The document discusses health equity plans for community providers. It covers topics such as health disparities, the concept of health equity, addressing equity within the health system, and identifying drivers to advance an equity agenda. Key points include building equity into all planning and targeting some programs and resources for equity impact. Community-based initiatives and cross-sector collaborations are also identified as having potential to move an equity agenda forward.
Driving Health Equity into Action: Hospital Planning and DeliveryWellesley Institute
This presentation provides insight on hospital planning and delivery.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Driving Health Equity for Kids: From the Earliest Years to Transforming the S...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides the history of health equity for children and how we need to transform the system.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Driving Health Equity into Action: Strategy, Ideas, and Tools for Midwifery M...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides a strategy, ideas and tools for the midwifery movement.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Health Equity into Policy Action: A Policy Conversation at MOHLTCWellesley Institute
This presentation provides critical insights on how to transform health equity into policy action.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This presentation provides insight on how to translate health equity into action.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Health Equity Impact Assessment: A Tool for Driving Equity into Action Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides insight on how to drive equity into action.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
1. The document discusses policy frameworks that can enhance health equity. It summarizes the presentation of Bob Gardner to the IUHPE Conference in Vancouver.
2. Some key points made are that health disparities are rooted in social and economic inequality, and that macro social and economic policy changes are fundamental to reducing health disparities. Comprehensive, cross-sectoral policy frameworks and local initiatives are also important.
3. The document outlines several promising policy directions discussed, including setting targets to monitor progress, improving access to healthcare, targeting interventions to disadvantaged groups, enhancing primary care and viewing all policymaking through a health equity lens. Local and community-based actions also have important roles to play.
Community Driven Planning, Priority Setting and GovernanceWellesley Institute
This presentation provides critical insight on community planning and governance.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Driving Health Equity into Action: Hospital Planning and DeliveryWellesley Institute
This presentation provides insight on hospital planning and delivery.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Driving Health Equity for Kids: From the Earliest Years to Transforming the S...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides the history of health equity for children and how we need to transform the system.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Driving Health Equity into Action: Strategy, Ideas, and Tools for Midwifery M...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides a strategy, ideas and tools for the midwifery movement.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Health Equity into Policy Action: A Policy Conversation at MOHLTCWellesley Institute
This presentation provides critical insights on how to transform health equity into policy action.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This presentation provides insight on how to translate health equity into action.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Health Equity Impact Assessment: A Tool for Driving Equity into Action Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides insight on how to drive equity into action.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
1. The document discusses policy frameworks that can enhance health equity. It summarizes the presentation of Bob Gardner to the IUHPE Conference in Vancouver.
2. Some key points made are that health disparities are rooted in social and economic inequality, and that macro social and economic policy changes are fundamental to reducing health disparities. Comprehensive, cross-sectoral policy frameworks and local initiatives are also important.
3. The document outlines several promising policy directions discussed, including setting targets to monitor progress, improving access to healthcare, targeting interventions to disadvantaged groups, enhancing primary care and viewing all policymaking through a health equity lens. Local and community-based actions also have important roles to play.
Community Driven Planning, Priority Setting and GovernanceWellesley Institute
This presentation provides critical insight on community planning and governance.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Driving Health Equity in Canada: From Strategy to Action and ImpactWellesley Institute
This document discusses developing a comprehensive health equity strategy in Ontario. It begins by outlining the scale of health inequalities in Canada and how a strategy can address disparities through policy directions, programs, and other enablers. It then discusses comparing strategies in other countries and jurisdictions, and identifying key components like cross-sector collaboration and targeting interventions. The document emphasizes starting with actionable initiatives, evaluating lessons learned, and gradually building a coherent strategy over time to reduce health inequalities.
This presentation offers insight on systems approach in order to illustrate the complexities of the social determinants of health; and its effectiveness in identifying, assessing and developing effective policy alternatives to advance health equity.
