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Unit 1: Introduction to the Determinants of Health

Public Health Agency of Canada. (2013, January 15). What makes Canadians healthy or unhealthy? https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/population-health/what-determines-health/what-makes-canadians-healthy-unhealthy.html#unhealthy
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2008, September 12). What is health? https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/population-health/population-health-approach/what-is-health.html
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2013, September 15). What makes Canadians healthy or unhealthy? https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/population-health/what-determines-health/what-makes-canadians-healthy-unhealthy.html#unhealthy
Medicus Mundi Mediterrània. (2019, March 14). Social determinants of health [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJnehz6mLg
Statistics Canada. (2019, September 5). Table 13-10-0370-01 Health-adjusted life expectancy, by sex. https://doi.org/10.25318/1310037001-eng
HRQOL Concepts

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Statistics Canada. (2023, August 28). Table 13-10-0394-01 Leading causes of death, total population, by age group. https://doi.org/10.25318/1310039401-eng

Unit 2: Income and Social Status

Royal Bank of Canada. (n.d.) How do you stack up? http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/cgi-bin/couples-and-families/comptool/start.cgi/about_yourself
Davos. (2017). Global wage calculator: Compare your salary. CNN. https://money.cnn.com/interactive/news/economy/davos/global-wage-calculator/index.html
Burkinshaw, S., Terajima, Y., & Wilkins, C. A. (2022). Income inequality in Canada [Staff Discussion Paper 2022-16]. Bank of Canada. https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sdp2022-16.pdf
Pickett, K. E., & Wilkinson, R. G. (2015). Income inequality and health: A causal review. Social Science & Medicine, 128, 316–326. https://0-doi-org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.12.031
Raphael, D., & Bryant, T. (2014, November 23). Income inequality is killing thousands of Canadians every year. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/income-inequality-is-killing-thousands-of-canadians-every-year/article_22f8e971-8f59-5530-b09e-ccef5e38defb.html

Unit 3: Social Support Networks and Social Environments

Sallis, J. F. (n.d.). Social support and eating habits survey. https://www.drjimsallis.com/_files/ugd/a56315_687eae16b5e544d387630eff9a10a253.pdf
Sallis, J. F. (1986). Social support and exercise survey. https://www.drjimsallis.com/_files/ugd/a56315_88b55acf30eb49f296184d7450798936.pdf
The Conference Board of Canada. (n.d.). Social network support. https://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/social-support-aspx/

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Iveniuk, J. (2022). Social capital and health in the Greater Toronto Area. Wellesley Institute. https://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Social-Capital-and-Health-in-the-GTA.pdf
National Institutes of Health. (2017). Do social ties affect our health?: Exploring the biology of relationships. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2017/02/do-social-ties-affect-our-health
BC Healthy Communities Society. (2019, June 18). How Granisle, B.C., became an age-friendly community, Plan H [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBHALjXoTN8
Trends in Social Capital in Canada
The Power & Science of Social Connection
Social and Emotional Support and its Implication for Health
SocialSupport_diet.pdf(PDF not open)
SocialSupport_exercise.pdf (PDF not open)

Unit 4: Education and Literacy

Health Literacy in Canada : A Healthy Understanding 2008
Education and Skills
Learning - Adult Literacy
Health Literacy
Added Sugars
readable
An Inter‐sectoral Approach for Improving HEALTH LITERACY for Canadians
readability-score.com (Redirect to readability-score.com)

Unit 5: Employment and Working Conditions

Workplace Stress Survey
OSH Answers Fact Sheets
Metabolic syndrome in Canadians, 2009 to 2011
The Chief Public Health Officer’s report on the state of public health in Canada 2008 – Employment and working conditions
Unemployment Rate
Health - Mortality from Leading Diseases
Does employment affect health?
A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and depressive symptoms.
Does job strain interact with psychosocial factors outside of the workplace in relation to the risk of major depression? The Canadian National Population Health Survey.
Psychosocial risk factors for coronary heart disease.
The appraisal of chronic stress and the development of the metabolic syndrome: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies.
Change in employment status of 5-year cancer survivors.

Unit 6: Physical Environments

Walk Score
Canadian physical activity guidelines
Physical Activity for All – Using an Ecological Approach
Physical Activity for All – Factors Affecting Participation: The Physical Environment
Designing Healthy Communities
Determinants of Healthy Eating in Canada
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (Broken link)

Unit 7: Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines
Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines
Sedentary behavior: Understanding and influencing adults’ prolonged sitting time
Determinants of Healthy Eating in Canada
Health Behaviours
Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines
Comparing the Perceived Seriousness and Actual Costs of Substance Abuse in Canada

Unit 8: Healthy Child Development

Breastfeeding trends in Canada
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence
partnerships/foi/module1/index.html (Not working)
growinghealthykids.com/english/home/index.html (not working)
growinghealthykids.com/english/contributors/home/index.htm (Not working)
del.wa.gov/partnerships/foi/module1/index.html (Not working)

Unit 9: Biology and Genetic Endowment

Diabetes – Are you at risk?
Genes and human diseases
Genes vs. DNA vs. Chromosomes – Instant Egghead #19
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES IN CANADA 2013
CHRONIC DISEASE AND INJURY INDICATOR FRAMEWORK
Cancer
HIV and AIDS: Symptoms and treatment
Behavior, environment, and genetic factors all have a role in causing people to be overweight and obese
growinghealthykids.com/sheets/synthesis.pdf (Not working)
obesity.ulaval.ca/obesity/generalities/genetic.php (Broken link)

Unit 10: Health Services

Five Things Most People Get Wrong About Canada’s Health Care System
The Chief Public Health Officer’s report on the state of public health in Canada 2008 – Access to health care
Unleashing Innovation: Excellent Healthcare for Canada: Report of the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation
OBESITY Update

Unit 11: Gender

Online Journals, Books and more
The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2012 – Sex, gender and public health
The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2012 – Influencing health – the importance of sex and gender
The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2012 – Sex, gender and health outcomes
Postpartum Depression: Not the Baby Blues
The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2012 – Incorporating sex and gender into health interventions
CASP

Unit 12: Culture

Our Canada: Are We Racist?
The Sundance Ceremony
Avoidable mortality among First Nations adults in Canada: A cohort analysis