Consultation: Help modernize the development of preventive health care guidelines in Canada

From: Public Health Agency of Canada

Current status: Open

Opened on November 21 and will close on December 21, 2024.

Canada recognizes the importance of staying at the forefront of preventive health care guidance development.

To ensure preventive health care guidelines:

• meet the needs of Canada's health care system
• support the overall well-being of people living in Canada

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has established an External Expert Review of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (Task Force) to examine their:

• mandate
• governance
• scientific review processes

To ensure a comprehensive information gathering process and to enrich members' discussions, the Review Panel invites you to provide input. Your ideas and comments will be considered by the Review Panel when developing recommendations. The final report will be presented to PHAC in spring 2025.

Join in: How to participate

Send an email to externalexpertreview.comiteexpertexterne@phac-aspc.gc.ca with your written submission by answering the key questions for discussion below.

Who is the focus of this consultation

We will engage with:

• academic institutions
• medical specialist societies
• health professional associations
• non-governmental organizations
• interested public parties, including:
  • general public
  • health care professionals
• provincial and territorial health authorities
• advisory or collaborative bodies in guideline development

Key questions for discussion

You are invited to provide insights in response to the following 3 questions:

1. Which practices should be maintained or what changes to the Task Force governance or structure could further support transparency, accountability, independence and leadership, towards scientifically rigorous, timely, agile and inclusive guidelines?
2. Considering the broader preventive health care landscape, what should be the mandate of the Task Force of the future and how can it collaborate with other entities involved in guideline development nationally and internationally?
3. How can the Task Force strengthen interest holder engagement including subject-matter experts, equity-deserving communities, and other groups to address health equity disparities and reflect Canadian diversity in guideline development and implementation?

Submissions should be limited to approximately 3,000 words in total and should be focused on answering the 3 questions above. Any content outside these limits may not be reviewed and could be disregarded.

Information shared may be summarized, referenced and incorporated at the discretion of the Review Panel. To ensure transparency, a list of individuals and organizations that contributed written submissions will be published in the final report. For this reason, please include the following information along your submission:

• name and title
• organization (as applicable)

Related information

• Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care
• External Expert Review of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care: About

Contact us

External Expert Review Secretariat

ExternalExpertReview.ComiteExpertExterne@phac-aspc.gc.ca