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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
Data tables, maps and fact sheets, Statistics Canada
Chronic Disease Infobase Data Cubes Public Health Agency of
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
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 –
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
Provincial/territorial/regional approaches strategies
Towards A Population Health Promotion Approach – A Framework and Recommendations for Action
(2006) Framework for
Social Inequities in Health and the Sudbury & District Health Unit – Building Our Path for the Next 10 Years (2010)
Social Inequalities in Health in Montreal: 2011 Report of the Director of Public Health
Healthier Places to Live, Work and Play – A Population Health Promotion Strategy for Saskatchewan
Health Disparity in Saskatoon: analysis to intervention (2008)
International strategies
National strategy to reduce social inequalities in health (2006-2007)
Sweden’s Strategy Report For Social Protection And Social Inclusion 2006 – 2008
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
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
Closing the gap: setting local targets to reduce health inequalities National Health Service
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 –
Systematic Reviews of the Research
Selected strong reviews from HealthEvidence.ca
Health literacy interventions and outcomes: An updated systematic review (2011)
Interventions for enhancing consumers’ online health literacy (2011)
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