Advocacy and Policy

OPHA seeks to be an independent voice for a broadly defined conception of Public Health. Through strategic collaborations with governments and partnerships with health units, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), addiction centres, academic institutions and community health centres, OPHA has succeeded in addressing and influencing the broader elements of health policy as well as a wide range of specific Public Health issues.

Tackling Issues

Alcohol

• Managing Alcohol at Events on Municipal Property
• Preliminary Assessment of Alcohol Regulations Proposed in the 2019 Ontario Budget
• Alcohol and Social Determinants of Health
• Alcohol Outlet Density
• Alcohol Pricing 
• Controlling Physical Availability of Alcohol
• Marketing & Advertising Alcohol
• Why Ontario needs an alcohol strategy

Built Environment

• Survey Report: Public Health’s Engagement in Environmental Assessments
• Public Health and Environmental Assessments Infographic

Environmental Health

• Climate Change and Public Health in Ontario

Food & Nutrition

• The Ontario Food and Nutrition Strategy
• Make Healthy Eating and Being Physically Active Easy and Accessible for All

Breastfeeding Promotion Network 

• Informed Decision-Making & Infant Feeding

Reproductive Health

• SHIFT – Enhancing the Health of Ontarians: A Call to Action for Preconception Health Promotion and Care
• Informed Decision-Making for Labour and Birth

Health Equity

• Health in All Policies
• Response to Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario
• Health Equity and Public Health in Ontario