This report was developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP).
Health in All Policies (HiAP) is formally defined as: “an approach to public policies across sectors that systematically takes into account the health implications of decisions, seeks synergies, and avoids harmful health impacts in order to improve population health and health equity” (World Health Organization [WHO] & Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2014, p. 7, 2014, p. 7). This approach comes with unique goals and mandates dependent on the specific national and subnational policy contexts in which it is developed.
As an outgrowth of the interest in HiAP expressed by participants at a pan-Canadian event organized by the...