abstract: 'Cities are important sites for intervention on social determinants of

  health (SDOH); yet, little is known about how influential local actors,

  namely workers in municipal governments (GOVs) and community-based

  organizations (CBOs), perceive the SDOH. Capturing and comparing

  perceptions between these groups are important for assessing how SDOH

  discourse has permeated local actors'' thinking-a meaningful endeavour as

  local-level health equity action often invokes inter-institutional

  partnerships. This paper compares SDOH perceptions between CBO workers

  in Hamilton, Ontario, with politicians and senior-level staff in GOVs in

  Vancouver, British Columbia, based on two studies with surveys

  containing identical questions on SDOH perceptions. Overall, there was

  high comparability between the groups in their relative ratings of the

  SDOH. Both groups assigned high levels of `influence'' and `priority'' to

  `healthy lifestyles'' and `clean air and water'' and lower levels to

  `strong community'' and `income''. Given the importance of a shared vision

  in collaborative enterprises, the comparability of perceptions between

  the groups found here holds promise for the prospect of

  inter-institutional partnerships. However, the low rating assigned to

  more structural health determinants suggests that more work is needed

  from researchers and advocates to effectively advance a health equity

  agenda at the local level in Canada.'
affiliation: 'Collins, PA (Corresponding Author), Queens Univ, Sch Urban \& Reg Planning,
  138 Union St, Kingston, ON K7L 4N6, Canada.

  Queens Univ, Sch Urban \& Reg Planning, Kingston, ON K7L 4N6, Canada.'
author: Collins, Patricia A.
author-email: patricia.collins@queensu.ca
author_list:
- family: Collins
  given: Patricia A.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/her/cys009
eissn: 1465-3648
files: []
issn: 0268-1153
journal: HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH
keywords-plus: 'CIVIL-SERVANTS; CARE; INEQUALITIES; INEQUITIES; PARTNERS; OBESITY;

  DESIGN; POLICY; INCOME'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '95'
pages: 371-384
papis_id: 8bbbcbc264238517382ffe5232e716d3
ref: Collins2012dogreat
times-cited: '10'
title: Do great local minds think alike? Comparing perceptions of the social determinants
  of health between non-profit and governmental actors in two Canadian cities
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000303334200001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '16'
volume: '27'
web-of-science-categories: 'Education \& Educational Research; Public, Environmental
  \& Occupational

  Health'
year: '2012'