E-Bulletin | September 2022

National Collaborating Centre
for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP)

In the Spotlight

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New Publication – The Roles of Public Health in Population Mental Health and Wellness Promotion

This report is a guidance document on the roles of public health for population mental health and wellness promotion (PMHWP) across Canada. It presents 5 key roles that public health actors can play to support PMHWP.

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Webinar

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Upcoming Webinar – Public Health Partner Authorities: An Example of Health in All Policies Governance in Practice

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. (EDT)


The Global Network for Health in All Policies and Wellbeing SA invites you to join a live webinar to learn about South Australia (SA)’s approach to Health in All Policies!

During this webinar, you will learn about SA’s experience in implementing Public Health Partner Authorities (PHPAs). PHPAs are formal collaboration mechanisms destined to support population health and wellbeing.

The webinar will take place very early, which may limit the ability of people in Canada to attend live. Be sure to register to access the recording which will be available on our YouTube channel!

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New Publication

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New Publication Whole-of-Government Wellbeing Approaches: A Comparative Analysis of Four Central Government Initiatives

Wellbeing approaches are novel initiatives for incorporating wellbeing (or quality of life) indicators into policymaking and budget allocation processes. In order to inform decision making related to wellbeing approaches, the NCCHPP has produced a comparative analysis of four wellbeing approaches put forward by the governments of Scotland, Finland, New Zealand, and Wales.

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New Poster

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Poster Presentation – Public Policy Competencies for Public Health: A Scoping Review

This poster presents an overview of the results from a scoping review undertaken by the NCCHPP that aimed to gauge the treatment of public policy competencies for public health in competency frameworks and related documents in public health.

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Symposium at the Public Health 2022 Conference

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Symposium – Supporting the Deployment of Health in All Policies (HiAP) in Canada: Implementation Prospects, Training Review, and Creation of a Pan-Canadian Network

The purpose of this symposium was to provide an overview of three NCCHPP projects on HiAP: 1) reflection and avenues for action on the implementation of the HiAP approach in the Canadian context; 2) consultation on the proposed development of a pan-Canadian HiAP network; and 3) an overview and critical assessment of existing training and training needs related to HiAP.

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Other News of Interest

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2 Upcoming Webinars from the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health

Thursday, September 22, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. PT


Putting Environmental Equity on the Map
Drs. Jeff Brook, Dany Doiron, CANUE

More info/reg link: https://ncceh.ca/hbe-forum

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Image of a rat trap for the Webinar: We Don’t Need a Better Rat Trap: Reconceptualising Municipal Rat Management

Thursday, September 29, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. PT


We Don’t Need a Better Rat Trap: Reconceptualising Municipal Rat Management
Dr Michael Lee, UBC SPPH; BCCDC; Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative

More info/reg link: https://ncceh.ca/content/ncceh-environmental-health-seminar-series

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