Inequalities in income, race, ethnicity and gender are driving differences in health outcomes – making some Americans sicker and increasing infant deaths, according to major new research released today by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among the findings: Lower income people have fewer healthy days and…
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Building a Healthy Income Security System
…for people to apply for and receive the support they need: our research on the experiences of women with long-term disabilities made this clear. The effect is to deepen and prolong experiences of poverty. Persons with mental health disabilities make up a significant component of those in receipt of social…
HIV Vulnerability Among LGBT And Two-Spirited Youth Who Migrate To Toronto: A Community-Based Research Project
…employment, access to social assistance, health and HIV prevention. In total, (n=97) interviews were conducted, (n=38) with key informants (service providers, policy experts, and community leaders), and (n=59) with youth having a lived experience of immigration or migration. This innovative project represents addressed an important and under research topic, providing…
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Templates and User Guides for Equity-Focused Impact Assessment
…appraisal tools and guidelines for Health Inequalities Impact Assessment, targeted for use at a local level. The Australasian Collaboration for Health Equity Impact Assessment developed a detailed Equity-Focused HIA Framework that arose out of a research project funded by the Australian Government’s Public Health Education Research Program Innovations Grant. The…
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Employment Conditions Knowledge Network
About the Network Web Site: Employment Conditions Knowledge Network Organizational Co-Hubs: Health Inequalities Research Group (Occupational Health Research Unit), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain | Social Equity & Health Research Unit (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), Toronto, Canada | Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Reports…
Big win for TCHC tenants and for all of Toronto: Affordable homes saved!
…chart a more sustainable future for the scattered site housing. The Wellesley Institute worked over the past six months with 37 TCHC tenants, housing providers and other community leaders to feed practical ideas to the working group, along with policy-relevant research that reported on effective practices in managing scattered site…
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Voting in Ontario – who is in, who is out?
…There is a great deal of research that suggests that the decisions in the 19th and 20th centuries in Canada and throughout much of the world to extend the vote from the land-owning elite to most citizens has had a profound impact on the priorities of governments. Government investments in…
Seeing the Possibilities: The Need for a Mental Health Focus Amongst Street-Involved Youth
…(Dip); Patricia Robinson, RN, C.B.S. (Dip), M. Ed. Participants: Youth aged 16-24 in Toronto who had been without a home or without a place of their own for at least one month Research Methods: Questionnaires, interviews, self-reporting measures, focus groups, participatory action research (PAR) Achieving things is going to make…
Powerful new research from Salvation Army underlines critical need for affordable homes
Poverty shouldn’t be a life sentence, says Salvation Army The Salvation Army in Canada, the largest operator of homeless shelters in the country, has released a powerful new research report that underlines the critical need for affordable housing to meet the challenges of homelessness and deep and persistent poverty across…
Growing health inequalities are ‘public health emergency’ warns Sir Michael Marmot
Sir Michael Marmot gave an impassioned presentation on the social determinants of health and how we can take action at MaRS May 29 2012 The growing gap in health between rich and poor in Canada and around the world is a “public health emergency,” warned global health equity expert…
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