Aziza Mahamoud, Research Associate, Systems Science and Population Health
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document discusses methods for calculating epidemiological rates and ratios. It defines key terms like incidence rate, prevalence rate, adjusted rate, and relative risk ratio. It also provides instructions on how to calculate rates, sensitivity, and specificity. Specific types of rates are described, such as period prevalence and incidence density. Methods for comparing rates between exposed and unexposed groups are presented.
This document summarizes a chapter about school health. It discusses the historical perspectives and components of school health programs. It also describes laws like the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act that impact students. Additionally, it outlines the role of the school nurse in providing health assessments, promoting health, and addressing common student health concerns.
Acting on Social Determinants and Health Equity: An Equity Toolkit for Public...Wellesley Institute
This presentation examines the relationship between the social determinants of health and health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document discusses epidemiological research methods for gathering evidence in practice. It defines descriptive and analytical research studies, and describes different study designs including observational studies like cross-sectional and cohort studies, and analytical studies like case-control and intervention studies. Key aspects of each study type are outlined, such as their strengths, limitations, and how comparisons between groups are made. The "gold standard" for research is identified as the randomized controlled design. Understanding research methods allows nurses to apply evidence to practice.
1) The document discusses the introduction of Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario and their potential impact on HIV/AIDS care.
2) LHINs will control regional health funds and planning but certain areas like physicians and drugs are outside their mandate.
3) While HIV funding comes from the Ministry, LHINs could help coordinate services and integrate HIV/AIDS into regional planning through linkages with community planners and providers.
HEALTH, EQUITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY
ISEPICH Forum 23 November 2011
PROFESSOR HELEN KELEHER
INNER SOUTH COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE/
MONASH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
'Wicked' Policy Challenges: Planning, Tools, and Directions for Driving Healt...Wellesley Institute
This presentation offers insight into the policy challenges that inhibit health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
Steve Barnes, Policy Analyst
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document discusses the history and future of community and public health nursing. It covers key topics like the role of government in health care, major changes in the 21st century like increased technology usage, and challenges for community and public health nursing going forward such as eliminating health disparities and cultural competence. The document also outlines principles of public health nursing practice and goals of initiatives like Healthy People 2020.
Advancing Health, Health Equity and Opportunities for Children and Youth in T...Wellesley Institute
This presentation examines the ways in which to advance health and health equity for children and youth during difficult times.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
Steve Barnes, Policy Analyst
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document discusses various topics related to planning for community change, including health planning approaches, levels of planning, models and tools used, and factors involved in planning and implementing change. It addresses topics like community assessment, coalitions and stakeholders, social ecological models, addressing disparities, and using frameworks like logic models and Gantt charts in planning. Funding, documentation of support, and sustainability are also covered.
This presentation offers critical insight on the social determinants of health and public policy.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document summarizes key concepts from a chapter on global health and the environment, including:
- Definitions of global health, public health, and health indicators
- Determinants of health and risk factors that affect disease burden
- Demographic and epidemiologic transitions over time
- The Millennium Development Goals and factors affecting global health systems
- Effective strategies for managing health workforce shortages.
Driving Health Equity into Action: Policy Change and Community Mobilization t...Wellesley Institute
This presentation offers critical insights on policy change and community mobilization.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
The document discusses public health systems and organizations. It describes how public health systems are organized in the United States, including government agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services and state/local health departments. It also discusses nongovernmental organizations that acquire private funding to support individuals' health needs and the International Council of Nurses, a federation of over 130 national nursing associations worldwide.
This document summarizes key aspects of infectious and communicable diseases from a nursing textbook chapter. It defines terms like carrier, incubation period, endemic, epidemic and outlines the chain of infection. It discusses surveillance by the CDC and specific diseases like foodborne illnesses, waterborne illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases. It emphasizes nurses' role in preventing healthcare-associated infections and the high rates of diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV in the US.
Environmental health focuses on how the environment influences human health. It examines exposure to environmental contaminants and how factors like climate, access to services, and community design impact health. Assessing environmental health involves evaluating exposure pathways and potential health effects of contaminants. It also considers vulnerable populations like children who are more susceptible to environmental health risks.
