Publications
Reference Framework for Influencing Public Policies at the Montréal DRSP
Have a look at this reference framework to support public health practitioners in planning and implementing policy-influencing strategies, developed by the Montréal DRSP’s Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships. The NCCHPP helps broaden its reach by translating it into English to support dissemination and uptake across diverse practice contexts in Canada.
Poster – Reflection Tool to Strengthen Organizational Capacities for Healthy Public Policies
This poster summarizes the objectives and structure of the reflection tool. It aims to inform public health professionals about the tool’s availability and relevance, and to encourage its use. It was presented at the 2026 annual conference of the Canadian Public Health Association, held in Montréal.
What Can Organizations Do to Enhance their Capacity to Promote Healthy Public Policies?
This document presents strategies and tools adopted by public health organizations to strengthen their capacity to act on healthy public policies. These are grouped into five key dimensions and illustrated with public health examples from Canada and beyond.
Directory – Understanding Public Policy in Public Health: Resources for Knowledge and Competency Development
This directory presents a list of public policy resources designed to support the capacity development of public health professionals seeking to effectively contribute to the promotion and development of healthy public policies (HPPs).
Infographic – How Can We Promote the Borrowing of a Public Policy Already Tested Elsewhere?
This infographic presents 4 categories of factors that public health actors can mobilize when considering proposing the adoption in their jurisdiction of public policies that have already been tested elsewhere.
What Factors Can Public Health Actors Consider to Facilitate the Borrowing of a Public Policy?
This document presents a list of factors that public health actors can mobilize when considering proposing the adoption in their jurisdiction of public policies that have been effective elsewhere.
Public Policy Analysis Tool for Rapid Decision Making in Public Health
The NCCHPP has collaborated with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) to develop a public policy analysis tool adapted to rapid decision-making contexts. This tool is particularly relevant in the context of a health emergency, where decisions must be made at an accelerated pace.
Public Policy Competencies for Public Health: A Review of the Literature
This report presents findings from a scoping review with analysis of the literature on competencies for healthy public policy.
Understanding Public Policy Agenda Setting Using the 4 P’s Model: Power, Perception, Potency and Proximity
This briefing note on agenda setting helps one to understand the ranking of government priorities, that is, why some issues are prioritized and others ignored.
Fostering Evidence-informed Policy Making: Uncertainty Versus Ambiguity
This briefing note, by Paul Cairney of the University of Stirling, presents the importance of distinguishing between uncertainty and ambiguity in the strategies aimed to develop evidence-informed policy making.