Public Mental Health – Parity of Esteem Position Statement (Motion #15-19)

Moved by Kirwan – Noland. Approved by Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts, May 16, 2019.

WHEREAS the Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts recognizes that there is no health without mental health; and

WHEREAS Public Health Sudbury & Districts intentionally adopts the term, public mental health, to redress the widespread misunderstanding that public health means public physical health

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts endorse the Public Mental Health – Parity of Esteem Position Statement, May 16, 2019; and

FURTHER THAT copies of this motion and position statement be forwarded to local and provincial partners including all Ontario boards of health, Chief Medical Officer of Health, local MPPs, Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa), local municipalities and Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM).

CARRIED

This item was last modified on June 12, 2019