An Atlantic & Manitoba Perspective Toward Building Public Health Capacity

A Work in Progress

Prepared for:

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Project Funding and Partners

Financial support of the Government of Canada provided through the Office of the Voluntary Sector, Public Health Agency of Canada

Canadian Public Health Association & Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Manitoba Public Health Association & Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba

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Newfoundland and Labrador Public Health Association & Wellness Advisory Council of Newfoundland and Labrador

New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Branch CPHA & Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Prince Edward Island

Public Health Association of Nova Scotia & Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia

Project Partnership

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Background Public health’s success has led to the erosion of

public health system infrastructure

Recent public health incidents (e.g., SARS, Walkerton)

Naylor & Kirby Reports

Need for a snapshot of public health to effectively build capacity

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The Project Goal Develop an easily understood, high level framework to:

help educate, plan, and collaborate develop healthy public policy monitor progress towards achieving public health

capacity Explore ways to develop and sustain a collaborative

process for influencing public health (“healthy”) policy development and public health capacity

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The Process Project management team refined the initial

framework developed by PHANS

A series of consultations between October & December 2004 in the Atlantic Provinces and Manitoba

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The Process 270 participants, from thirty working groups,

examined the framework and provided feedback on its content, format, and potential uses

Partners consolidated the results of the consultations

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The Result A compact 6 page framework that includes:

Foundation requirements

Results

Requirements (What is needed)

Indicators (How will we know)

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The Result Result

Individuals & communities are protected from epidemics & diseases

Requirement Clinical prevention services including a

national standardized and funded immunization strategy & program

Indicators: Clinical prevention services, such as:

Maintenance of a national immunization strategy Immunization rates meet or exceed standards of

national strategy

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The Result Result

Public policies & community function & design support healthy living

Requirement Integrated policy development by all

government departments that have an impact on health determinants & outcomes

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The Result Indicators

Integrated policy development Reduction of poverty & health inequities, for

example: Measurable increase in rate of literate

individuals Measurable increase in number of government

policies from all sectors reflecting healthy public policy

Measurable reduction in the rate of low income families

Initiation of strategies to improve access to higher education

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Next Steps Continue to refine

Use & refine the framework for own purposes within governments, NGOs, and public health associations

Obtain research funding to further refine the framework

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What can you do? Use it!

To facilitate collaboration on public health

To educate about the scope of public health

To plan and monitor pubic health systems

To define priorities

To advocate for support and resources

To evaluate progress toward an effective public health system

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What can you do? Give us feedback

Tell us how you used the framework and how it worked

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