ARCHIVED - Reducing Health Disparities - Roles of the Health Sector: Discussion Paper

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Health (2005)
Cat. N° HP5-4/2005
ISBN 0-662-69313-2

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the members from across Canada of the Health Disparities Task Group of the Advisory Committee on Population Health and Health Security, who shared in the responsibility of developing and completing this report.

In addition, we would like to recognize the work of the following people, who were contracted to contribute to the development of the report through research and writing: Steven Lewis, Katherine Frohlich, Nancy Ross, Susan Swanson and Diane Kinnon.

We would also like to thank the many people who provided input to the development of the report, including people from all parts of Canada who attended the CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) Health Disparities and Promoting Equity for Vulnerable Populations initiative Think Tank in Ottawa, September 2003, and the Health Disparities Policy Forum consultation in Ottawa, March 2004, hosted jointly by CIHR, the Canadian Population Health Initiative, Health Canada and the Health Disparities Task Group.

Thanks are also due to staff at the Public Health Agency of Canada (previously Health Canada), Heather Fraser, Brenda Steinmetz, Diane Alfred and Mana Herel, as well as to Laura Donatelli of Manitoba Health, all of whom provided advice and policy expertise in developing the report.

The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the Health Disparities Task Group and the Advisory Committee on Population Health and Health Security and do not necessarily reflect the official views of Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the provincial/territorial jurisdictions, or other organizations and specific individuals that contributed to this project.

Jim Ball, Co-Chair
Joel Kettner, Co-Chair