Public Policy Review Methodology
The NCCHPP has developed a knowledge review methodology to identify policy measures, their scientific foundations, and the implications of their adoption and application. The methodology is flexible in order to include the different types of evidence and information sources that could guide decision making: namely, the scientific and contextual data from scientific literature, grey literature and literature used by local public health actors.
In this pilot project, the NCCHPP addresses the problem of obesity, a public health issue that is receiving increased attention both in Canada and abroad. Despite this attention, a consensus does not exist as to the best policy measures for grappling with this problem, which is becoming an epidemic.
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Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
Health impact assessment (HIA) is one of the major projects under way at the NCCHPP. This tool contributes to the formulation and evaluation of public policy. In line with the interests expressed by Canadian public health actors during consultation meetings and existing projects led by the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada, our projects will explore the use of this tool. The NCCHPP studies will be developed in collaboration with other organizations, research institutions and National Collaborating Centres. For more information
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Multisectoral and multijurisdictional approaches
The goal of this project is to focus on specific Canadian examples from which we can draw lessons for future policy. The following multisectoral and multijurisdictional approaches will be studied: in Quebec, the impact clauses that are part of the Loi de la santé publique (Public Health Act) and the Loi visant à lutter contre la pauvreté et l'exclusion sociale (Law against poverty). In addition to these Quebec examples, we will focus on British Columbia's ACTNOW platform. The NCCHPP is also studying the role of community organizations from a diversity of sectors and levels of government, through a participative process that will involve describing their influence on policy and exploring how to better integrate evidence-based research.
For more information on the collaboration with not-for-profit organizations, click here.
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Health inequalities
The issue of health inequalities is a high priority for governments, as well as for public health actors, organizations and partners. The Centre will address this question in partnership with, among others, the Centre Léa-Roback and the National Collborating Centre for Determinants of Health.
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Ethics and healthy public policy
The ‘Ethics and healthy public policy’ project was developed to reflect on the role of ethical analysis in the development of healthy public policy. So far, work has been carried out through a series of activities established in partnership with researchers associated with the Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal—CRÉUM (Université de Montréal Centre for Research in Ethics).
The goal of these activities is to clarify or make explicit for public health actors some of the concepts and ethical and/or normative issues that are important in relation to public policies. Another goal is to clearly describe some of the conceptual frameworks that are used to analyze public policies. For more information.
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Deliberative processes
The Centre has taken an interest in deliberative processes as promising way to bring a diverse set of actors as well as evidence to the table, with more informed and context-rich decision-making as the result. As such, we are developing a set of resources relating to deliberative processes in order to add them to the set of strategies and tools available to public health actors. For more information
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