This document discusses family assessment for community health nurses. It covers definitions of family, components of family assessment including cultural and developmental needs, tools for assessment like ecomaps and genograms, theoretical approaches, diversity and its influence on families, family health risks, and the responsibility of nurses to conduct flexible family assessments. Focused family interviews of 15 minutes can provide useful information through open-ended questions and acknowledging family strengths.
Este documento proporciona instrucciones para limpiar el interior y exterior de una computadora de manera segura. Recomienda usar un pincel para remover el polvo, una franela para la pantalla, y aire comprimido para limpiar el interior sin usar líquidos. También aconseja hacer un backup de los archivos importantes antes de desarmar la computadora y revisar que todos los componentes estén bien sujetos después de limpiar.
The document is a 3-year integrated health service plan for the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN covering 2010-2013. It outlines 3 strategic priorities: 1) improving access to appropriate care beginning with emergency rooms and alternate level of care settings, 2) improving chronic disease management starting with integrated diabetes care, and 3) creating an integrated design for the future health system in the region. The plan was developed through community engagement and aims to achieve the provincial strategic goals of better health, better care, and better value for residents of North Simcoe Muskoka.
Driving Health Equity in Canada: From Strategy to Action and ImpactWellesley Institute
This document discusses developing a comprehensive health equity strategy in Ontario. It begins by outlining the scale of health inequalities in Canada and how a strategy can address disparities through policy directions, programs, and other enablers. It then discusses comparing strategies in other countries and jurisdictions, and identifying key components like cross-sector collaboration and targeting interventions. The document emphasizes starting with actionable initiatives, evaluating lessons learned, and gradually building a coherent strategy over time to reduce health inequalities.
This presentation offers insight on systems approach in order to illustrate the complexities of the social determinants of health; and its effectiveness in identifying, assessing and developing effective policy alternatives to advance health equity.
Aziza Mahamoud, Research Associate, Systems Science and Population Health
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document discusses methods for calculating epidemiological rates and ratios. It defines key terms like incidence rate, prevalence rate, adjusted rate, and relative risk ratio. It also provides instructions on how to calculate rates, sensitivity, and specificity. Specific types of rates are described, such as period prevalence and incidence density. Methods for comparing rates between exposed and unexposed groups are presented.
This document summarizes a chapter about school health. It discusses the historical perspectives and components of school health programs. It also describes laws like the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act that impact students. Additionally, it outlines the role of the school nurse in providing health assessments, promoting health, and addressing common student health concerns.
Acting on Social Determinants and Health Equity: An Equity Toolkit for Public...Wellesley Institute
This presentation examines the relationship between the social determinants of health and health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document discusses epidemiological research methods for gathering evidence in practice. It defines descriptive and analytical research studies, and describes different study designs including observational studies like cross-sectional and cohort studies, and analytical studies like case-control and intervention studies. Key aspects of each study type are outlined, such as their strengths, limitations, and how comparisons between groups are made. The "gold standard" for research is identified as the randomized controlled design. Understanding research methods allows nurses to apply evidence to practice.
1) The document discusses the introduction of Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario and their potential impact on HIV/AIDS care.
2) LHINs will control regional health funds and planning but certain areas like physicians and drugs are outside their mandate.
3) While HIV funding comes from the Ministry, LHINs could help coordinate services and integrate HIV/AIDS into regional planning through linkages with community planners and providers.
HEALTH, EQUITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY
ISEPICH Forum 23 November 2011
PROFESSOR HELEN KELEHER
INNER SOUTH COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE/
MONASH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
'Wicked' Policy Challenges: Planning, Tools, and Directions for Driving Healt...Wellesley Institute
This presentation offers insight into the policy challenges that inhibit health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
Steve Barnes, Policy Analyst
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document discusses the history and future of community and public health nursing. It covers key topics like the role of government in health care, major changes in the 21st century like increased technology usage, and challenges for community and public health nursing going forward such as eliminating health disparities and cultural competence. The document also outlines principles of public health nursing practice and goals of initiatives like Healthy People 2020.
