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Advocacy for healthy public policy as a health promotion technology  Describes the evidence base in literature with respect to advocacy for healthy public policy as a health promotion technology. Gathers principles and guidelines from the experience of players in the policy advocacy arena, and case studies of efforts to achieve policy changes. Link requires PDF reader. Source: University of Toronto, Centre for Health Promotion An inclusion lens: workbook for looking at social and economic exclusion and inclusion  Describes a tool for analyzing legislation, policies, programs and practices to determine whether they promote the social and economic inclusion of individuals, families, and communities. Offers guiding questions to work through the issues, and key considerations in setting an action plan. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Building a national diabetes strategy: a strategic framework: volume 2  Outlines a strategy for the prevention, early detection, and management of diabetes. Highlights the costs of diabetes and challenges related to health education and diabetes management. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Canadian Pensioners Concerned  Advocates on behalf of older adults to ensure legislation and programs assist and protect seniors. Educates the general public concerning the needs of older adults. Source: Canadian Pensioners Concerned Caring together: caregiver recognition is sound social policy  Argues that caregivers play a critical role in the community and the health care system, a role that should be recognized and supported through public policy. Issues a call for action for a policy framework to raise awareness, promote research, and increase supports to caregivers. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Canadian Caregiver Coalition   Concepts and principles for tackling social inequities in health: levelling up (part I)  Updates earlier works on the concept of equity in health and the implications for policy development. Discusses health equity in the context of modern Europe, and current evidence about the key determinants of health. Provides ten principles for policy action on health disparities. Link requires PDF reader. Source: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe From: International resource Diabetes task force: report to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care   Emphasizes the burden of diabetes among Canadians and describes the gap between the provision of acute diabetes care and efforts to enable comprehensive diabetes management. Also describes the origin of a task force assembled to improve outcomes for people with diabetes and lists their recommendations. Source: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Economic arguments for action on the social determinants of health  Sets out what is known about the economic benefits of social policies that contribute to the overall health of Canadians. Supports the argument known as the 'social policy as a productive factor' approach, making the case that investment in the social realm brings long term cost savings. Source: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN)   European Health Inequalities Portal  Offers an information portal on how health, poverty and social exclusion interrelate in the European Union, and what's being done to address these problems. Gives examples of interventions and policies to reduce health inequalities. Includes directory of best practices, EU policy, national policies and publications. Source: European Partners for Equity in Health From: International resource   Global programme on health promotion effectiveness (GPHPE)  Describes a multi-partner project co-ordinated by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education to raise the standards of health promoting policy-making and practice world-wide. Focuses on best practice principles, models and methods, taking regional and cultural diversity into consideration. Source: World Health Organization (WHO) From: International resource
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