sara
Farrell
Sent: July 2, 2004 9:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [SDOH] Interventions for the working poor
Hi Tracy,
Growing up in Sudbury peeked my interest in your work. I'd suggest
focusing on the determinants of health and address why these people are
poor despite being employed and lobbying to address those issues... ie
better working conditions, a living wage with benefits, affordable
daycare, building up their support systems and addressing access to
services, etc
Interventions would include a lot of advocacy work and education of the
politicians and public there to address the why versus things like
education classes on how to budget effectively or manage stress (working
poor could probably teach all of us how to budget effectively). If you
focus on addressing why they are poor in the first place, this will have
a greater impact than helping them to cope with being poor (besides
you'd be addressing the social injustice of the issue).
For more info just read some of Dennis' numerous papers on the social
determinants of health as well as the new books that have come out this
spring. The solutions are there and the data supporting addressing the
'why' is staggering.
Good luck.
Sara
Sara Farrell, RN, BScN
Community Health Officer-North Region
Toronto Public Health
5100 Yonge Street, 2nd Fl
Toronto, M2N 5V7
416-338-0021
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Hello,
My name is Tracy Gregory, and I am involved with the Working Poor
Project in Sudbury, Ontario. This project is a collaborative effort
between The Sudbury and District Health Unit, Laurentian University, and
the University of Toronto. My role is to conduct a critical appraisal of
literature that examines interventions for improving health, safety and
well-being of the working poor population. Thus far, I have found very
little data collected which actually evaluates these
interventions--locally, provincially, federally or internationally. I
was wondering if you might have some idea of where I might be able to
find this information? I have found very few interventions implemented
specifically for low-wage workers. I would really like to locate some
Canadian, local and/or workplace interventions that have been
evaluated.
If you could help me in any way that would be really great.
Thank you very much,
Tracy Gregory
The Working Poor Project
Sudbury, Ontario
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