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- Title
Escaping from the Phantom Zone: social determinants of health, public health units and public policy in Canada.
- Authors
RAPHAEL, DENNIS
- Abstract
Despite the Canadian record of concern with the social determinants of health (SDOH), actual public health activities consistent with such an approach are sporadic at best. Canadian research and advocacy activities in the service of strengthening the SDOH are so divorced from everyday public policy activity, media discourse and public awareness as to metaphorically suggest that SDOH researchers and advocates exist in a Phantom Zone of irrelevance. Why this might be the case and means of escaping from such irrelevance are presented. Implications for jurisdictions where the situation appears to be even worse-such as the USA - and for those where the situation may be somewhat better are also presented.
- Subjects
CANADA; HEALTH policy; HEALTH promotion; PUBLIC health; HUMAN services; PUBLIC administration; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Health Promotion International, 2009, Vol 24, Issue 2, p192
- ISSN
0957-4824
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/heapro/dap005