Two decades of change: The evolution of Canadian public health organizations in chronic disease prevention, 2004–2023
Canada's CDP landscape has become more centralized, increasingly NGO-driven, and financially unstable, with shrinking government prioritization despite rising chronic disease burdens. Strengthening system-wide capacity, evaluation infrastructure, and stable, equity-oriented funding models will be essential for building a resilient and effective CDP system.
Authors
- David L. Mowat
- Maryam Marashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3104-3148)
- Greg Penney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2560-3700)
- Gilles Paradis
- Elizabeth Holmes
- Michelle Halligan
- Teodora Riglea
- Jennifer L. O’Loughlin
- Katerina Maximova
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Canadian Cancer Society (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CA)
- Canadian Public Health Association (CA)
- Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CA)
- Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (CA)
- Health Solutions (Sweden) (SE)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- St Michael’s Hospital (GB)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2026-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-026-01188-9
- Primary Topic
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00