Advancing Health, Health Equity and Opportunities for Children and Youth in T...Wellesley Institute
This presentation examines the ways in which to advance health and health equity for children and youth during difficult times.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
Steve Barnes, Policy Analyst
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document discusses various topics related to planning for community change, including health planning approaches, levels of planning, models and tools used, and factors involved in planning and implementing change. It addresses topics like community assessment, coalitions and stakeholders, social ecological models, addressing disparities, and using frameworks like logic models and Gantt charts in planning. Funding, documentation of support, and sustainability are also covered.
This presentation offers critical insight on the social determinants of health and public policy.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
This document summarizes key concepts from a chapter on global health and the environment, including:
- Definitions of global health, public health, and health indicators
- Determinants of health and risk factors that affect disease burden
- Demographic and epidemiologic transitions over time
- The Millennium Development Goals and factors affecting global health systems
- Effective strategies for managing health workforce shortages.
Driving Health Equity into Action: Policy Change and Community Mobilization t...Wellesley Institute
This presentation offers critical insights on policy change and community mobilization.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
The document discusses public health systems and organizations. It describes how public health systems are organized in the United States, including government agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services and state/local health departments. It also discusses nongovernmental organizations that acquire private funding to support individuals' health needs and the International Council of Nurses, a federation of over 130 national nursing associations worldwide.
This document summarizes key aspects of infectious and communicable diseases from a nursing textbook chapter. It defines terms like carrier, incubation period, endemic, epidemic and outlines the chain of infection. It discusses surveillance by the CDC and specific diseases like foodborne illnesses, waterborne illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases. It emphasizes nurses' role in preventing healthcare-associated infections and the high rates of diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV in the US.
Environmental health focuses on how the environment influences human health. It examines exposure to environmental contaminants and how factors like climate, access to services, and community design impact health. Assessing environmental health involves evaluating exposure pathways and potential health effects of contaminants. It also considers vulnerable populations like children who are more susceptible to environmental health risks.
This document discusses family assessment for community health nurses. It covers definitions of family, components of family assessment including cultural and developmental needs, tools for assessment like ecomaps and genograms, theoretical approaches, diversity and its influence on families, family health risks, and the responsibility of nurses to conduct flexible family assessments. Focused family interviews of 15 minutes can provide useful information through open-ended questions and acknowledging family strengths.
Este documento proporciona instrucciones para limpiar el interior y exterior de una computadora de manera segura. Recomienda usar un pincel para remover el polvo, una franela para la pantalla, y aire comprimido para limpiar el interior sin usar líquidos. También aconseja hacer un backup de los archivos importantes antes de desarmar la computadora y revisar que todos los componentes estén bien sujetos después de limpiar.
The document is a 3-year integrated health service plan for the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN covering 2010-2013. It outlines 3 strategic priorities: 1) improving access to appropriate care beginning with emergency rooms and alternate level of care settings, 2) improving chronic disease management starting with integrated diabetes care, and 3) creating an integrated design for the future health system in the region. The plan was developed through community engagement and aims to achieve the provincial strategic goals of better health, better care, and better value for residents of North Simcoe Muskoka.
The document discusses developing rural health hubs in the Central East LHIN region of Ontario. It outlines integration planning processes for community health services in Northumberland County and Kawartha Lakes/Haliburton County. For Haliburton County specifically, it recommends a voluntary merger between the local community care organization and hospital to form a single health services entity to better coordinate services across the care continuum in this rural region. Lessons learned from the integration processes emphasize the importance of leadership, project management, communication, and post-integration evaluation.
This document discusses Ontario's plan to transform health care delivery through Health Links. Health Links aim to improve coordination of care for patients with complex needs. They bring together local health care providers, including primary care, hospitals, home care and specialists, to better share information and ensure patients receive seamless care. The goals are faster access to primary care, quicker connection to services, and improved care transitions. Health Links focus on a defined population, can track complex patients, and include signed agreements between providers. Their implementation involves readiness assessments, business plans, and accountability agreements between partners. Examples provided show Health Links in various stages of development in Renfrew County.
