{"id":1553,"date":"2020-12-17T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bccdcfound.wpengine.com\/whats-new\/2020-looking-back-at-the-value-and-impact-of-activate-health\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T22:59:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:59:31","slug":"2020-looking-back-at-the-value-and-impact-of-activate-health","status":"publish","type":"our-resources","link":"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/resources\/2020-looking-back-at-the-value-and-impact-of-activate-health\/","title":{"rendered":"2020: Looking Back at the Value and Impact of Activate Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Activate Health is a call for you to be a health ambassador in your community.

We launched this campaign in the summer of 2019 with the goal of starting a conversation about health and what \u2018health\u2019 really means.

In our healthcare system, we tend to think about the sick, the vulnerable, the injured.

Yet, health is created outside<\/em> the healthcare system\u2014what if we put our focus on generating positive health rather than addressing illness and injury after it occurs?<\/strong>

If we focus on what creates<\/em> health\u2014equity, social and economic supports, addressing root issues, promoting health\u2014in doing so, we aim for well-being across all parameters of life and we put the emphasis on<\/strong> creating the healthy human.<\/strong>

Our goal is to drive the dialogue about the importance of population health, and we want to make this accessible to everyone. Why?

Because our individual actions can have a population-level impact<\/strong>.

This is what we started through Activate Health. This is our battle cry.

Little did we know, as we started talking about Activate Health and engaging with our followers, that this message was going to become more important than ever.

Enter 2020: we started the new year off with a bang with 20x20x20<\/strong>\u201420 ways to Activate Health, over 20 days, to kick off 2020. Here are some examples: wash your hands, stay up-to-date with your vaccinations, smile at a stranger and check in on a friend, use evidence-based information\u2014sound familiar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, enter February, and the world changed. Suddenly we were facing the biggest real-time example of Activate Health: COVID-19. The global pandemic has shown us the importance and value of how each one of our actions protects the population, and impacts the greater good.<\/strong>

We\u2019ve all learned a lot this year, and we\u2019ve all had our own experiences of the pandemic. Yet, we\u2019ve also been part of a shared collective experience with the world, and it\u2019s this that has truly shown how so many of our individual actions, choices, and behaviours can impact others.

So, while our 20x20x20 campaign remains entirely relevant to how we navigate our health now, the current pandemic, and our healthy future, COVID-19 has brought us a few new ways to protect one another and to keep our population safe.<\/strong>

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Something else powerful happened this year. Over 1,100 people have donated so far to our Emergency Response Fund, and we were able to rapidly raise enough funds to support real-time research that is helping our public health leaders across BC respond to the pandemic.<\/strong>

Over 1,100 people and businesses<\/a> recognizing that their individual gift\u2014from $3 to over $100,000\u2014would have a significant impact on our ability to respond to COVID-19. This is the power of the intersection between philanthropy and science. This is Activate Health, too.

As we look back at 2020 and think about what we started with Activate Health, here\u2019s our battle cry for 2021: let\u2019s focus on protecting the health of our communities, now and for future generations.<\/strong>

Let\u2019s believe that creating a truly healthy society requires a shift in not only how we view health, but in how we resource health.

Let\u2019s shift the lens on how we see, think about, and engage with our health.

Let\u2019s continue to do our part\u2014individually and collectively\u2014to mark our path forward through this global pandemic, so that when we get to the other side, we\u2019re stronger, safer, more connected, and can find a genuine understanding of positive health situated within a healthy society.

As we close out 2020 and look ahead to 2021: it\u2019s time to Activate Health.

Will you join us by being a health ambassador in your community?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From staying up-to-date with your vaccination schedule, to washing your hands and using evidence-based information, we\u2019ve all seen first-hand why these actions are so important. Join us as we look back at 2020 and look ahead to 2021 with an Activate Health lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1560,"template":"","resource-type":[339],"class_list":["post-1553","our-resources","type-our-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource-type-resource"],"yoast_head":"\n2020: Looking Back at the Value and Impact of Activate Health | Pacific Public Health Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reflect on the value and impact of Activate Health in 2020 with resources from Pacific Public Health. 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