This contributed volume includes papers from the Population Health Improvement Research Network (PHIRN) of Ontario and offers a focused analysis of the social and economic determinants of health that impact the health status of populations in Ontario as well as the conditions that can improve the health status of populations across Canada. The different sections address health policy theories, research methods, program interventions, and strategies for knowledge translation. Population Health in Canada is appropriate for use in upper-year undergraduate heath sciences, social sciences, and political science programs, and for graduate study on the multi-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and trans-disciplinary nature of population health research.
Preface A Legacy of the Population Health Improvement Research Network Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
SECTION I METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR POPULATION HEALTH
Chapter 2 Population Health Equity and Intervention Research: A Scoping Review of the Published and Grey Literature in Ontario, 2005–2011 Hasu Ghosh and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Chapter 3 An Overview of Qualitative Methods and Design: Tools and Resources for Population Health Research Vivien Runnels, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, and Danielle Rolfe
Chapter 4 Giving Voice: Practical Approaches to Qualitative Multilingual Health Research Mechthild Meyer and Alma Estable
Chapter 5 An Index of Population Health Databases: Addressing the Challenge of Finding Evidence for Population Health Research and Decision-Making David N. Williams, Corinne Packer, Leanne Trimble, and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Chapter 6 Multiple Chronic Diseases in Canada: Using Health Administrative Data to Address Research Gaps Elizabeth Muggah, Erin Graves, Carol Bennett, and Douglas G. Manuel
Chapter 7 Exploring the Social Determinants of Mental Health Service Use Using Intersectionality Theory and CART Analysis John Cairney, Scott Veldhuizen, Simone Vigod, David L. Streiner, Terrance J. Wade, Paul Kurdyak
SECTION II POPULATION HEALTH EQUITY AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Chapter 8 The State of Health Equity in Ontario Dennis Raphael
Chapter 9 How to Think about Social Determinants of Health: Revitalizing the Agenda in Canada Ted Schrecker and Vanessa Taler
Chapter 10 Synthesizing Review Evidence on Community-Based Diet and Nutrition, Built Environment, and the Social Determinants of Health in Canada Maureen Dobbins, Daiva Tirilis, and Kara Decorby
Chapter 11 Inequities in Housing and the Health of Recent Immigrants to Canada: Summary of a Literature Review Ronald Labonté, Abdullahel Hadi, Corinne Packer, Vivien Runnels, and Arne Ruckert
Chapter 12 Wildfires and Population Health in Northeastern Ontario K.S. Mohindra
Chapter 13 Global Finance’s Impacts on Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity Ronald Labonté
Chapter 14 Complementarities or Contradictions? Scoping the Health Dimensions of “Flexicurity” Labour Market Policies Zabia Afzal, Carles Muntaner, Haejoo Chung, Qamar Mahmood, Edwin Ng, and Ted Schrecker
SECTION III POPULATION HEALTH INTERVENTIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTION
Chapter 15 Knowledge Translation for Intersectoral Action: The Case of Canada’s Building Codes Nancy C. Edwards
Chapter 16 Who Says What? Tobacco Control Interest Groups’ Activities as Portrayed in a Canadian Newspaper from 1993 to 2004 Adenike Y. Rowaiye, Anita Kothari, and Dana Gore
Chapter 17 Walking, Walkability, and Health Disparities: Condensed Review Summary and Update Theresa Grant
Chapter 18 Local Food Charters and Policies in Canada Vivien Runnels
Chapter 19 Social Entrepreneurship and Services for Marginalized Groups Sean Kidd and Kwame McKenzie
Chapter 20 Youth Futures: A Program and Its Evaluation Vivien Runnels and Caroline Andrew
Chapter 21 Designing and Implementing Rights-Based Provincial/Territorial Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty Bruce Porter
Chapter 22 International Human Rights in Anti-Poverty and Housing Strategies: Making the Connection Bruce Porter
Chapter 23 Taxing Private Health Insurance to Fund Programs for the Poor in Ontario Jamie Moeller and Carlos Quiñonez
SECTION IV ISSUES AND COMMENTARIES IN POPULATION HEALTH
Chapter 24 Social Determinants of Health: Bad News and Good on the Inequality Front Ted Schrecker
Chapter 25 Healthy, Equitable, and Sustainable Transportation: A New Frontier for Action on Health Equity? Ted Schrecker
Chapter 26 So You Think You Have Free Health Care? Sarah Giles
Chapter 27 Our Big Fat Complicated Population Health Problem: Even Tougher than You Thought? Ted Schrecker
Chapter 28 A Social Movement, Based on Evidence? Ted Schrecker
Chapter 29 Health Impact Assessments: The Practical Ramifications of Considering Inequities Maria Benkhalti
Chapter 30 Reflections on a Change of Scene, and the Politics of Health Research Ted Schrecker
Afterword “Reading” the Contribution of Ontario’s Population Health Intervention Research Network: A Community Advisor Perspective Heather Manson
Biographies of Editors Copyright Acknowledgements
Biography
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault is a Professor in the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa.
Ronald Labonté is a Professor in the School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Corinne Packer is a Senior Researcher at the University of Ottawa’s School of Epidemiology and Public Health.
Vivien Runnels is a Senior Researcher with the Globalization and Health Equity Research Unit at the University of Ottawa. r
“This comprehensive collection of writings about the Canadian context and rationale for policy and program interventions to achieve equitable health improvement brings together some of the finest national investigators in this field. The result is a compelling read, spanning every conceivable aspect of the topic and incorporating the viewpoints of a wide variety of public health academic disciplines… It will be useful to all those studying, practising, and investigating public health in Canada.”
—John Frank, Chair, Public Health Research and Policy, University of Edinburgh, and Professor Emeritus, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
“The population health profile of a society reflects the society’s structural conditions and its policy preferences. This volume provides a remarkably comprehensive overview on these matters for the Canadian context, describing key health issues in Canada, presenting a sense of Canada’s approaches to intervention strategies, and offering a primer on Canadian orientations to population health research. An excellent volume for anyone seeking to understand the population health landscape in Canada, written by many of the country’s foremost scholars in the field.”
—Arjumand Siddiqi, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
