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May 28, 2018 · This report describes the magnitude and distribution of key health inequalities in Canada, a critical step in facilitating action to advance health equity.
This report provides key principles for action and practices, based on growing global evidence, which can help advance health equity within Canada. Achieving health equity is a shared responsibility that requires creating and sustaining healthy living and working conditions and environments.
Dec 14, 2021 · Factors such as income, race, social status, and education have the strongest effects on health equity. Recent studies have also shown that on average, the lowest-income Canadians get 11.3 fewer healthy years throughout their lifetime than the highest-income Canadians.
Jun 20, 2023 · Strong primary care systems have been associated with greater equity in population health, while contributing to better patient outcomes, provider experiences, and efficiency of health systems, 1-6 but inequities in access to primary care may be growing.
Canada’s health inequalities and describe differ-ences in the health outcomes, daily living conditions and structural conditions that support health among various populations. It provides a baseline of health inequalities data to inform policy, program and future action to advance health equity. The report is complemented by an online interactive
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For this report, we bridged conceptual and methodological tools to better understand mental health inequalities in Canada, with the goal of examining these inequalities from new angles, specifically paying attention to systems of power.
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Apr 28, 2018 · Canada has led health equity work domestically through its universal health-care system 1 and internationally through alliance building and collective action. 2 Still, deep inequities persist in wellness indicators and access to health care for Indigenous populations in Canada.
