, Public Health Agency of Canada
At the , Member States (including Canada) endorsed the , pledging to monitor health inequities within their jurisdictions. In response, the , , and have collaborated to undertake the Pan-Canadian Health Inequalities Reporting initiative, a comprehensive and systematic snapshot of the state of health inequalities in Canada to support federal, provincial and territorial collaboration and monitoring of progress on the reduction of health inequalities.
In this presentation, Beth Jackson from the Public Health Agency of Canada will review this unique initiative comprising over 70 indicators of health status, health behaviours and structural determinants of healt. She will provide an update of the most recent developments in the project and its two main productsÌý: the online data platform and the narrative reports.
The seminar will also be streamed live on the Internet in collaboration with the , and will be followed by a cocktail to launch the special issue featuring articles based upon several presentations made at QICSS’ 2014 conference: . The special issue was edited by Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (À¦°óSMÉçÇø), (Concordia University), and (Public Health Agency of Canada).
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Event location: room 420 -
Date: May 26, 2016 3-6pm
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Background
Beth Jackson's 2014 presentation: Monitoring Health Inequalities:A Pan-Canadian Baseline Reporting Initiative at the QICSS 2014 conference:
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