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NCCHPP e-Bulletin - November 2012

Published November 21, 2012.
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		. The National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP) seeks to increase the expertise of public health actors across Canada in healthy public policy through the development, sharing and use of knowledge. Contact us. _______________________________________________ .
		In the Spotlight this Month
		. Online Course: Introduction to Health Impact Assessment of Public Policies .
		An online course on health impact assessment (HIA) of public policies has been developed by the NCCHPP and the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (Québec's public health institute - INSPQ) in collaboration with Dr. Richard Massé, associate professor at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Montréal, and other partners. This course aims to help participants to develop and improve their competencies for leading an HIA process relating to public policies, and to do this with partners from different sectors. The course will be offered in English from: May 1 to June 12, 2013. Registration deadline for the course in English: March 20, 2013. The course will be offered in French from: February 12 to March 31, 2013. Registration deadline for the course in French: December 14, 2012. Click here to read more.



		_______________________________________________ . The Centre in Action .
		Workshop - Tackling Wicked Problems in the Built Environment: Of Health Inequalities and Bedbugs
		. Val Morrison led this two-hour workshop on at the Place and Health Conference in Fredericton, N.B., on October 25, 2012. The workshop offered a basic explanation of the nature of wicked problems and how they differ from other sorts of problems, and included a practical exercise designed to highlight approaches to resolving them. Click here to read more. Click here to download the document. 795 K






		_______________________________________________ . Our New Publications in the Spotlight .
		Tools and Approaches for Assessing and Supporting Public Health Action on the Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity .
		A collaborative project between the National Collaborating Centres for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) and for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP), this document provides examples of the tools and approaches to health equity that have been adopted or applied by the public health sector. Click here to read more. Click here to download the document. 327 K .
		. . Health Authorities and the Built Environment: Actions to Influence Public Policies .

		This document presents various political actions undertaken by health authorities to influence the development of healthy built environments. Click here to read more. Click here to download the document. 993 K	.
		_______________________________________________ . Thank you for reading. As always, we would like to hear your comments on this and all of our work. .

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