This presentation highlights the factors driving and influencing a health equity agenda.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
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This document provides an overview and agenda for a Power BI presentation. It discusses Power BI capabilities for end-to-end business intelligence including discovering, analyzing, visualizing and exploring data from Excel and the cloud. It also outlines Power BI features for the cloud like data search, refresh, mobile access and Q&A. The presentation concludes by discussing Power BI's next version including enhanced dashboards, mobile apps, APIs and hybrid scenarios.
The document discusses Oracle's data integration products and big data solutions. It outlines five core capabilities of Oracle's data integration platform, including data availability, data movement, data transformation, data governance, and streaming data. It then describes eight core products that address real-time and streaming integration, ELT integration, data preparation, streaming analytics, dataflow ML, metadata management, data quality, and more. The document also outlines five cloud solutions for data integration including data migrations, data warehouse integration, development and test environments, high availability, and heterogeneous cloud. Finally, it discusses pragmatic big data solutions for data ingestion, transformations, governance, connectors, and streaming big data.
Visualizing Healthcare Data with Tableau (Toronto Central LHIN Presentation)Stefan Popowycz
This is the presentation I gave to the Toronto Central LHIN about using Tableau to visualizing healthcare metrics (April 16 2013). I also have a section on how Information Design best practices can be leveraged in order to effectively communicate your key messages to your end users.
Social Determinants of Health Inequalities: Roadmap for Health EquityWellesley Institute
This presentation discusses the social determinants of health inequities and provides a roadmap for health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
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Not Lost in Translation: Interpretation and Other Drivers for Health EquityWellesley Institute
This presentation provides critical insight on health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
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This presentation offers critical insights on thinking and acting on health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
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Building on the Evidence: Advancing Health Equity for Priority PopulationsWellesley Institute
This presentations offers critical insights on how to advance health equity for priority populations.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Building Equity and Social Determinants of Health into 'Healthy Communities' ...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides critical insights on how build equity and healthy communities.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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This presentation talks about the importance of health equity during difficult times.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
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Health Equity Impact Assessment: A Tool for Driving Equity Into Action May 18...guest9b4551b
Bob Gardner attended a presentation at Mt Sinai Hospital on May 18, 2010. The presentation focused on using health equity impact assessments to address health disparities in Ontario. The assessment is a planning tool that evaluates how programs and policies may impact different populations. It helps ensure equity factors are considered in health planning. The presentation provided an example of using the tool to examine potential inequities in surgical re-admission rates between populations.
This presentation offers ways to leverage a health equity strategy in order to inspire public action.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Health Equity Strategy, Interpretation and Other Levers for Driving ChangeWellesley Institute
This presentation outlines effective ways to create change within your community.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Healthy connections heia workshop feb 17 2010guest9b4551b
1. The document outlines an agenda for a workshop on health equity and introducing the Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) tool.
2. It provides context on key health equity concepts like the social determinants of health, health disparities, and discrimination.
3. The HEIA tool is presented as a practical planning approach that helps assess how initiatives may impact health equity and disadvantaged populations. Examples of applying the tool are discussed.
Health Equity Impact Assessment Workshop: Healthy Connection Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides insights on health equity.
Anthony Mohamed, Aboriginal Health CAP
St. Michael's Hospital
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Drawing Out Links: Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health and Social Po...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides insight on health equity, social determinants of health and social policy.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
Steve Barnes, Policy Analyst
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
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Making Evaluations Matter for 'Wicked' Policy Problems; Supporting Strategy, ...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides critical insights on supporting strategy, policy and interventions that drive health equity.
