OPHA and its partners advocate on a wide range of issues related to child and youth health.

Child and Youth Health

OPHA’s Child and Youth Health Workgroup addresses challenges and opportunities that affect the healthy growth and development of Ontario’s children and youth.

The Workgroup’s goals include:

  1. Monitoring and participating in the development and implementation of the new Ontario Public Health Standards, protocols, and resource documents and their implications for child health programs.
  2. To explore the feasibility of developing a child health framework that outlines a plan for the integration of child and youth health programs
  3. To advocate for the inclusion of child and youth health as a priority and the need to integrate issues and programs into other program areas.
  4. To advocate in the area of child and family poverty.

The workgroup currently consists of just over 20 individuals from health units, allied agencies, and universities who have a shared interest in promoting the health of children, youth and families. Over the last several years our publications and policy statements have included:

We are also currently examining emerging issues in Child Poverty and welcome anyone who shares these and other child and youth-related interests to join us.