Hello to SDOH folks

We are hosting a Fireside Chat ('virtual' pan-Canadian discussion) that 
some of you might be interested in join in.....
Its free - participants join in by telephone/internet.
(folks from beyond Canada are also welcome!)

For more info and to register for this 'Fireside Chat': www.chnet-works.ca
(need assistance? - contact [log in to unmask])

Title: Bringing Health Inequities from the Fringes into the Mainstream 
Public Health Agenda.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 01:00 PM — 02:30 PM (Eastern Time)

Across Canada, many community health professionals are concerned about 
Social Determinants of Health and health inequities.
Are they still lying out in the fringes of our work or are they on the 
mainstream agenda?

Greater gains to the overall population health can be made if public 
health resources are focused more on addressing health inequities.

This Fireside Chat will share examples of how the Region of Waterloo 
Public Health and the Ontario Public Health Association's Access, Equity 
and Social Justice Work Group
advocated for the inclusion of the health inequities agenda in the new 
Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS), contributed to defining the 
Public Health sector role in addressing health inequities, and developed 
a public health planning approach that focuses on health inequities.

A planning model will be discussed that is based on the Foundational 
Standard of the OPHS and the Population Health Assessment and 
Surveillance (PHAS) Protocol, and uses both quantitative and 
qualitative, research and practice driven, evidence to expose and 
address health inequities.

Population health data, research, program evaluation, unique community 
context, stakeholder perspectives, and other sources of evidence are 
used to make program decisions that invest greater emphasis on 
addressing health inequities.

Advisor on Tap
Daniela Seskar-Hencic
Manager, Population Health Planning and Evaluation
Region of Waterloo Public Health
Chair, Access, Equity and Social Justice Group, Ontario Public Health 
Association

Hope you will join in the discussions!
Dot Bonnenfant
CHNET-Works! Animateur
www.chnet-works.ca
Population Health Improvement Research Network

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