Backgrounders, Health More than Healthcare
Backgrounder: Why Economic Inequality Matters to the Health and Well-Being of All CanadiansDoes 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.
Backgrounder: The relationship between burden of disease and health equityEveryone deserves to live a long life in full health, but not everyone is so fortunate. Some individuals and groups are more at risk of falling ill, becoming severely ill or disabled or dying prematurely (that is, before the average expected life span).
Backgrounder: How health providers in Canada are working together to treat poverty and improve healthDoes 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.
Backgrounder: ‘Burden of disease’: What it means and why it mattersIn a world affected by numerous diseases, disabilities and illnesses, how do governments, health care providers, media or the general public decide which ones are most important?
Backgrounder: Kids in Care in Canada: The Alarming FactsWhat happens to kids who authorities determine can’t live safely with their own parents or caregivers? Thousands of Canadian children are in this situation right now.
Backgrounder: The impact of poverty on healthDoes 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.
Backgrounder: Improving nutritional information on food labels to help consumers make healthier choicesData indicate several problems related to the dietary habits of Canadians; Canadians are over-consuming snacks, fats and foods not belonging to the basic food groups.
Backgrounder: Girls in Canada subject to dating violence, self-harm, low self-esteem, racial discrimination
Despite advances over the years, girls in Canada face pressures — new and old — that limit their potential. Canadian statistics and research findings prove that the real-life challenges of girls have not been addressed — particularly for girls who are marginalized, such as immigrant, Indigenous, racialized, or rural girls.
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