The Topic of Race Is Absent from Canada's List of the Social Determinants of Health
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Date
2011
Authors
Jacobs, Merle
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The Social Determinants of Health in Canada must include race on the list of factors that affect health. If we use race as a tool to look at inequalities in health, it allows us to see structural problems that limit access to health services and decision making for racialized peoples. As a result, the topic of race is also significantly absent from health initiatives by the government.
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Public Health, Race and Racism
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Jacobs, M. (2008). Race is a determinant of health in Canada. In M. Jacobs (Ed.), Critical Readings in Health (pp. 49-71). Toronto: APF Press.