CRM 2309 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Birthday Cake, Cerebral Palsy, Health Canada

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Friday september 9, 2016 social determinants of health and prison life. What are the social determinants of health: societal factors that shape the health of individuals and populations. 5 areas where canada has fallen particularly short: redistributive impact of tax and transfer policies, incidence of poverty, housing policies/affordability, early childhood education and care, urban health policies. Lelonge report: biomedical role in health is important, more than scientific determinant (i. e. social) Health canada sdh: income/social status. Finding jobs after sentence: social support. Housing policies: healthy child development, health services, gender, culture. Since 1989, poverty rate extremely high (no reduction) 1 in 7 in canada living in poverty. Canada is experiencing change in population health when compared to other developed countries. Reflecting on the topic of sdh what can be said about their application to the canadian prison population: lack of skills, precarious housing situations, coming from the prison system with various disadvantages. Suffer from same illnesses, but at a higher degree.