Health Equity Promotion

Health equity means that all people can reach their full health potential and should not be disadvantaged from attaining it because of socially determined circumstances.  These circumstances include social and economic status, social class, racism, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and others.  We promote health equity in the WRHA and in partnership with many others. 

WRHA’s Health Equity Position Statement

Major Initiatives

• Population and Public Health hosts the regional Health for All effort. Health for All is a multilayered effort to weave health equity thinking and action into the fabric of all decision-making and service provision in the WRHA.
• Health equity promotion is embedded in our Population and Public Health services and is being enhanced. PPH and Community Areas are developing a health equity action plan. 

Reports

• Health for All: Looking Forward (April 2018)
• Health Equity Workshops: Participant Feedback (Feb 2016 – Jan 2018)
• Promoting Health Equity Program Monitoring Report for 2016
• Promoting Health Equity Program Monitoring Report for 2015
• Promoting Health Equity Program Monitoring Report for 2014

Presentations

• September 2014 PPH Staff Development Day

Committees

• Health for All – Public Health
• Health for All Coordinating Committee
  • Health for All Partnership Working Group
  • Health for All Learning and Engagement Working Group
  • Health for All Knowledge Working Group
  • Health for All Economic Inclusion

Resources

• WRHA Regional Health Equity Landing Page
• Health for All: Building Winnipeg’s Health Equity Action Plan
• We All Have A Role To Play
• Language we use to promote Health Equity

• National Collaborating Center for Determinants of Health
• Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors – Primary Care: The Poverty Tool