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The OCDPA is proposing a comprehensive chronic disease prevention system based on six elements:
- Capacity Development: We need to make sure we have the people, programs and funds to prevent chronic disease.
- Best Practices Identification: We need to learn from the best and apply what we learn to strengthen chronic disease prevention in Ontario.
- Research: We need to stay at the forefront of chronic disease prevention knowledge.
- Surveillance and monitoring: We need to know what we’re up against, what the risks are, and to whom.
- Evaluation: We need to know what works to prevent chronic disease.
- Policy and Program Implementation: We need to act.
The OCDPA is influencing the direction of Ontario’s chronic disease prevention system through the following actions:
- Integrating chronic disease prevention into local healthy systems: We will think provincially and act locally.
- Developing common, consistent messaging: We will speak with one voice.
- Applying learning from tobacco: We will learn from our successes and build on them.
- Implementing dose of best practices: We will advocate that programs and practices proven to work are implemented at a level that has an impact.
- Addressing health disparities: We will not avoid hard truths in ensuring that the connections between social conditions and chronic disease are understood and addressed.
- Undertaking Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) evaluation: We will promote existing chronic disease prevention programs as learning tools.
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