Public Health

Federal and all provinces: Useful sites

• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) - Independent, not-for-profit organization collecting and providing healthcare system data
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (NCCPH) - Aboriginal health, determinants of health, environmental health, infectious diseases, healthy public policy, methods and tools
• Profiles of Public Health Systems in Canadian Provinces and Territories - National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy

Quebec: Useful sites

• Institut national de santé publique Québec
• Santécom - Quebec catalogue including public health resources; useful for finding grey literature

Sample of international resources

• US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• US Department of Health & Human Services
• Public Health Europe
• World Health Organization: Health Topics
  • Health in All Policies Training Manual

Sample resources: Health policy in Canada

• Canadian Best Practices Portal: Policy Issues
• Canadian Public Health Association
• College of Family Physicians of Canada: Health Policy
• The Federal Role in Health and Health Care - Library of Parliament, Legal and Social Affairs Division (Revised in 2013)
• National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy

Sample resources: Health policy research in Canada and at McGill

• Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research
• Canadian Journal of Public Health - Includes policy research
• Institute for Health and Social Policy - Research
• Health Inequalities and Global Health - Policy Groups at McGill
• Method for Synthesizing Knowledge about Public Policies

Writing policy briefs

• How to write a policy brief - Homelessness Learning Hub, Canada
• How to write a policy brief - International Development Resource Centre (IDRC), Canada