Moving on income as a social determinant of health: free transit for social assistance recipients in Kingston, Ontario

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作者
Holland, Mary Rita [1 ]
Noordegraaf, Ruth [2 ]
Dacosta, Jeremy [3 ]
Guan, T. Hugh [4 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ, Kingston, ON, Canada
[2] City Kingston, Housing & Social Serv, Kingston, ON, Canada
[3] City Kingston, Transportat Serv, Kingston, ON, Canada
[4] Kingston Frontenac Lanark & Addington KFL&A, Publ Hlth Unit, Kingston, ON, Canada
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Health equity; Free transit; Social inclusion; equite de la sante; transports en communs gratuits; l'integration social;
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10.17269/s41997-023-00816-y
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
SettingThe public health intervention setting is the City of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The authors were involved in various stages of development of the intervention, including advocacy, design, implementation, and evaluation.InterventionIn early 2017, the City of Kingston launched a pilot program to offer all recipients of social assistance a pass that would provide unlimited access to transit. The 1-year pilot program showed promise in terms of the objectives of the two departments involved, Housing and Social Services and Kingston Transit, as it reduced barriers to transportation and increased ridership in the city. The pilot was adopted as an ongoing program, The Ontario Works Universal Transit Pass, upon completion of the pilot. The program was funded by redirecting provincial means-tested and discretionary employment benefits from the Housing and Social Services budget to the Kingston Transit budget in order to purchase transit in bulk for Ontario Works (OW) recipients.OutcomesThe program provided greater access to essential services, increased household budgets, reduced stigma, and increased ridership. The improved social and economic opportunities that the program facilitated demonstrate the potential of addressing social determinants of health through transportation.ImplicationsThe program illustrates an effective model for addressing income as a social determinant of health through transportation policy. Moreover, it demonstrates the potential for creative, cooperative approaches to inter/intra-government operations-like the transfer of funds from Housing and Social Services to Kingston Transit-which simultaneously promotes both greater efficacy of public services and health equity. CadreLe cadre de l'intervention en sante publique est la ville de Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Les auteurs etaient impliques pendant les etapes variees d'intervention, y compris faire la promotion, la conception, la mise en oe uvre, et l'evaluation.L'interventionAu debut de 2017, la ville de Kingston a lance un projet pilote pour offrir a tous les beneficiaires de l'aide sociale un laissez-passer qui fournirait l'acces illimite aux transports en commun. Le projet pilote dura un an et se montrait prometteur en termes des objectifs des deux services impliques-Housing and Social Services (logement et services sociaux) et Kingston Transit (transports Kingston)-parce qu'il reduisait les barrieres au transport et augmentait le nombre d'usagers de transports en commun en ville. Le projet a ete adopte comme un projet continu, appele le laissez-passer universel de transport en commun de L'Ontario au travail, des l'achevement du projet pilote. Le programme etait finance en redirigeant les benefices d'emploi provincial disponibles avec l'evaluation des revenus, qui font parties du budget pour le service logement et services sociaux, vers le budget du service de transports au Kingston. Les finances etaient utilisees pour acheter les laissez-passer de transport en gros pour les beneficiaires de L'Ontario au travail.ResultatsLe programme fournissait un meilleur acces au services essentiels, augmentait les budgets famille, reduisait la stigmatisation, et augmentait le nombre d'usagers de transports en commun. Les opportunites economiques et sociales ameliorees que le programme avait facilitees illustre le potentiel de s'occuper des facteurs determinants sociaux de la sante a travers les transports en commun.ConsequencesLe programme demontre un modele efficace pour s'occuper de revenu comme un facteur determinant social de la sante a travers la politique des transports. En outre, il illustre le potentiel pour les approches creatives et cooperatives aux operations entre les niveaux gouvernementaux-comme le transfert des finances du service de logement et services sociaux vers le budget du service de transport au Kingston-qui provoque simultanement une efficacite plus grande des services publics ainsi que l'equite de la sante.
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