Evidence synthesis and knowledge mobilization to advance 'Health in All Policies' in Canada

Good health has more to do with the circumstances in which we live, work, grow, and play than with factors commonly linked with health, such as healthcare services or a nutritious diet. Addressing these factors and their influence on health outcomes requires an approach to health policy that works across sectors beyond 'health'. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified differences in social, economic conditions, and illustrates how addressing these differences requires a whole-of-society and whole-of-government response Health in All Policies (HiAP) is one such approach, where different government sectors work together around health. The Intersectoral Partnerships and Initiatives team (IPI) within the Public Health Agency of Canada(PHAC) is looking to benefit from research about how best to take up key lessons from HiAP into its work. Addressing this challenge will strategically inform IPI's current and future partnerships, and support its efforts to improve the circumstances in which we live, work, grow, and play the most effective ways possible. Using data and evidence available on HIAP, the project will develop evidence-based tools and materials for the Intersectoral Partnerships and Initiatives team to use in facilitating more effective collaboration and more strategic partnerships with non-health sector government departments. The project will also mobilize learnings within government and across sectors; both directly (i.e., through presentations to different public health and allied audiences about the review and its findings), and indirectly (i.e., through adopting and encouraging the use of my findings and tools in my day-to-day work as an HSI fellow and policy analyst on the IPI team).