Sentences with phrase «health inequities experienced»

In 2005, BC First Nations, the Province of BC, and the Government of Canada all agreed that health inequities experienced by First Nations people must be addressed.

NCC for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH), University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C., focuses on the health of a population and addresses health inequities experienced by Canada's First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

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As a group, offenders and ex-offenders experience entrenched socio - economic inequities and are vulnerable to mental ill health.

Vast inequities within and between countries mean that the poorest, most disadvantaged women, children, and adolescents often miss out on life - saving health services and experience serious violations of their human rights.

«This low proportion of Latino employees who work for an employer that offers health benefits suggests that Latinos experience a systematic disadvantage in the labor market — an apparent form of labor market inequity or abuse.»

Her clinical experiences inform her research work and enhance her commitment to addressing health inequities through research, program development, and systemic change in support of healthy youth development.

Unique determinants of obesity in Aboriginal children and families include experiences of colonialism, racism and social exclusion, and inequities in the social determinates of health, and these need to be considered in prevention strategies (Willows et al. 2012).

This brief summarizes the health and well - being inequities experienced by DVMAs and the need for research with this group.

We also know that the health disparities and inequities experienced by Aboriginal peoples are rooted in racism and marginalization, dislocation, and social exclusion.