Other Reports

There are a number of documents that further complete the picture of the challenges to the attainment of health and well-being from the framework of the social determinants of health. A few are presented here.

Reports:

• World Health Organization Final Report on the Social Determinants of Health  2008
• Roots of Youth Violence
• Colour of Poverty
• Bill 152 Poverty Reduction (Ontario)
• United Way of Peel report on health for the Black community
• Results of the Ontario Survey on the Prevalence and Control of Hypertension
• What's Killing Our Kids? Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario 2009 Annual Report
• "Certain Circumstances" Issues of Equity and Responsiveness in Access to Health Care in Canada. Health Canada 2001. (Note see pages 179 -227).

Articles:

• Diabetes among immigrants in Ontario
• Journal of Black Psychology: Special Issue: The Psychology of Health Disparities Among African Americans: 1 May 2009; Vol. 35, No. 2
• Minority Women More Likely to Experience Severe Pain Related to Metastatic Breast Cancer
• The Role of Public Health in Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Illness 
• The darker your skin, the less you fit in.  Racism in Canada – Toronto Star
• Utilization of physician services for diabetic patients from ethnic minorities
• The social determinants of the incidence and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: are we prepared to rethink our questions and redirect our research activities?