The Summer Institute offered a program of practical sessions, networking opportunities, and accomplished speakers. This year's event, held at Château Mont-Sainte-Anne, offered knowledge and tools for public health practitioners, policy-makers, researchers and community-based practitioners. To visit the Summer Institute website, click here.
Monday July 6-Pre conference
Full day
Health Impact Assessment: a methodology to include health in all policies
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) offers a structured way to shed light on the decision-making process related to a proposed policy and on the policy's potential effects on the health of a population.
This day-long workshop was designed to familiarize participants with HIA methodology and addressed the following two questions:
• How can HIA be applied so as to lead to the adoption of healthy public policies at different levels of government?
• What are some key issues related to this practice that must be taken into account?
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Overview (
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Scoping ( 481K)
Screening ( 368K)
Next Steps ( 323K)
Day 1-Tuesday July 7
15:15-16:30
The Methods Used by Non-Profit Organizations to Influence Public Policy and the Implications for Public Health Actors Working Toward the Development of Healthy Public Policies
The implications of including “non-traditional” public health actors in the process of developing healthy public policy is one area addressed in the NCCHPP's work. We have specifically focused on the role played by non-profit organizations (NPOs) in public policy processes.
During this session, the NCCHPP presented its work regarding the methods used by five Canadian non-profit organizations to influence public policy.
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Intersectoral Activity and Not-for-Profit Organizations ( 135K)
Putting public health on the agenda: the use of health knowledge by one not-for-profit organization ( 620K)
Not-for-profits' uses of health knowledges in influencing public policy ( 166K)
Day 2- Wednesday July 8
15:30-17:00
Using deliberative processes to inform the development of healthy public policies
Deliberative processes can be used to inform the development of healthy public policies. A deliberative process refers to a process during which a policy issue is critically examined by a group of participants (experts, policy-makers, the public and other relevant actors).
During this training session, participants explored the theoretical and practical implications of using deliberative processes to inform healthy public policies.
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Using Deliberative Processes to Inform the Development of Healthy Public Policies ( 1.2Mb)
Day 3-Thursday July 9
9:15-12:00
Public policy development processes – what role can public health actors play?
The aim of this workshop was to introduce participants to some basic concepts related to public policy and to shed light on the complexity of the issues tied to policy development.
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Public Policy Development Processes: What Role Can Public Health Actors Play? ( 957K)