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An Atlantic & Manitoba Perspective Toward Building Public Health Capacity
A Work in Progress
Prepared for:
Canadian Public Health AssociationConference 2005
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Project Funding and Partners
Financial support of the Government of Canada provided through the Office of the Voluntary Sector, Public Health Agency of Canada
Canadian Public Health Association & Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Manitoba Public Health Association & Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba
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Newfoundland and Labrador Public Health Association & Wellness Advisory Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Branch CPHA & Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Prince Edward Island
Public Health Association of Nova Scotia & Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia
Project Partnership
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Background Public health’s success has led to the erosion of
public health system infrastructure
Recent public health incidents (e.g., SARS, Walkerton)
Naylor & Kirby Reports
Need for a snapshot of public health to effectively build capacity
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The Project Goal Develop an easily understood, high level framework to:
help educate, plan, and collaborate develop healthy public policy monitor progress towards achieving public health
capacity Explore ways to develop and sustain a collaborative
process for influencing public health (“healthy”) policy development and public health capacity
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The Process Project management team refined the initial
framework developed by PHANS
A series of consultations between October & December 2004 in the Atlantic Provinces and Manitoba
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The Process 270 participants, from thirty working groups,
examined the framework and provided feedback on its content, format, and potential uses
Partners consolidated the results of the consultations
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The Result A compact 6 page framework that includes:
Foundation requirements
Results
Requirements (What is needed)
Indicators (How will we know)
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The Result Result
Individuals & communities are protected from epidemics & diseases
Requirement Clinical prevention services including a
national standardized and funded immunization strategy & program
Indicators: Clinical prevention services, such as:
Maintenance of a national immunization strategy Immunization rates meet or exceed standards of
national strategy
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The Result Result
Public policies & community function & design support healthy living
Requirement Integrated policy development by all
government departments that have an impact on health determinants & outcomes
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The Result Indicators
Integrated policy development Reduction of poverty & health inequities, for
example: Measurable increase in rate of literate
individuals Measurable increase in number of government
policies from all sectors reflecting healthy public policy
Measurable reduction in the rate of low income families
Initiation of strategies to improve access to higher education
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Next Steps Continue to refine
Use & refine the framework for own purposes within governments, NGOs, and public health associations
Obtain research funding to further refine the framework
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What can you do? Use it!
To facilitate collaboration on public health
To educate about the scope of public health
To plan and monitor pubic health systems
To define priorities
To advocate for support and resources
To evaluate progress toward an effective public health system
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What can you do? Give us feedback
Tell us how you used the framework and how it worked
www.cpha.ca
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