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Core Indicators and Ontario’s Agency for Health Protection and Promotion

Providing expert scientific advice to protect Ontarians' health, improve public health systems, and respond to emergencies. Core functions include surveillance, analysis, research, and expert support.

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Core Indicators and Ontario’s Agency for Health Protection and Promotion

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  1. Core Indicators and Ontario’s Agency for Health Protection and Promotion Dr Natasha S. Crowcroft Director, Surveillance and Epidemiology

  2. WOW!

  3. Mandate, Vision, Mission Mandate • To provide scientific and technical advice for those working to protect and promote the health of Ontarians. Vision • We will be an internationally recognised centre of expertise dedicated to the protection and promotion of the health of all Ontarians through the application and advancement of science and knowledge. Mission • We are accountable to support health care providers, the public health system and partner Ministries in making informed decisions and taking informed action to improve the health and security of all Ontarians through the transparent and timely provision of credible scientific advice and practical tools

  4. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion • The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion Act received Royal Assent and came into force on June 4, 2007. Agency’s purpose: • Serve as a hub, linking researchers, practitioners and front-line workers to the best scientific intelligence from around the world. • Provide specialized scientific and technical adviceand support to government, front-line health care workers and public health units. • Provide scientific and technical support during emergency situations ranging from localized outbreaks to provincial emergencies. • Serve as a model for bridging the two solitudes of infection control and worker safety.

  5. The Agency Nexus 5

  6. Key Directions AGENCY Public Health Units Health Care Providers Partner Ministries CLIENTS AREAS OFSPECIALISATION Infectious disease and infection prevention and control Health promotion, chronic disease and injury prevention Environmental health • Surveillance and epidemiology • Research • Knowledge exchange • Laboratory services • Professional development • Communication Support in Emergency and Exigent Circumstances FUNCTIONS 6

  7. At maturity • Collecting, analysing and disseminating comprehensive readily comparable data with the aim of: • Better informing actions and interventions required in the field • Identify emerging trends and threats • Allow for richer retrospective analysis • Better inform the process of setting goals for Ontario’s public health system • Advanced planning

  8. The people of Ontario Public Health Units All health care providers, including long-term care facilities Networks, organizations and Agencies with public health mandates – ICES, RICNs, LHINs, CCO, OHSF, OQHC, APHEO alPHa, OPHA… MOHLTC and other Ministries – including Environment Universities and research institutes Federal Agencies - PHAC StatsCan, CIHI… Other Canadian institutions – NACI, CIHR, networks of centres of excellence…. Private sector – laboratories and industry Professional organisations Any other organisation with a public health impact – schools, police… Partners… just for starters

  9. Initial focus for surveillance • All existing legal reporting to the Ministry remains in place • Surveillance activities should focus on known gaps and needs in Ontario, including responding to a range of infectious diseases which are; • currently not reportable • of increasing impact • for which existing surveillance is limited

  10. Key imperatives • Need to have clear objectives and deliverables for the first year • Need to build a strong team • Need to build confidence of stakeholders and strong links with them • Need to develop clarity and definition about the role of the Agency • Need to prioritise • Initial activities will focus on gaps, on areas of need, and on building relationships • Start with small and achievable projects

  11. Core indicators: Possible Agency roles • Analytic support for small health units • Broader health system considerations: e.g. LHINs • Align the Public Health Standards with Core indicators • Access to new data • Improve existing data (e.g. RRFSS) • Lobby for improved timeliness (mortality) • Specific expertise: disease content expertise or methodological; epidemiology, geospatial, modelling, biostatistics • Support for APHEO • Involvement/help of new stakeholders

  12. What can you reasonably expect? • Responsiveness • Relevance • Credibility • Collaboration • Innovation • Balance

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