Webinar: Selecting and assessing health equity tools
A health equity tool is a document or resource that identifies equity as a goal and can assess, measure or promote the inclusion of health equity considerations in policies or programs. Public health practitioners look to health equity tools to help identify actions that will address the socioenvironmental influences on health. As the number and availability of health equity–related tools are increasing, the careful selection and implementation of the right tool for the intended purpose has become increasingly important.
This webinar will focus on the availability of health equity tools for use by public health practitioners to address population health inequities. We will learn about the Equity Lens in Public Health’s (ELPH) updated inventory of health equity tools, which identifies nine categories of health equity tools developed for a range of purposes and audiences.
Guest presenters will explore five main considerations for selecting a health equity tool, including four key organizational conditions required for successful implementation. We will also hear about practical and theoretical criteria to consider when determining if a particular health equity tool is suitable, which will support public health practitioners to further their understanding of how to address population health inequities.
This webinar is part of the NCCDH’s “Health equity tools for public health organizations and practitioners” webinar series.
|Dianne Oickle, Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH||
Sana Shahram, MSFHR Health Policy Fellow,
Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia
|Health Equity Tools s 2.0 (2016)||Blog post: Do tools catalyze action on health equity? (2017)||Blog post: Strengthening organizational conditions that support the use of health equity tools (2017)|
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- Bernie Pauly, Sana Shahram,
- Dianne Oickle
Dianne Oickle, MSc, BSc
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Dianne is a dietitian with over 15 years’ experience working in public health in Ontario focused on reproductive and child health in a mostly rural setting with many diverse clients. Part of her work involved development of practice guidelines for health professionals, train-the-trainer initiatives, public presentations, educational resource development, working with the media, community coalition and network support, writing for the public and professionals, and program planning, implementation, and evaluation. She has taught university nutrition courses, worked with the provincial network supporting and advocating for dietitians in public health practice, and precepted over 20 dietetics and other students. Dianne earned her BSc in Nutrition and Consumer Studies (now Human Nutrition) at St. Francis Xavier University, and her MSc in Nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan.email@example.com