Health implications of food insecurity
Authors: Valerie Tarasuk
Editors: Dennis Raphael
Overview
Abstract (English)
Genetics and traditional risk factors such as activity, diet, and tobacco use cannot reliably predict whether we stay healthy or become ill. What then are the primary predictors of adult-onset diabetes, heart attacks, stroke, and many other diseases? The social determinants of health provide the answer: these are the socio-economic conditions that shape the health of individuals, communities, and jurisdictions as a whole. Social determinants establish the extent to which Canadians possess the resources to identify and achieve personal aspirations, satisfy needs, and cope with the environment. This perspective is the key to understanding patterns of health and illness in Canada today.
Uniting top academics and high profile experts from across the country, this contributed volume is a unique undertaking that combines analysis of the current state of the social determinants of health, with explication of their effects. The contributions take a public policy approach that sees the mainsprings of health emerging from the social distribution of resources. The collection as a whole integrates insights from the health sciences, the sociology of health, and the political economy of health.
Abstract (French)
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Details
Type | Book chapter |
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Author | Valerie Tarasuk |
Editor | Dennis Raphael |
Publication Year | 2008 |
Book Title | Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives, 2nd edition |
Chapter Title | Health implications of food insecurity |
Pages | 205-220 |
Publisher | Canadian Scholars Press |
City | Toronto, ON |
Publication Language | English |
- Valerie Tarasuk
- Valerie Tarasuk
- Health implications of food insecurity
- 2008
- Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives, 2nd edition
- Dennis Raphael
- 205-220
- Toronto, ON
- Canadian Scholars Press