Sudbury & District Health Unit Vision and 10 Year Plan to Reduce Social Inequities in Health (Motion #48-10)

Moved by Belcourt – Dennis. Approved by the Sudbury & District Board of Health, October 21, 2010.

WHEREAS the Sudbury & District Board of Health demonstrated its formal support for work on social determinants of health in its 2005 position statement and later in its support for equity based planning; and

WHEREAS the Sudbury & District Board of Health strategic plan (2010-2012) further reflects the Board of Health’s commitment to reducing social inequities in health and prioritizes the need to champion equitable opportunities for health in our communities; and

WHEREAS recent research conducted as part of a Canadian Health Services Research Foundation EXTRA fellowship outlines 10 promising practices to reduce social inequities in health and highlights tangible tools and approaches that can guide the Sudbury & District Board of Health efforts; and

WHEREAS a comprehensive vision and long-term plan to reduce social inequities in health will support effective and efficient use of public health resources; and

WHEREAS the vision document, Social Inequities in Health and the Sudbury & District Health Unit: Building our Path for the Next 10 Years, was developed and validated by Sudbury & District Health Unit management and staff reflecting diverse, cross-health unit representation.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health formally endorse the vision document, Social Inequities in Health and the Sudbury & District Health Unit: Building our Path for the Next 10 Years; and

FURTHER THAT, the Sudbury & District Board of Health direct the Medical Officer of Health to develop a 10 year action plan based on the vision document, for the purposes of guiding the work of the SDHU to reduce social inequities in health.

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