Bob Gardener, Director of Policy
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This presentation examines the ways in which health promotion can impact policy.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Health Equity into Action: Strategy, Planning and Other Resources for LHINsWellesley Institute
This presentation provides a strategy, planning and resources for LHINs.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Driving Health Equity into Action: The Potential of Health Equity Impact Asse...Wellesley Institute
This presentation provides a critical analysis of the potential of a health equity impact assessment.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Blueprint for Action on the Social Determinants of Health and Health EquityWellesley Institute
This presentation provides a blueprint for action on the social determinants of health and health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Advancing Health Equity: Building on Community-Based InnovationWellesley Institute
This presentation offers insights on how to advance health equity by building on community-based innovation.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Acting on Social Determinants and Health Equity: Opportunities and Promising ...Wellesley Institute
This presentation looks at the opportunities and practices that establish an effective public health system.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Health Equity for Immigrants and Refugees: Driving Policy ActionWellesley Institute
This presentation discusses health equity for immigrants and refugees.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Similar to Central LHIN Leaders’ Briefings: Building Health Equity into Action (20)
1) Racialized women face significant barriers to accessing breast cancer screening programs resulting in later diagnoses and lower survival rates compared to non-racialized women.
2) Racialized Ontarians experience higher unemployment rates and earnings gaps compared to non-racialized Ontarians, highlighting the need for improved data on racial disparities in the labour market.
3) Unregulated rooming houses in Toronto suburbs have become an important source of affordable housing for vulnerable groups but often lack adequate health and safety protections for tenants.
This presentation suggests that housing and homelessness are not just concerns for the city centre. It looks at how housing insecurity is deep and persisting; how poor housing effects people, communities, the economy and government; the diminishing federal investments in housing; and our lack of a comprehensive national plan.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
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This presentation examines social housing and housing needs in Toronto and Canada.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
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Ending Homelessness in Kingston and Across Canada: What's the Plan?Wellesley Institute
This presentation examines the steps necessary to end homelessness in Kingston and Canada.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
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A Health Equity Toolkit: Towards Health Care Solutions For AllWellesley Institute
This presentation offers health solutions that will help create a more equitable system.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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This document summarizes a presentation by Michael Shapcott from the Wellesley Institute on the relationship between health and housing. It discusses how housing insecurity and poverty have negative health impacts, but also how good housing can promote health. It notes that federal housing investments in Canada have been declining, leading to a loss of over 130,000 affordable housing units. The document calls for increased and sustained federal investments in affordable housing to improve health outcomes and reduce social costs.
Getting to Yes: Overcoming Barriers to Affordable Family-friendly Housing in ...Wellesley Institute
This presentation examines the barriers that inhibit many people from accessing affordable and family-friendly housing in inner Melbourne, Australia.
Carolyn Whitzman, Professor of Urban Planning
The University of Melbourne
This presentation examines the link between quality cancer care and equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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This presentation examines the ways in which local action can achieve health equity.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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State of homelessness infographic.
Stephen Gaetz, Jesse Donaldson, Tim Richter, & Tanya Gulliver (2013): The State of Homelessness in Canada 2013. Toronto: Canadian Homelessness Research Network Press.
This presentation looks at which indicators point to deep and persistent housing insecurity and homelessness and the opportunities for social change.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
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Housing Insecurity and Homelessness: What Should Be Done?Wellesley Institute
This document discusses housing insecurity and homelessness in Canada. It makes four key observations: 1) Housing insecurity and homelessness are deep and persistent problems, 2) They are costly to both individuals and society, 3) Federal investments in housing and homelessness programs have been eroding, and 4) Canada lacks a comprehensive national plan to address these issues. The document advocates for developing new policies and tools to solve the problems in a holistic way.
This presentation introduces complexity and systems thinking, and how they relate to the social determinants of health.
Aziza Mahamoud, Research Associate, Systems Science and Population Health
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Housing and Cities as Human Rights: Dialogues between Latin America and CanadaWellesley Institute
The document summarizes a presentation given by Lorena Zárate on housing and cities as human rights through dialogues between Latin America and Canada. It discusses the work of Habitat International Coalition, an NGO network working on human habitat issues in over 125 countries. It also describes the Mexico City Charter for the Right to the City, a document signed in 2010 that establishes principles for democratic management and production of urban space with a focus on social justice, sustainability, and collective rights.
