The inevitable health system(s) reform: an opportune time to reflect on systems thinking in public health in Canada.

摘要

The Canadian Public Health Association Conference is an unparalleled space in which to reflect on how public health system(s) function in Canada. This past June, we came together for a panel at the conference to critically reflect on whether the recent "public health renaissance" with new investments and greater focus have yielded a coherent health system. Needless to say, we all came to explore this question with our perspectives, biases, interests, expectations and hopes. As many provinces and territories have recently updated their public health laws or structures and with the 2014 renewal of the First Ministers' Health Accord approaching with inevitable reform discourse, this is an opportune time to reflect on public health through a systems lens. Not only was the panel diverse but also attendees to the session represented similar diversities.