Promoting health equity : British Columbia influenza prevention policy

1.0 Executive summary: Key dimensions and opportunities to integrate equity into health planning; Conclusion -- 2.0. Background and introduction: 2.1. Scope of the report; 2.2. Methodology; 2.3. Focus populations; 2.4. Key areas of equity in health care; 2.5. Opportunities to integrate equity into /align equity with health planning -- 3.0. Health indicator frameworks and disparity indices: 3.1. Canadian health indicators framework; 3.2. World Health Organization frameworks; 3.3. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report; 3.4. The Marmot Review (England); 3.5. New Zealand health strategy; 3.6. POWER study - gender and equity health indicator framework; 3.7. The integrated life course and social determinants model of Aboriginal health; 3.8. Results-based logic model for primary health; 3.9. Deprivation indices; 3.10. Canadian index of well-being -- 4.0. Criteria for choosing indicators: 4.1. Guiding principles; 4.2. Criteria 4.3. Recommendations for disadvantaged populations -- 5.0. Indicators in use or proposed: 5.1. Canada-wide indicators; 5.2. Measures used elsewhere in Canada; 5.3. Measures used internationally; 5.4. Indicators being used in British Columbia -- 6.0. Gaps and challenges: 6.1. Limitations of data sources; 6.2. Collecting data from patients; 6.3. Barriers to health care -- 7.0. Options for discussion: 7.1. The framework identified; 7.2. Criteria proposed; 7.3. Establishing priorities; 7.4. Conclusion and next steps -- 8.0. References -- 9.0. Appendices:Appendix A - Indicators of health inequalities in use by BC's health authorities; Appendix B - Health indicator frameworks; Appendix C - Search terms and parameters; Appendix D - "Short-list" of indicators proposed for further exploration; Appendix E - Characteristics of ideal indicators; Appendix F - BC Health quality matrix.