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May 28, 2018 · The Key Health Inequalities in Canada report describes the degree and distribution of key health inequalities in Canada, a critical step in taking action to advance health equity.
Jan 11, 2017 · The factors that make up the root causes of health inequity are diverse, complex, evolving, and interdependent in nature. It is important to understand the underlying causes and conditions of health inequities to inform equally complex and effective interventions to promote health equity.
- Alina Baciu, Yamrot Negussie, Amy Geller, James N. Weinstein
- 2017/01/11
- 2017
Jan 27, 2024 · When the Journal was launched in 1812, claims had circulated for centuries about differences in anatomy, physiology, and disease susceptibility between different human populations. 1...
Feb 22, 2018 · Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status of different population groups. These inequities have significant social and economic costs both to individuals and societies. This fact file looks at what health inequities are, provides examples and shows their cost to society.
The range and depth of health inequalities in Canada constitute a call to action across all levels and areas of society. This report provides key principles for action and practices, based on growing global evidence, which can help advance health equity within Canada.
May 1, 2021 · In the 1970s, the same decade that the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), was founded, researchers began to see a clear pattern of disparities in the...
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Canada is currently missing a national monitoring strategy of changes in health inequalities over time. This topic of analysis has been identified as a priority for the Pan-Canadian Health Inequities Reporting (HIR) Initiative and for Canadian health inequality surveillance.
