Resources for public health capacity building

Ethics

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Population Health Ethics

Knowledge transfer

• Moving Population and Public Health Knowledge
  Into Action: A Casebook of Knowledge Translation Stories (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2006)

Learning

• Master of Public Health Guidelines (2012)
• National Collaborating Centres Online Resources

Population and public health assessment

• Chief Public Health Officer of Canada's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada
• Economic Burden of Illness in Canada
• Evidence-based visions of the future (scenarios):
  • Children and physical activity

Policy reference

• Auditor general report on surveillance of infectious disease (2008)
• Building the public health workforce for the 21^st century (Joint Task Group on Public Health Human Resources, 2005)
• Naylor Report. Learning from SARS: Renewal of Public Health in Canada. A report of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health chaired by Dr. David Naylor (2003) Identifies several systemic deficiencies, including PHHR capacity.
• Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986)
• Public Health Agency of Canada Strategic Plan (2007-2012)
• Romanow Report. Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada(PDF Document) (2002)
• Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Response to the Romanow Report, Reforming Health Protection and Promotion in Canada: Time to Act (2003)
• Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening(PDF Document) (WHO, 2009)
• Walker Report. For the Public's Health: A Plan of Action. Final Report of the Ontario Expert Panel on SARS and Infectious Disease Control, chaired by Dr. David Walker (2004) Includes 53 recommendations to ensure federal and Ontario actions to improve public health and emergency preparedness are coordinated and complementary.

Tools

• Canada Health Infoway is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that advances the development and adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems with compatible standards and communications technologies
• Canadian Communicable Disease Report (CCDR)
• Core competencies for public health
• National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, Registry of Methods and Tools