Knowledge Mobilization Hub sharing session for trainees
Learning Objectives:
- Understand core health equity concepts
- Describe KM strategies to advance health equity and drive changes in practice, policies, and structures
- Apply KM strategies to advance health equity through practical exercises
Summary
This session was an introduction to core health equity concepts, including the role that power plays, the field of knowledge mobilization (KM) and specific KM strategies that can be used to drive equity-oriented changes in public health practice, policies and structures. Participants took part in exercises to practice applying these core concepts and strategies in real-world settings to advance health and health equity.
Speakers
Nandini Saxena
Nandini Saxena is a Knowledge Translation Specialist with the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, with extensive professional experience in knowledge mobilization, policy research, public engagement and health system improvement in the public health and mental health and substance use health sectors. Much of her current work focuses on centering health equity in organizations and systems and mobilizing knowledge on actions to disrupt systemic racism. Nandini is a registered social worker and holds graduate degrees in Social Work and Public Administration with a focus on public policy.
Rebecca Cheff
Rebecca Cheff is a Knowledge Translation Specialist at the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health. She is the project lead of the Mind the Disruption podcast which tells the stories of people disrupting the status quo for a healthier, more just world. Before joining the NCCDH in 2021, she led a range of equity-focused policy research projects and networks, related to decent work, income security, and access to health and social services, for six years at the Wellesley Institute. Rebecca has a Master of Public Health from the University of Toronto.
Session Resources
Let’s Talk Determinants of Health
Glossary of Essential Health Equity Terms
Determining Health: Decent work issue brief