By Nicole Letourneau and Mary Lougheed breastfeeding, Canada, culture, formula feeding, formula feeding culture, hospitals
According to Statistics Canada, while Canada has made significant strides toward breastfeeding as a cultural norm — for example 89 percent of women initiated breastfeeding in 2012, compared to 69 percent in 1982 — we still have a long way to go.
By Margaret McGregor and Lisa Ronald Canada, fewer hours of care, home care, nursing home, Privatization, public resources, quality of care, seniors, staffing
Quality care for seniors in nursing home at risk A version of this commentary appeared in the Toronto Star, Waterloo Region Record and Vancouver Province Late last year, a large trans-national insurance company, Anbang, announced its intention to purchase a majority interest in Retirement Concepts, a Canadian for-profit nursing home chain. Retirement Concepts currently receives funding from a […]
By Amélie Quesnel-Vallée Canada, Canada Health Act, Canada healthcare system, Canadian medicare, healthcare, medical user fees, medicare, publicly-insured procedures, Quebec, user fees
On January 26, the Quebec regulation abolishing medical user fees came into effect, bringing the province in line with federal legislation outlined in the Canada Health Act (CHA). According to the CHA, the money that flows from Ottawa to the provinces for health services, known as the Canada Health Transfer, is conditional on the provinces […]
Par Adalsteinn Brown et Stephen Bornstein Canada, doctorat, financement des soins de santé, santé, Système de santé, Systèmes de santé internationale
Il existe un réel décalage entre la recherche de classe mondiale qui s’effectue au Canada sur les services et les politiques de santé et sa mise en application au sein de notre propre système de santé.
Par Daniel Niven Autochtones, Canada, culture, histoire, premières nations, santé, traité
Peu de patients se réjouiraient d’apprendre qu’il s’écoule un délai d’environ dix ans entre le moment où des chercheurs arrivent à des conclusions significatives dans le cadre d’une recherche rigoureuse et celui où les prestataires de soins modifient leurs pratiques en fonction de ces dernières.
By Nav Persaud Affordable health care, Canada, cost of pharmaceuticals, essential medicines, Privatization, publicly funded healthcare system, universal healthcare, World Health Organization
Surveys and polls often show Canadians are proud of our universal health system, which provides publicly funded care for doctor and hospital services. Canadians don’t have to worry about filing for bankruptcy to get care for themselves or their families when they need it.
By Carolyn Shimmin and John Millar Canada, Canadian poverty, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Child poverty, diabetes, Homelessness in Canada, hunger, low income, poverty, Why our governments need to address poverty now
Does more healthcare create better outcomes? In other words, do more medications, tests and interventions necessarily result in healthier patients?
It turns out more care is, all too often, unnecessary care.
By Daniel Niven Canada, culture, first nations, health, history, indigenous, Treaty
Canada has a mismatch between the world class quality of research we produce on health every year and how that research is implemented into our healthcare system.
By Erin Schryer and Nicole Letourneau Canada, Child well-being, childhood development, equality, health, history, low income, low income neighbourhood
National Child Day has been celebrated across Canada every November 20th since 1993 to commemorate the United Nations’ adoption of two documents describing children’s rights: The 1959 United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
By Mariette Chartier and Marni Brownell Canada, Canadian health care, Canadian healthcare system, Choosing wisely, dépression, education, Mental health, mental health strategy, mental illness, poverty, suicide
Mental illness is the most common illness experienced by children and teens in Canada.