This presentation provides facts about legalized gaming in Canada and situates these facts within the larger discussion on the negative impacts of Casinos on our health.
Jim Cosgrave, Professor of Sociology
Trent University
This presentation looks at the negative health impacts of a Casino in Toronto.
Dr. David McKeown, Toronto's Medical Officer of Health
Toronto Public Health
Building Inclusive Cities: Planning Tools that promote the Right to the CityWellesley Institute
This presentation looks at the ways in which cities can be inclusive and examines interesting projects happening around the globe.
Carolyn Whitzman, Professor of Urban Planning
University of Melbourne
Person-Centred Care, Equity and Other Building Blocks For Excellent Care For AllWellesley Institute
This presentation examines the building blocks for excellent care.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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Realizing the Potential of Health Equity Impact AssessmentWellesley Institute
This presentations offers critical insight into the potential of an health equity impact assessment.
Bob Gardner, Director of Policy
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This presentation commemorates the 100 year anniversary of the opening of the Wellelsey hospital in 1912.
Sue Williams, Co-Chair Wellesley Institute
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Breast cancer: Post menopausal endocrine therapyDr. Sumit KUMAR
Breast cancer in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) status is a common and complex condition that necessitates a multifaceted approach to management. HR+ breast cancer means that the cancer cells grow in response to hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. This subtype is prevalent among postmenopausal women and typically exhibits a more indolent course compared to other forms of breast cancer, which allows for a variety of treatment options.
Diagnosis and Staging
The diagnosis of HR+ breast cancer begins with clinical evaluation, imaging, and biopsy. Imaging modalities such as mammography, ultrasound, and MRI help in assessing the extent of the disease. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemical staining of the biopsy sample confirm the diagnosis and hormone receptor status by identifying the presence of estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) on the tumor cells.
Staging involves determining the size of the tumor (T), the involvement of regional lymph nodes (N), and the presence of distant metastasis (M). The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system is commonly used. Accurate staging is critical as it guides treatment decisions.
Treatment Options
Endocrine Therapy
Endocrine therapy is the cornerstone of treatment for HR+ breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The primary goal is to reduce the levels of estrogen or block its effects on cancer cells. Commonly used agents include:
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs): Tamoxifen is a SERM that binds to estrogen receptors, blocking estrogen from stimulating breast cancer cells. It is effective but may have side effects such as increased risk of endometrial cancer and thromboembolic events.
Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs): These drugs, including anastrozole, letrozole, and exemestane, lower estrogen levels by inhibiting the aromatase enzyme, which converts androgens to estrogen in peripheral tissues. AIs are generally preferred in postmenopausal women due to their efficacy and safety profile compared to tamoxifen.
Selective Estrogen Receptor Downregulators (SERDs): Fulvestrant is a SERD that degrades estrogen receptors and is used in cases where resistance to other endocrine therapies develops.
Combination Therapies
Combining endocrine therapy with other treatments enhances efficacy. Examples include:
Endocrine Therapy with CDK4/6 Inhibitors: Palbociclib, ribociclib, and abemaciclib are CDK4/6 inhibitors that, when combined with endocrine therapy, significantly improve progression-free survival in advanced HR+ breast cancer.
Endocrine Therapy with mTOR Inhibitors: Everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, can be added to endocrine therapy for patients who have developed resistance to aromatase inhibitors.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is generally reserved for patients with high-risk features, such as large tumor size, high-grade histology, or extensive lymph node involvement. Regimens often include anthracyclines and taxanes.
NAVIGATING THE HORIZONS OF TIME LAPSE EMBRYO MONITORING.pdfRahul Sen
Time-lapse embryo monitoring is an advanced imaging technique used in IVF to continuously observe embryo development. It captures high-resolution images at regular intervals, allowing embryologists to select the most viable embryos for transfer based on detailed growth patterns. This technology enhances embryo selection, potentially increasing pregnancy success rates.
