This webinar is part of a series of webinars organized by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health in collaboration with the Public Health Physicians of Canada. It will consist of a presentation that includes the opportunity for participants to interact with the presenter and with each other as well as a final question and discussion period.
The term 'wicked problems' is increasingly used to describe a particularly complex type of problem that is difficult, persistent, and resistant to solution. Frequently encountered in both public health and public policy, wicked problems present a high level of difficulty because, among other things, they are often intertwined with other complex problems. Health inequalities are a good example because they can be linked to a number of other issues such as income, education and/or race and ethnicity, to name a few. These types of problems are not easily solved with traditional approaches and require context-specific actions that take this complexity into account..
By the end of this webinar, participants should be able to:
Understanding wicked problems can be useful for advancing public health physicians' competencies in these domains:
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