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Find out about the actions taken by the Health Unit to reduce social inequities in health

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• Building Our Path for the Next 10 Years
• 10-Year Sequential Guide
• 10 Promising Practices to Guide Local Public Health
• Implementing Local Public Health Practices
• Things You Need to Know About Your Health
• Health Equity Mapping Project
• Social Inequities and Ontario Public Health
• Sudbury & District Health Unit Conversations About Health Equity 
• Opportunities for Wellbeing in the City of Greater Sudbury

Other Resources

• Social Determinants of Health
• Tools and Resources Used by the Health Unit
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Building Our Path for the Next 10 Years

Social Inequities in Health and the Sudbury & District Health Unit: Building Our Path for the Next 10 Years (October 2010): This report describes a process undertaken to develop a vision for our organization to address social inequities in health. From this vision, key milestones and actions will be set and taken to guide the Health Unit’s work for the next 10 years.

10-Year Sequential Guide

10-Year Sequential Action Guide to Achieve the Sudbury & District Health Unit Health Equity Vision: This “evergreen” action guide identifies key actions and milestones required to achieve our 10 year vision to reduce social inequities in health.  It is organized around the 10 promising practices to reduce social inequities in health at the local public health level (see EXTRA Research Fellowship reports).

10 Promising Practices to Guide Local Public Health

Research-Oriented Decision-Making to Guide Local Public Health Practice to Reduce Social Inequities in Health (July 2009) Executive Training for Research Application Intervention Project Progress Report #2: A Program of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. This research project yielded 10 public health practices that are "promising" in their potential to reduce social inequities in health.

10 Promising Practices to Guide Local Public Health

10 Promising Practices Fact Sheets

Implementing Local Public Health Practices

Implementing Local Public Health Practices to Reduce Social Inequities in Health (May 2010) Executive Training for Research Application Intervention Project Final Report: A Program of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

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Things You Need to Know About Your Health

The most important things you need to know about your health may not be as obvious as you think: Poster Campaign about the Social Determinants of Health

Health Equity Mapping Project

Overview of the Health Equity Mapping Project (January 2009) This report describes a process used to assess Health Unit activities within the context of the determinants of health and their contribution to health equity.

Social Inequities and Ontario Public Health

Social Inequities in Health and Ontario Public Health: Background Document (January 2007)

Sudbury & District Health Unit Conversations About Health Equity

The video and User Guide were released in June, 2011. In order to further share and build staff comfort with the Let’s Start a Conversation resources, the SDHU Health Equity Office organized a series of conversation sessions with staff and management.  The Sudbury & District Health Unit Conversations About Health Equity Report summarizes the key health equity themes heard from session participants, the results of the session evaluations, and a discussion of possible implications and opportunities for practice.

Opportunities for Wellbeing in the City of Greater Sudbury: Consultation Document

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Indicators by Area Deprivation in the City of Greater Sudbury

Full report -- Opportunity for All: The Path to Heatlh Equity

Highlights -- Opportunity for All: The Path to Health Equity

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