Can J Public Health 2012;103(6): 425-27.

Latest OECD Figures Confirm Canada as a Public Health Laggard

ABSTRACT
Despite the Canadian public health community?s commitments to promoting 
public policy that supports health, evidence indicates that Canada?s 
public
health picture continues to decline. This may be due in part to the 
failure of public health agencies and local public health units to engage 
in public
policy advocacy and public education about the social determinants of 
health. Examples of such activities by local public health units are now 
available
and provide a model for such activity.
Key words: Public policy; public health; community development

http://journal.cpha.ca/index.php/cjph/article/view/3355


Realization of the statement ?Canadian Public Health Association members 
believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions which 
are necessary to achieve health for all Canadians? 34 therefore requires 
that public health agencies and local health units communicate to 
governmental authorities and the public what is known about the SDOH and 
insist upon the making of health-promoting public policy. Are Canadian 
public health agencies and local health units willing to engage in these 
activities? If not, are they prepared to live with the public health 
consequences?

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