Nursing 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: World Health Organization, Health Equity, Health Canada
24 Nov 2017
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2009, p. 3): no matter how much money you throw at a system, you have to get to the root of the problem. World health organization: social gradient, stress, early life, social exclusion, work, unemployment, social support, addiction, food, transport. Income & social status: social support networks, education/unemployment, working conditions, physical/social environments, healthy child development, health services, gender, culture, different definitions will bring up different opinions, and reflect in the way the problem is tackled. Sdoh: systematic, social norms and practice unfair distribution of power, fair financing, build national capacity for progressive taxation and access potential for new global finance mechanisms. Increase global aid and expand debt relief: establish mechanisms to finance cross-government action on sdoh, health is not a traitable commodity, market responsibility. Include the economic contribution of housework, care work and voluntary work. Canadian nurses association (cna: why are certain people and populations more healthy than others, genetics, health system, social determinants of health.
