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Enhancing Capacity in the Assessment and Application of Health Equity Tools

Enhancing Capacity in the Assessment and Application of Health Equity Tools. Kathleen Perkin, Wanda Martin, Bernie Pauly , Marjorie MacDonald, Warren O’Briain , Trevor Hancock, Bruce Wallace, Samantha Tong (ELPH Research Project). Equity Lens in Public Health.

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Enhancing Capacity in the Assessment and Application of Health Equity Tools

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  1. Enhancing Capacity in the Assessment and Application of Health Equity Tools Kathleen Perkin, Wanda Martin, Bernie Pauly, Marjorie MacDonald, Warren O’Briain, Trevor Hancock, Bruce Wallace, Samantha Tong (ELPH Research Project)

  2. Equity Lens in Public Health Purpose: guide and inform learning about the integration of an equity lens in public health and to contribute knowledge of health inequities reduction. www.uvic.ca/elph

  3. Partners Fraser Health

  4. Health Equity Tools www.uvic.ca/elph

  5. Concept Mapping To be useful, a health equity tool should…

  6. Have a clear feedback loop to improve practice • Have a clear intended outcome • Assist program planners to improve the equity of their programs • Lead to the identification of areas for improvement in policy/program

  7. Reflexive Institutional, Cultural and Public Health Lens Explicit Theoretical Foundations Reflexive Practice Practical Resources To Guide Use Evaluation for Improvement User Friendly

  8. Recommendations • Health equity tools should • Be meaningful and guide action • Be clear and concise • Contain resources to support use • Context matters: Understanding of health equityand institutional environments are as important as the use of tools • Next Steps: Practical and Theoretical Criteria

  9. Thank you! www.uvic.ca/elph elph@uvic.ca @ELPH_UVic

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