Are you looking for a long-lasting solution to your missing tooth?
Dental implants are the most common type of method for replacing the missing tooth. Unlike dentures or bridges, implants are surgically placed in the jawbone. In layman’s terms, a dental implant is similar to the natural root of the tooth. It offers a stable foundation for the artificial tooth giving it the look, feel, and function similar to the natural tooth.
Computer in pharmaceutical research and development-Mpharm(Pharmaceutics)MuskanShingari
Statistics- Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing and interpreting numerical data to assist in making more effective decisions.
A statistics is a measure which is used to estimate the population parameter
Parameters-It is used to describe the properties of an entire population.
Examples-Measures of central tendency Dispersion, Variance, Standard Deviation (SD), Absolute Error, Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Eigen Value
Discover the benefits of homeopathic medicine for irregular periods with our guide on 5 common remedies. Learn how these natural treatments can help regulate menstrual cycles and improve overall menstrual health.
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Giloy in Ayurveda - Classical Categorization and SynonymsPlanet Ayurveda
Giloy, also known as Guduchi or Amrita in classical Ayurvedic texts, is a revered herb renowned for its myriad health benefits. It is categorized as a Rasayana, meaning it has rejuvenating properties that enhance vitality and longevity. Giloy is celebrated for its ability to boost the immune system, detoxify the body, and promote overall wellness. Its anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and antioxidant properties make it a staple in managing conditions like fever, diabetes, and stress. The versatility and efficacy of Giloy in supporting health naturally highlight its importance in Ayurveda. At Planet Ayurveda, we provide a comprehensive range of health services and 100% herbal supplements that harness the power of natural ingredients like Giloy. Our products are globally available and affordable, ensuring that everyone can benefit from the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. If you or your loved ones are dealing with health issues, contact Planet Ayurveda at 01725214040 to book an online video consultation with our professional doctors. Let us help you achieve optimal health and wellness naturally.
Know the difference between Endodontics and Orthodontics.Gokuldas Hospital
Your smile is beautiful.
Let’s be honest. Maintaining that beautiful smile is not an easy task. It is more than brushing and flossing. Sometimes, you might encounter dental issues that need special dental care. These issues can range anywhere from misalignment of the jaw to pain in the root of teeth.
PGx Analysis in VarSeq: A User’s PerspectiveGolden Helix
Since our release of the PGx capabilities in VarSeq, we’ve had a few months to gather some insights from various use cases. Some users approach PGx workflows by means of array genotyping or what seems to be a growing trend of adding the star allele calling to the existing NGS pipeline for whole genome data. Luckily, both approaches are supported with the VarSeq software platform. The genotyping method being used will also dictate what the scope of the tertiary analysis will be. For example, are your PGx reports a standalone pipeline or would your lab’s goal be to handle a dual-purpose workflow and report on PGx + Diagnostic findings.
The purpose of this webcast is to:
Discuss and demonstrate the approaches with array and NGS genotyping methods for star allele calling to prep for downstream analysis.
Following genotyping, explore alternative tertiary workflow concepts in VarSeq to handle PGx reporting.
Moreover, we will include insights users will need to consider when validating their PGx workflow for all possible star alleles and options you have for automating your PGx analysis for large number of samples. Please join us for a session dedicated to the application of star allele genotyping and subsequent PGx workflows in our VarSeq software.
5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT or Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that serves a range of roles in the human body. It is sometimes referred to as the happy chemical since it promotes overall well-being and happiness.
It is mostly found in the brain, intestines, and blood platelets.
5-HT is utilised to transport messages between nerve cells, is known to be involved in smooth muscle contraction, and adds to overall well-being and pleasure, among other benefits. 5-HT regulates the body's sleep-wake cycles and internal clock by acting as a precursor to melatonin.
It is hypothesised to regulate hunger, emotions, motor, cognitive, and autonomic processes.
Summer is a time for fun in the sun, but the heat and humidity can also wreak havoc on your skin. From itchy rashes to unwanted pigmentation, several skin conditions become more prevalent during these warmer months.