7 mai 2010
Comparing population health in the United States and Canada
The objective of the paper is to compare population health in the United States (US) and Canada. Although the two countries are very similar in many ways, there are potentially important differences in the levels of social and economic inequality and the organization and financing of and access to health care in the two countries. Results show that life expectancy in Canada is higher than in the US.
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7 mai 2010
Promoting health in schools: from evidence to action
The document provides succinct evidence-based arguments to support the need for school health promotion and advocates for a whole school (Health Promoting Schools) approach to strategically plan and implement school health initiatives. The content includes brief summaries of the latest evidence of effectiveness in building the health knowledge, behaviours and competencies in young people to prevent non-communicable diseases. It is intended to address policy and decision-makers and education officials in a manner that is understood and applicable to both sectors.
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7 mai 2010
A glass half-full: how an asset approach can improve community health and well-being
This publication is aimed at those working with communities to challenge health inequalities, particularly in areas where this gap has widened despite implementing a range of ‘evidence based’ interventions. It offers practitioners and politicians, who want to apply the principles of community driven development as a means to challenge health inequalities, a set of coherent and structured techniques for putting asset principles and values into practice.
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7 mai 2010
The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters
This report, a summary of our current knowledge about food deserts and their impacts on communities, provides evidence to inform policymaking. Authors hope that it provides policymakers, advocates, philanthropists, and others with information, evidence, and analysis that can inform their efforts to eliminate “food deserts” from neighborhoods and communities across the country.
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7 mai 2010
International - Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2008
This updated Commonwealth Fund chartbook uses data collected by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to compare the health care systems and performance across several industrialized countries.
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