Canada will be a world leader in inter-disciplinary population and public health (PPH) research and research application, fostering evidence-based policies and programs, and training in the fields of public health, health promotion, and occupational and environmental health. The Institute will also influence, through scientific consultation, the wide range of broader public, voluntary, and private sector activities that profoundly impact on the health of populations.
A number of fields of practice have in fact contributed to the development of population health sciences. These include the basic sciences (such as various branches of human biology), epidemiology and biostatistics, the social and behavioural sciences, and more recently political science, law, geography and the humanities.
Our community consists of researchers, policy makers and practitioners working in academia, government, and non-governmental organizations, at national, provincial/territorial, regional and local levels. These intermediaries have strong connections to the general public, amongst whom we must muster the political support required to address the complex population and public health problems of our time.
For more information on IPPH's goals and strategic priorities, please see our Strategic Plan.
