Although life expectancy in Canada is one of the highest in the world and the majority of Canadians enjoy good health, some groups of Canadians have a poorer health status than others. Certain governmental programs or interventions have managed to reduce these inequalities with positive outcomes.
Health inequalities often result from problems associated with poverty, unstable income, poor housing, food insecurity and problems associated with exposure to health damaging conditions and behaviors. These programs or...
Although life expectancy in Canada is one of the highest in the world and the majority of Canadians enjoy good health, some groups of Canadians have a poorer health status than others. Certain governmental programs or interventions have managed to reduce these inequalities with positive outcomes.
Health inequalities often result from problems associated with poverty, unstable income, poor housing, food insecurity and problems associated with exposure to health damaging conditions and behaviors. These programs or interventions have therefore been directed at addressing these problems.
One of the interventions aimed at providing revenue support and alleviating poverty is the Canadian Self-Sufficiency project introduced to supplement the income of single-parent families. This program was meant to address poverty, children's health and behavior of school outcomes.
Another intervention aimed at providing revenue support and poverty alleviation was the offer of financial assistance to low-income families to provide access to health services not covered by health insurance. This intervention was found to have a positive effect on health parameters.
The skills development for children was one of those interventions utilizing the reduction of exposure to health damaging conditions and behaviors approach. Several other interventions utilize this approach and they include the prevention of delinquency among boys, monitoring diet during pregnancy, proactive services for single mothers, and the better beginnings-better future program.
Other programs in this category are the anti-smoking campaign, born equal-growing healthy program, prevention of mistreatment of children, parent training centers, Canadian prenatal nutrition program and the Canadian voluntary standard for safe play areas and promotion of the standard.
Full details on each of these programs and the outcomes of each intervention are provided in the reference link below.
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