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An individual's health is affected by multiple aspects ranging from biological to social spheres. Here's my curated list of resources expanding upon the influences of health.
People don’t all age at the same rate. Untangling the factors that influence health and disease – such as epigenetics, demographics and behavior – could lead to better care for those who need it most.
Population health is an approach to health that aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups. In order to reach these objectives, it looks at and acts upon the broad range of factors and conditions that have a strong influence on our health.
This video from The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) provides advice and key learnings on culture and physician care. Culture incorporates a mi...
The current issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE) has several papers with a psychosocial theme. As its popularity has increased over the past
Here's an overview of a framework, that exemplifies the complex interaction between various social aspects, and biological, and psychosocial influences that determine one's health status.
The POpulation HEalth Model (POHEM) is a health microsimulation model that was developed at Statistics Canada in the early 1990s. POHEM draws together rich multivariate data from a wide range of sources to simulate the lifecycle of the Canadian population, specifically focusing on aspects of health.
The objective of this review is to document contemporary barriers to accessing healthcare faced by Indigenous people of Canada and approaches taken to mitigate these concerns.
With respect to health care for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation, the federal, provincial and territorial levels share some degree of jurisdiction.
Health disparities are, first and foremost, those indicators of a relative disproportionate burden of disease on a particular population.
