Linked Documents:
Population Health Mobilization: A
Regional Strategy (February, 1999). This paper outlines key approaches,
activities and entry points, and provides suggestions for analyzing health issues
and priorities. It also identifies opportunities and next steps.
The Health Promotion and Programs Branch (now the Population and Public Health
Branch) has defined its working understanding about the population health approach
in the paper Taking
Action on Population Health (1999)  . The paper identifies some of the
challenges the branch and others will face in taking action on population
health - as well
as some opportunities for moving forward towards widespread participation.
It will serve as a living, evolving resource as Health Canada focuses on
putting
the Population Health concepts into practice. See Section 3: Building the Population
Health Approach into Our Work and Section 4: Challenges and Opportunities
for
Taking Action.
Toward
a Healthy Future: Second Report on the Health of Canadians (1999):
A complementary report - Statistical Report on the Health of Canadians
(1999) - produced through a partnership of Health Canada, Statistics Canada
and the Canadian Centre for Health Information, under the auspices of
the Ministers of Health, was released at the same time. Between them,
the two reports provide a picture of the most current information we have
on the health of Canadians, and on the factors that influence our health.
Intersectoral Action...Towards
Population Health (1999): This paper was prepared by the Federal, Provincial
and Territorial Advisory Committee on Population Health (ACPH) and is intended
as a resource for those working to stimulate and enhance inter-sectoral action
for health. It presents a framework for thinking about intersectoral action,
discusses conditions for success, and suggests actions to support further development
and wider implementation of the intersectoral action approach.
Investing
in Early Child Development: the Health Sector Contribution (1999) : Prepared
by the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Advisory Committee on Population
Health Working Group on Healthy Child Development, the paper identifies key
opportunities for action.
Strategies for Population Health
Investing in the Health of Canadians (1994) by the Federal, Provincial and
Territorial Advisory Committee on Population Health summarizes what was known
about the broad determinants of health. It then presents a framework, based
on these determinants, that could guide development by the federal, provincial
and territorial governments of policies and strategies to improve population
health. Finally, it proposes strategic directions upon which the provinces and
territories and the federal government could collaborate.
Related Sites:
Health
Canada's Childhood and Youth Division of the Population Health Directorate
serves as a centre of expertise, leadership, and coordination within the
federal government and Health Canada for issues, activities, and programs
concerning children and youth. The Division is a focal point for policy
development, research, and strategic analysis of trends regarding the
broad determinants of health regarding children and youth in Canada.
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