Une stratégie et des indicateurs pour la surveillance des inégalités sociales de santé au Québec
This resource is available in French only.
For two decades, reducing social inequalities in health has been a mainstay of political agendas and health policies in Quebec. Monitoring systems have been used to track social determinants of health, population health status, and the use of health and social services departments over time and space (regional). Despite this knowledge base, Quebec does not have a systematic plan for monitoring social inequalities in health, which exist nonetheless.
The purpose of this report, published by l'Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), is to propose a strategy and indicators for monitoring social inequalities in health. The result is a joint regional and provincial effort by professionals from the Table de concertation nationale en surveillance, the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (Quebec’s department of health and social services), and the INSPQ (Quebec’s institute of public health).
The report is divided into three parts: the first describes context elements and useful concepts, the second reviews points of method, and the third recommends a strategy and indicators to adopt to systematically monitor social inequalities in health.
To initiate monitoring of inequalities, the report proposes 18 indicators covering population health status (10 indicators) and its determinants (8 indicators). These indicators will, for the most part, be cross-referenced with a deprivation index and monitored for about two decades, on a Quebec-wide and regional basis. The proposed indicators will be used to monitor social inequalities in health from a relative and an absolute perspective.
Use this resource to
- identify the most important indicators to monitor social inequalities in health in Quebec;
- identify methods to measure social inequalities in health; and
- learn about the components of an indicator of social inequality in health.
Reference
Pampalon, R., Hamel, D., Alix, C., Landry, M. (2013). Une stratégie et des indicateurs pour la surveillance des inégalités sociales de santé au Québec. Institut national de santé publique du Québec.
Tags: Methods & tools, Socioeconomic status, Assess and report, Modify and orient interventions, Report / Document