Social Determinants of Health
Canadian Perspectives
by Dennis Raphael
4th Edition
Publisher: Canadian Scholars
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781773384504 |
| eText ISBN | 9781773384511 |
| Publisher | Canadian Scholars |
| Publishing Year | 2025 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 700 |
Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 4th Edition, examines how societal structures and economic environments shape individual and community well-being. The textbook analyzes how public policies and the distribution of resources influence everyday living conditions across Canada.
Key areas of coverage include the foundations of lifelong health, economic security, and the societal factors contributing to social exclusion. The volume also incorporates data-grounded analysis of how the COVID-19 pandemic intensified existing social and health inequalities nationwide.
Tailored for Canadian college and university instruction in nursing, health studies, sociology, and human services, the text provides critical thinking questions to support student engagement with structural barriers to health.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Social Determinants of Health: Key Issues and Themes
Chapter 2: Social Structure, Living Conditions, and Health
Chapter 3: Income, Wealth, and Poverty: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chapter 4: Income and Health in Canada
Chapter 5: Precarious Work and the Labour Market
Chapter 6: Health Outcomes of Labour Market Flexibility
Chapter 7: The Unhealthy Canadian Workplace
Chapter 8: Understanding and Improving the Health of Work
Chapter 9: Early Childhood Education and Care as a Social Determinant of Health
Chapter 10: Early Child Development and Health
Chapter 11: Education as a Social Determinant
Chapter 12: Food Insecurity
Chapter 13: Health Implications of Food Insecurity
Chapter 14: Housing
Chapter 15: Housing and Health
Chapter 16: Social Exclusion
Chapter 17: Social Inclusion/Exclusion and Health: Dancing the Dialectic
Chapter 18: Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health in Colonial Canada: Unsettling the Pathology, Celebrating Strength
Chapter 19: Follow the Money: How Business and Politics Define Our Health
Chapter 20: Oppressions and Access to Health Care: Contexts of Structural Violence
Chapter 21: The Politics and Policy Design of Health and Inequity in Canada
Chapter 22: Public Policy, Gender, and Health
Chapter 23: From Social Medicine and Social Determinants to Supportive Social Environments for Health
Chapter 24: Surmounting the Barriers: Making Action on the Social Determinants of Health a Public Policy Priority
Chapter Appendix: Strengthening the Social Determinants of Health: The Toronto Charter for a Healthy Canada
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