Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) is a decision-support mechanism increasingly being considered by public administrations in industrialized countries. Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) is a decision-support mechanism increasingly being considered by public administrations in industrialized countries.
Synthesis and summary
Écrit synthétisant ou résumant une production scientifique (de l'INSPQ ou d'ailleurs) et dans lequel les connaissances scientifiques sont adaptées de manière à les rendre accessibles et compréhensibles à des publics généraux ou spécialisés.
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November-17-20
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November-17-20
This briefing note is intended for all managers in the health and social services sectors, as well as for public health actors who would like to see this type of approach established within their government so that health can be better taken into account in all policies. Those who are called upon to manage programs, projects or public policies involving multiple sectors with a determinant impact on population health will find here an overview of the usefulness of the horizontal (intersectoral) approach as compared with traditional approaches. This document presents the challenges and benefits specific to the horizontal approach, along with a summary of current thinking on the subject. It also includes examples of common practices tied to this approach....
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November-17-20
Cette note s’adresse à l’ensemble des gestionnaires du secteur de la santé et des services sociaux, ainsi qu’aux acteurs de santé publique qui souhaitent voir l’instauration d’une telle approche au sein de leur gouvernement pour une meilleure prise en compte de la santé dans toutes les politiques. Amenés à gérer des programmes, des projets ou des politiques publiques impliquant plusieurs secteurs déterminants de la santé des populations, ils y trouveront un aperçu de l’intérêt que présente l’approche horizontale (intersectorielle) par rapport aux approches traditionnelles. Ce texte présente les défis et les bénéfices spécifiques à l’approche horizontale, ainsi qu’un état des lieux des réflexions en cours sur le sujet. On y trouve également des exemples...
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November-17-20
How can we perceive and address ethical challenges in public health practice and policy? One way is by using ethical concepts to shed light on everyday practice. One does not have to be a specialist in ethics to do so. This document is part of a series of papers intended to introduce practitioners to some concepts, values, principles, theories and approaches that are important to public health ethics.
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November-17-20
Comment voir et relever les défis éthiques dans la pratique et les politiques de la santé publique? Notamment en utilisant les concepts éthiques pour éclairer les pratiques quotidiennes. Pour cela, nul besoin d’être un spécialiste en éthique. Ce document fait partie d’une série dont l’objectif consiste à introduire les praticiens à certains concepts, valeurs, principes, théories ou approches importants pour l’éthique en santé publique.
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November-17-20
How can we perceive and address ethical challenges in public health practice and policy? One way is by using ethical concepts to inform our thinking. One does not have to be a specialist in ethics to do so. This document is part of a series of papers intended to introduce practitioners to some values, principles, theories and approaches that are important in public health ethics.
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November-17-20
Comment voir et relever les défis éthiques dans la pratique et les politiques de la santé publique? Notamment en utilisant les concepts éthiques pour éclairer nos réflexions. Pour cela, nul besoin d’être un spécialiste en éthique. Ce document fait partie d’une série dont l’objectif consiste à introduire les praticiens à certains principes, valeurs, théories ou approches importants pour l’éthique en santé publique.
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November-17-20
A public health ethics must begin with recognition of the values at the core of public health, not a modification of values used to guide other kinds of health care interactions (Baylis, Kenny, & Sherwin, 2008, p. 199).
Public health practitioners have long grappled with ethical issues in their practice but, until recently, there have been few relevant ethics frameworks that take into account the values base of public health.1 Historically, those involved in health care ethics and bioethics more generally have failed to provide public health practitioners with guidance geared to their unique ethical concerns. Until relatively recently, a rights-based deontological approach (Zahner, 2000), or the health care ethics principles of autonomy, beneficence, non...
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November-17-20
Increasingly, the concept of solidarity is being brought into discussion as one of the principles and values that should guide the ethical practices of public health actors.1 Reflecting on ethical issues specific to solidarity as it relates to public health practice appears worthwhile because solidarity is a concept that first and foremost concerns groups or communities of people. Viewed from this perspective, solidarity is a value that, for some authors, seems more suited to playing a central role in public health ethics than do the more individualistic values, such as autonomy, which are usually regarded as central to biomedical or clinical ethics (Baylis, Kenny, & Sherwin, 2008; Dawson, 2011a; Prainsack & Buyx, 2011). This is why solidarity is...
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November-15-20
In this paper we will outline the concept of reciprocity as it may be applied in the ethics of public health. The goal of this paper is to present the concept as it has been developed and used in the literature.
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