This report examines 13 programs or policies that have had some success in reducing health inequalities in Canada. All of the selected interventions set out to reduce health inequities through the social determinants of health, and they were evaluated using current medical evidence-based standards.
In this video, public health decision-makers and researchers share their understanding of health equity and the social determinants of health.
This review-of-reviews identified 32 recent systematic reviews of interventions aimed at influencing health and health inequalities through the social determinants of health. There was some evidence that housing and work environment interventions have the potential to reduce health “inequalities.”
This 11-page document defines population health advocacy and describes how it fits within Vancouver Coastal Health’s strategic approach. A number of tools and references for planning and implementing advocacy action are included.
This guide was designed to support sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) in planning health programs, developing health policies and conducting research. SGBA identifies health inequities arising from gender relations and the interaction of gender with other social factors.