In this short report, the CMA summarizes Canadians’ feedback to the question “what makes us sick?”— feedback gathered during teleconference and town hall meetings. It makes 12 recommendations for action.
This collective work is a multidisciplinary overview meant to help readers better understand how social inequalities in health are produced, and the theoretical, methodological, and practical means available to us to study and alleviate them. This resource is available in French only.
“… the context [within which social inequalities in health are constructed] is more than just a living environment stricto sensu. It is, in fact, the fabric of everyday social relationships.”
Public health interventions do not always reduce health inequities. This study looked at the results of 12 systematic reviews into the effects, across the socioeconomic status spectrum of public health interventions.
Wilkinson and Pickett, argue that health and social problems found in rich countries occur more frequently the more unequal the society.
This literature review and call for policy change set out to advance the role of nursing in reducing health inequities.
This concise and comprehensive paper revisits the authors’ ground-breaking work in the early 90s on how governments and organizations can move towards health equity.
Cet outil permet de mieux comprendre les facteurs qui influencent le développement de la petite enfance.
This literature review and original data analysis explores the relationship between health and socio-economic status in urban Canada.
Cette étude de cas commence par le début, c’est-à-dire à l’étape de faire valoir la question de l’équité en santé auprès de la haute direction en santé. On y explique comment trouver et soutenir des champions de l’équité en santé
