Towards a Weight-Inclusive Approach in Public Health: 2024 Position Statement
In 2018, Ontario Dietitians in Public Health (ODPH) adopted a Health and Wellbeing Philosophy and Approach to Weight Position Statement. Since then, our members have been compiling, adapting, and creating resources to support public health nutrition messaging that addresses weight bias rather than perpetuates it.
At-a-glance – Black-focused social prescribing: the importance of an Afrocentric approach
# Abstract
The Black-Focused Social Prescribing (BFSP) project is a unique initiative by the Alliance for Healthier Communities that intertwines Afrocentric principles with social prescribing. Going beyond conventional social prescribing models, BFSP addresses specific health needs within Black communities. It is rooted in the Alliance Black Health Strategy, advocates for Black health, and is guided by Afrocentric principles.
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada - Special Issue on Social prescribing in Canada
This is Part I of a special issue of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, titled Social prescribing in Canada: An emerging approach to health and well-being.
Editors for this special issue are Kate Mulligan, Kiffer G. Card, and Sandra Allison. It includes an editorial statement, evidence synthesis, original qualitative research, commentary, and an at-a-glance article.
A qualitative study on the Virtual Emergency Department care experiences of equity-deserving populations
#Abstract
Patients from equity-deserving populations, such as those who are from racialized communities, the 2SLGBTQI+ community, who are refugees or immigrants, and/or who have a disability, may experience a unique set of challenges accessing virtual models of care.
Determining Health: Decent work practice brief
This practice brief is part of the Determining Health series of online resources from the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH).
Acceptability and feasibility of screening with a pediatric care provider-led social determinants of health identification tool
Implementation Research with Expressive Arts Therapy (EAT) to Support the Newcomer Survivors of Gender-based Domestic Violence (GBDV) in Toronto
Walk the Talk: Empowering Patients and Community Members in Healthcare Delivery Research
This article highlights the integrated work of the East Toronto Health Partners and their high-priority communities. It describes how they built a community-embedded learning health system in which patient partners are included in each step of the research cycle, from idea generation to dissemination.
Achieving equity in reproductive care and birth outcomes for Black people in Canada
#Key Points
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Canada has been slow to collect the robust race-based maternal–newborn data that could allow study of racial inequity in maternal morbidity and mortality at the population level.