Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity into Canadian Public Health Practice

Environmental Scan 2010

The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) has published this environmental scan to inform its future direction, priorities and activities through an analysis of the key challenges, needs, gaps, and opportunities in the determinants of health for public health.

This environmental scan used four information gathering approaches: a focussed scan of the literature; 31 key informant interviews with practice and research experts; four focus group teleconferences to validate early emerging themes; and, an online survey with over 600 respondents. There was considerable convergence of the findings across the four information gathering approaches.

Find the scan on their website [3].