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Advocacy in a Regionalized Health Care System

Advocacy in a Regionalized Health Care System. Overview. BC and Canadian Context Advocacy Focus Tell our story with an emphasis on collaboration, partnerships, engagements Successes Challenges. Context. What is the Health Officers’ Council of BC Our roles are:

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Advocacy in a Regionalized Health Care System

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  1. Advocacy in a Regionalized Health Care System

  2. Overview • BC and Canadian Context • Advocacy Focus • Tell our story with an emphasis on collaboration, partnerships, engagements • Successes • Challenges

  3. Context • What is the Health Officers’ Council of BC • Our roles are: • Assertive Knowledge Translation (AKT) • Educator/watchdog • Resource broker • Partnership developer • Advocate/catalyst • Context of Health Authority employment • Other current alignments

  4. Advocacy Focus Selection • Externally facilitated process to establish Council interest in and priorities for advocacy • 3 priority areas selected for further work: 1) regulation of psychoactive substances 2) chronic conditions 3) child poverty

  5. Process • Members self selected to the 3 working groups • Clearly we do not “own” the issues • Nor are we the experts • Collaborate and partner with those currently active and leading • Review evidence for policy or interventions

  6. Public Health Assn. of BC Human Early Learning Partnership First Call BC Childhood Poverty Population Health Network Michael Hayes SFU Dennis Raphael York BC Healthy Living Alliance Health Authorities and Ministry of Health Adapted from Ron Labonte, 2002

  7. Process continued • Range of high level policy options and interventions aimed at reducing child poverty were debated at Council • Collaborators were in attendance as resources and participants • Vancouver Coastal Health provided logistical and staff support

  8. Poverty is a Health Issue:Four Policy Options Selected • Establish Poverty Reduction Targetsand Strategies; all of Gov’t approach • Increased Surveillanceand Reporting • Provincial Income Assistance Strategies • Accessible Child Care

  9. Process continued • Policy Options paper circulated to stakeholders and partners including: 1) other health authorities/MHOs/PHO 2) BC Government Conversations on Health (care) 3) Health Canada’s consultation on healthy children and youth 4) BC Healthy Living Alliance

  10. Partnerships Formalized Membership in: • First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition • BC Healthy Child Development Alliance Continuing membership in: • BC Healthy Living Alliance

  11. Engagements • BC Progress Board • Van City Savings and Credit • Child and Youth Representative of BC • Provincial Health Officer annual report “Equity and Health” • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives to collaborate on a living wage campaign

  12. Successes • Early Development Instrument (EDI) now annualized • Participated with partners in TV and print media release of the 2007 Child Poverty Report Card • Supported Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) resolution on reducing child poverty • Presentation at Health Conferences • Op/ed pieces for print and radio catalogued

  13. Challenges • Political will • Employer support • Preventative dose, maintain focus • Evaluating value and impact • Election year opportunities

  14. Nelson Ames Medical Health Officer nelson.ames@interiorhealth.ca

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