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Genetics and traditional risk factors such as activity, diet, and tobacco use cannot reliably predict whether we stay healthy or become ill. What then are the primary predictors of adult-onset diabetes, heart attacks, stroke, and many other diseases? The social determinants of health provide the answer: these are the socio-economic conditions that shape the health of individuals, communities, and jurisdictions as a whole. Social determinants establish the extent to which Canadians possess the resources to identify and achieve personal aspirations, satisfy needs, and cope with the environment. This perspective is the key to understanding patterns of health and illness in Canada today.Uniting top academics and high profile experts from across the country, this contributed volume is a unique undertaking that combines analysis of the current state of the social determinants of health, with explication of their effects. The contributions take a public policy approach that sees the mainsprings of health emerging from the social distribution of resources. The collection as a whole integrates insights from the health sciences, the sociology of health, and the political economy of health.Critical areas of investigation: * Aboriginal status * early life, education, and literacy * work and unemployment * food security * gender * health care services * housing * income and its distribution * social safety net * social exclusion
Contents
Foreword to the Second Edition, The Honourable Carolyn Bennett Foreword to the First Edition, The Honourable Roy J. Romanow Preface A Note from the Publisher Part One: Introducing the Social Determinants of Health Chapter 1: Social Determinants of Health: An Overview of Key Issues and Themes - Dennis Raphael Chapter 2: Social Structure, Living Conditions, and Health - Dennis Raphael Part Two: Income Security and Employment in Canada Chapter 3: When Economic Growth Doesn't Trickle Down: The Wage Dimensions of Income Polarization - Ann Curry-Stevens Chapter 4: Income, Income Distribution, and Health in Canada - Nathalie Auger and Carolyne Alix Chapter 5: Precarious Work and the Labour Market - Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay Chapter 6: Labour Market Flexibility and Worker Insecurity - Emile Tompa, Michael Polanyi, and Janice Foley Chapter 7: The Unhealthy Canadian Workplace - Andrew Jackson Chapter 8: Understanding and Improving the Health of Work - Peter Smith and Michael Polanyi Part Three: Foundations of Lifelong Health: Education Chapter 9: Early Childhood Education and Care as a Social Determinant of Health - Martha Friendly Chapter 10: Early Childhood Education and Health - Brenda L. Smith-Chant Chapter 11: The State and Quality of Canadian Public Elementary and Secondary Education - Charles Ungerleider, Tracey Burns, and Fernando Cartwright Chapter 12: Literacy and Health Literacy: New Understandings about Their Impact on Health - Barbara Ronson and Irving Rootman Part Four: Foundations of Lifelong Health: Food and Shelter Chapter 13: Food Insecurity - Lynn McIntyre and Krista Rondeau Chapter 14: Health Implications of Food Insecurity - Valerie Tarasuk Chapter 15: Housing - Michael Shapcott Chapter 16: Housing and Health: More Than Bricks and Mortar - Toba Bryant Part Five: Social Exclusion Chapter 17: Social Exclusion - Grace-Edward Galabuzi Chapter 18: Social Inclusion/Exclusion and Health: Dancing the Dialectic - Ronald Labonte Chapter 19: The Health of Aboriginal Peoples - Janet Smylie Part Six: Public Policy Chapter 20: Follow the Money: How Business and Politics Define Our Health - David Langille Chapter 21: Health and Health Care: A Human Rights Perspective - Elizabeth McGibbon Chapter 22: Public Policy and the Welfare State - Lars K. Hallstrom Chapter 23: Public Policy, Gender, and Health - Pat Armstrong Chapter 24: Surmounting the Barriers: Making Action on the Social Determinants of Health a Public Policy Priority - Dennis Raphael and Ann Curry-Stevens Appendix: Strengthening the Social Determinants of Health: The Toronto Charter for a Healthy Canada References Contributors' Biographies Copyright Acknowledgements IndexNER(01): GB IE
