Making the Connections: Our city, our society, our health
This video is a great introduction to how the social determinants of health, a complex web of interconnected and dynamic social factors, can and do affect our health and well-being.
Socioeconomic status
Unequal: Social inequalities in health
This animated video uses population data to illustrate the differing life-long influences of social inequalities on underprivileged and affluent citizens.
Hurdles to health
Hurdles to Health is a personal narrative about a Saskatoon family, shared by a wife and mother of a low-income household. This video shows the family’s daily struggles caused by the barriers poverty creates to achieving overall health and wellbeing.
Healthy Living: Public policy makes a difference
A brief video describing how public policy can support healthy living, told through the stories of two low-income mothers in Vancouver.
Communicating the social determinants of health: Income Inequality and Health
This document applies common messaging guidelines to the challenge of communicating the connection between income inequality and health inequality. The guidelines were published by the Canadian Council on the Social Determinants of Health.