Monday, July 23, 2012

[EQ] Social Determinants of Health - Canadian Best Practices Portal

Social Determinants of Health - Canadian Best Practices Portal

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“……The social determinants of health influence the health of populations.  They include income and social status; social support networks; education; employment/working conditions; social environments; physical environments; personal health practices and coping skills; healthy child development; gender; and culture.

These resources provide Canadian and international information to help you plan approaches to address the social determinants of health.

Data on the Social Determinants of Health

A first step to planning approaches to address the social determinants of health is to understand more about them through surveillance data:

The social determinants of health in Canada Non-Medical Determinants of Health
Data tables, maps and fact sheets, Statistics Canada

Chronic Disease Infobase Data Cubes   Public Health Agency of Canada

 Indicators of Health Inequalities
Population Health Promotion Expert Group and the Healthy Living Issue Group for the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network (2009)

Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2008 (Health Inequalities)
Chief Public Health Officer of the Public Health Agency of Canada

Reducing Gaps in Health: A Focus on Socio-Economic Status in Urban Canada (2008) 
Canadian Population Health Initiative of the Canadian Institute for Health Information

The social determinants of health by province/territory

Non-Medical Determinants of Health Data tables, maps and fact sheets, Statistics Canada

International data on the social determinants of health

Atlases of social inequalities World Health Organization – Europe

Strategies to Address the Social Determinants of Health
 

Canadian strategies

A Healthy, Productive Canada: A Determinant of Health Approach (2009)
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Final Report of Senate Subcommittee on Population Health

Canadian Reference Group on Social Determinants of Health (2011)
Background paper from Canadian Reference Group on Social Determinants of Health

Canada’s Response to WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Public Health Agency of Canada

Provincial/territorial/regional approaches strategies
 

British Columbia
Towards A Population Health Promotion Approach – A Framework and Recommendations for Action
(2006) Framework for Vancouver Coastal Health


Ontario
Social Inequities in Health and the Sudbury & District Health Unit – Building Our Path for the Next 10 Years (2010) Sudbury and District Health Unit

Quebec
Social Inequalities in Health in Montreal: 2011 Report of the Director of Public Health

Saskatchewan
Healthier Places to Live, Work and Play – A Population Health Promotion Strategy for Saskatchewan

Health Disparity in Saskatoon: analysis to intervention (2008)

International strategies


Norway
National strategy to reduce social inequalities in health (2006-2007)
Finland.. National Action Plan To Reduce Health Inequalities 2008–2011

Sweden
Sweden’s Strategy Report For Social Protection And Social Inclusion 2006 – 2008

United Kingdom Health Inequalities Strategy (2010) City of London, England

World Health Organization

Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health (2011)

Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health (2009)


Guidance on Addressing the Social Determinants of Health


Canadian guidance


Population Health Approach Resources from the Public Health Agency of Canada

National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health

Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity Into Canadian Public Health Practice (2011)
National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health

Community Planning with a Health Equity Lens: Promising Directions and Strategies (2010)
National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health

Thirteen Public Interventions in Canada That Have Contributed to a Reduction in Health Inequalities (2010)
National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy

International guidance
 

United Kingdom

Closing the gap: setting local targets to reduce health inequalities  National Health Service

United States

Promoting Health Equity: A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health (2008)
Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Social Determinants of Health
Center for Disease Control and Prevention

World Health Organization

Social determinants approaches to public health: from concept to practice (2011)

Equity, social determinants and public health programmes (2010)

Global Learning Device on Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy Formulation (n.d.)

  Case studies on social determinants of health (2011)

Social determinants of health. The solid facts (2003) World Health Organization – Europe

Systematic Reviews of the Research

Selected strong reviews from HealthEvidence.ca

Financial benefits for child health and well-being in low income or socially disadvantaged families in developed world countries (2008)

 Health literacy interventions and outcomes: An updated systematic review (2011)
 

         Interventions for enhancing consumers’ online health literacy (2011)
 

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