Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Ivy Lynn Bourgeault -- Population health equity and intervention research : a scoping review of the published and grey literature in Ontario, 2005-2011 / Hasu Ghosh and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault -- An overview of qualitative methods and design : tools and resources for population health research / Vivien Runnels, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Danielle Rolfe -- Giving voice : practical approaches to qualitative multilingual health research / Mechthild Meyer and Alma Estable -- An index of population health databases : addressing the challenge of finding evidence for population health research and decision-making / David N. Williams ... [et al.] -- Multiple chronic diseases in Canada : using health administrative data to address research gaps / Elizabeth Muggah ... [et al.] -- Exploring the social determinants of mental health service use using intersectionality theory and CART analysis / John Cairney ... [et al.] -- The state of health equity in Ontario / Dennis Raphael -- How to think about social determinants of health : revitalizing the agenda in Canada / Ted Schrecker and Vanessa Taler -- Synthesizing review evidence on community-based diet and nutrition, built environment, and the social determinants of health in Canada / Maureen Dobbins, Daiva Tirilis, and Kara Decorby -- Inequities in housing and the health of recent immigrants to Canada : summary of a literature review / Ronald Labonte ... [et al.] -- Wildfires and population health in northeastern Ontario / K.S. Mohindra -- Global finance's impacts on social determinants of health and health equity / Ronald Labonte -- Complementarities or contradictions? : scoping the health dimensions of "flexicurity" labour market policies / Zabia Afzal ... [et al.] -- Knowledge translation for intersectoral action : the case of Canada's building codes / Nancy C. Edwards -- Who says what? : tobacco control interest groups' activities as portrayed in a Canadian newspaper from 1993 to 2004 / Adenike Y. Rowaiye, Anita Kothari, and Dana Gore -- Walking, walkability and health disparities : condensed review summary and update / Theresa Grant -- Local food charters and policies in Canada / Vivien Runnels -- Social entrepreneurship and services for marginalized groups / Sean Kidd and Kwame McKenzie -- Youth futures : a program and its evaluation / Vivien Runnels and Caroline Andrew -- Designing and implementing rights-based provincial/terrritorial strategies to address homelessness and poverty / Bruce Porter -- Taxing private health insurance to fund programs for the poor in Ontario / Jamie Moeller and Carlos Quinonez -- Social determinants of health : bad news and good on the inequality front / Ted Schrecker -- Healthy, equitable, and sustainable transportation : a new frontier for action on health equity? / Ted Schrecker -- So you think you have free health care? / Sarah Giles -- Our big fat complicated population health problem : even tougher than you thought? / Ted Schrecker -- A social movement, based on evidence? / Ted Schrecker -- Health impact assessments : the practical ramifications of considering inequalities / Maria Benkhalti -- Reflections on a change of scene, and the politics of health research / Ted Schrecker -- Afterword: "Reading" the contribution of Ontario's population health intervention research network : a community advisor perspective / Heather Manson.

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