Grant: Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity - LOI

Poor health is associated with the conditions in which people live. Unhealthy conditions have been found to have a greater impact on health than health services alone. Improving the health of people who are poor and living in unhealthy situations requires action not only of the health sector but other sectors such as housing and education. Public health has played a leadership role in making health inequities, those differences created by unfair or unjust living conditions, a priority. The renewal of public health in Canada has been a key opportunity to enhance action on health equity. In British Columbia, there is a commitment to an equity lens in the development and delivery of public health programs. However, there is limited knowledge or evidence of the role that public health has played and the contribution of public health to reducing inequities. This program of research will generate new knowledge and action related to addressing inequities through examination of selected core public health programs in British Columbia. Explicit attention will be giving to approaches to assess the impact of programs on inequities, collaboration between public health and other sectors as well as community engagement.