Gaining influence: Developing a Healthy Public Policy Unit at Vancouver Coastal Health.

IF 2.9 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne De Sante Publique Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00921-6

Wes Regan, Melinda Markey, Juan Solorzano, Mark Lysyshyn

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Abstract

Setting: Regional Public Health Unit (Office of the Chief MHO, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, BC, Canada).

Intervention: Recognizing the need to invest resources that strategically move public health work "upstream" where policies and investments can shape the determinants of health, the Office of the Chief MHO for Vancouver Coastal Health embarked on a process in 2019 to develop a population health team designed to engage in Healthy Public Policy (HPP) and Health in All Policies (HiAP) approaches to health promotion. The mission and design of this unit was informed by internal and external research and engagement which continued even through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Outcomes: In the fall of 2022, this new unit, the first of its kind in British Columbia, was launched. In 2023, it embarked on strategic planning, engaged in key public policy processes, and implemented priority areas of work to help advance healthy public policy in the region, including the development of processes, tools, and practices to support a more systematic and rigorous approach to this emerging area of public health practice.

Implications: The creation of this new Healthy Public Policy Unit invites discussion within Canada's public health community on the issue of resource allocation to support upstream interventions seeking to build the capacity and effectiveness of HPP and HiAP approaches.

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获得影响力：在温哥华沿岸卫生局建立健康公共政策部门。

地点干预措施：温哥华沿岸卫生局首席医疗保健官办公室认识到有必要投入资源，战略性地将公共卫生工作推向 "上游"，因为政策和投资能够影响健康的决定因素，因此该办公室于 2019 年启动了一项进程，成立了一个人口健康团队，旨在参与健康公共政策 (HPP) 和所有政策中的健康 (HiAP) 方法，以促进健康。该小组的任务和设计参考了内部和外部的研究和参与，甚至在 COVID-19 大流行期间仍在继续：2022 年秋，不列颠哥伦比亚省首个此类新单位成立。2023 年，它开始进行战略规划，参与关键的公共政策进程，并实施优先工作领域，以帮助推进该地区的健康公共政策，包括开发流程、工具和实践，以支持以更系统、更严格的方法来处理这一新兴的公共卫生实践领域：这一新的健康公共政策部门的成立，将在加拿大公共卫生界引起对资源分配问题的讨论，以支持上游干预措施，寻求建立健康公共政策和 HiAP 方法的能力和有效性。

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Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne De Sante Publique PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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128

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