Health is created largely outside the health sector. Engagement in health governance,
policy, and intervention development and implementation by sectors other than health is …

The establishment of policy is key to the implementation of actions for health. We review the
nature of policy and the definition and directions of health policy. In doing so, we explicitly …

Abstract The World Health Organization's Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion has been
considered a seminal document and template for health promotion since its inception and is …

To date, Ontario public health units (PHUs) have generally neglected the social
determinants of health (SDH) concept in favor of risk aversion and behaviorally oriented …

Despite evidence that public policy that equitably distributes the prerequisites/social
determinants of health (PrH/SDH) is a worthy goal, progress in achieving such healthy …

Community-based health promotion is poorly theorised and lacks an agreed evidence-base.
This paper examines characteristics of community-based health promotion and the …

In Australia, children are not eating according to the Australian Dietary Guidelines despite
the incorporation of numerous public health initiatives in the school setting. Literature …

Despite a history of conceptual contributions to reducing health inequalities by addressing
the social determinants of health (SDH), Canadian governmental authorities have struggled …

Public policy creates health inequalities among Canadians by inequitably distributing the
social determinants of health (SDOH). Political decisions by authorities bring about these …

In adopting a whole‐of‐society (WoS) approach that engages multiple stakeholders in
public health policies across contexts, the authors propose that effective governance …