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Session Details: Part 3: Setting Community Priorities for Health Promotion

The third part in this health promotion series will focus on selecting community priorities. We’ll examine the processes, frameworks and tools which three public health units have used to select the priorities that drive their health promotion work:

• Dr. Alex Summers, Medical Officer of Health at Middlesex-London Health Unit and Joëlle Martel, Specialist in Comprehensive Health Promotion at Public Health Sudbury & Districts will share their health units’ approach to priority settings; and
• Darcie Renaud and Marc Frey from the Evaluation and Strategic Initiatives Department at the Windsor-Essex Health Unit will discuss their health unit's program review and prioritization process.

Intended Audience:

Health promoters working in a variety of settings, public health physicians and public health professionals with an interest in health promotion.

• Identify sources of data and information which can inform health promotion priority setting for public health professionals.
• Describe the importance of engaging with partners and priority populations when setting priorities.
• Compare the priority setting approaches used by three health units.

Dr. Alex Summers, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC is the Medical Officer of Health for the Middlesex-London Health Unit, a position held since 2022.  He holds a Bachelor of Science from Queens University, a Doctor of Medicine from Queens University and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University. His residency in public health and preventive medicine was completed at the University of Toronto.

Joëlle Martel, BHSc, MHP is a Program Specialist and has been working at Public Health Sudbury & Districts for 20 years. Her career has included over a decade of work in school health promotion work, as well as leadership of COVID-19 vaccination clinic operations during the pandemic. She currently supports the implementation of various initiatives within the Comprehensive Health Promotion Team, with a focus on implementing evidence-informed decision making, by providing leadership and expertise in population health, health equity, program planning and evaluation.

Darcie Renaud, MA is the Data and Performance Lead supporting both the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and the Windsor-Essex Ontario Health Team. Her work focuses on data strategy, performance measurement, and using data to support better decision-making across the local health system.

Darcie joined the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit in 2011 and has worked in several areas including program evaluation, performance management, health equity, planning, and communications. Darcie holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Windsor and bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science from the University of Toronto.

Marc Frey, PhD is the Manager of the Epidemiology and Data as well as the Planning and Strategic Initiatives teams at Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. teams at the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. The work of his teams includes the areas of epidemiology, equity, performance management, and planning. He holds a doctorate in Applied Social Psychology, specializing in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and he has more than 10 years of experience applying his knowledge and experience in the healthcare and public health sectors.

The opinions expressed by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies or views of Public Health Ontario, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by Public Health Ontario.

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