Opportunity for All: The Path to Health Equity (Motion #26-13)

Moved by Dutrisac, Schoppmann. Approved on May 16, 2013, Sudbury & District Board of Health.

Motion

WHEREAS Opportunity for All: The Path to Health Equity, demonstrates inequities in health outcomes between least and most deprived areas across the City of Greater Sudbury; and

WHEREAS health equity is possible and can be addressed through improvements to local social and economic environments; and

WHEREAS the Sudbury & District Health Unit strives to champion and lead equitable opportunities for health as articulated in the 2013-2017 Strategic Plan and Health Equity Vision – 2020;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health accept the report, Opportunity for All: The Path to Health Equity and direct the Medical Officer of Health to continue organizational efforts to improve health equity; and

FURTHER THAT the Medical Officer of Health be directed to ensure the continued collaboration with community partners to identify and implement appropriate strategies to improve health equity and monitor local progress; and

FURTHER THAT the Medical Officer of Health report regularly to the Board of Health on key health equity actions and indicators for Sudbury and districts; and

FURTHER THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health send this report to the Premier of Ontario and strongly urge that government maintain its stated commitment to poverty reduction in Ontario as a public health measure; and

FURTHER THAT a copy of this motion and report be forwarded to all Ontario Boards of Health, local Members of Provincial Parliament, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Public Health Ontario, the Association of Local Public Health Agencies, the Ontario Public Health Association, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association, and area municipalities.

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