Measure What Matters: Toward Multi-Sectoral Action to Improve Child and Youth

Table of Contents

• Measure What Matters Toward Multi-Sectoral Action to Improve Child and Youth Health and Well-being 1
• Victoria Wright Christiane Roth 1
• Janet Aucoin Karen Thomas Heather Boynton 1
• Lindsay Crowshoe Gina Dimitropoulos 1
• Deinera Exner-Cortens Amy Metcalfe 1
• Shelly Russell-Mayhew Kelly Dean Schwartz 1
• Suzanne Tough Brent Hagel and Jennifer Zwicker 1
• Volume 1712 August 2024 1
• TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
• POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS 4
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4
• APPROACH 5
• INSIGHTS 5
• PATHS FORWARD 6
• THE ISSUE 6
• OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH 7
• THE ALBERTA LANDSCAPE 8
• THE PARTNER LANDSCAPE 8
• PARTNER LANDSCAPE HIGHLIGHTS 9
• POLICY AND GOVERNANCE LANDSCAPE 11
• POLICY AND GOVERNANCE LANDSCAPE HIGHLIGHTS 15
• THE DATA LANDSCAPE 18
• BACKGROUND LITERATURE AND KEY CONCEPTS 21
• NATIONAL CONTEXTS 21
• ANALYSIS AND PATHS FORWARD 22
• PATHS FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS 23
• 1 . CO-DESIGN A SHARED VISION AND STRATEGY 23
• 2 . CREATE A CROSS-SECTORAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE 25
• 3 . ENHANCE DATA AND MONITORING EFFORTS 27
• 4 . FOCUS ON HEALTH EQUITY 30
• DIALOGUE FORUM 31
• CONCLUSION 32
• REFERENCES 33
• APPENDIX A ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN DETAILED METHODOLOGY 47
• PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES 47
• SEARCH STRATEGY AND INCLUSIONEXCLUSION CRITERIA 47
• APPENDIX B BACKGROUND LITERATURE SYNTHESIS CHILD WELL-BEING AND PUBLIC POLICY 50
• CHILDHOOD ADOLESCENCE AND LIFELONG HEALTH 50
• THE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 50
• ENVIRONMENTS RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPERIENCES 50
• SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXTS AND INEQUALITIES 51
• DEFINING AND MEASURING CHILD AND YOUTH HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 51
• HEALTH INDICATORS 52
• PUBLIC POLICY AND CHILD AND YOUTH OUTCOMES 52
• APPENDIX C NATIONAL CONTEXTS 54
• FEDERAL INITIATIVES 54
• PROVINCIAL INITIATIVES 55
• INDIGENOUS CONTEXTS 56