Development of priority health equity indicators for British Columbia : Development of priority health equity indicators for BC : process and outcome report

The Health Officers Council put forward policy options to address the social determinants of health and identified several areas for action within the health care system that included “building the case for and increasing the prioritization of health equity within system planning”. [...] Public health should be using this information to design interventions, to inform decision-makers, both within and beyond the health system, and to support efforts to address the underlying causes of the disparities.16 2.1 Purpose of the project The purpose of this project was to identify a prioritized suite of health equity indicators that are important for the B. C. health system.* These indicat [...] The purpose of the scan was to provide the background and framework required to support decision-making in the health equity indicators project. [...] The frameworks developed by the Canadian Institute of Health Information,22 the World Health Organization,23 and the Marmot Review24 were identified as more relevant for adaptation and use in B. C. 7 © 2014 PHSA Development of priority health equity indicators for BC: Process and outcome report 3.1.2 Decisions taken Ultimately, the CIHI Indicator Framework was identified as the most appropriate fr [...] Following prioritization of the health equity indicators, the intended role of the TWG was to provide ongoing guidance for the production, analysis, and presentation of data.