Behind the Pandemic in Aboriginal Communities - Interagency ...

9/27/2010Understanding Health Inequities• Health inequities result from social factors,such as access to education and income.• Differences in these factors are associatedwith exclusion related to social characteristicssuch as gender, race, ethnicity, and sexualorientation.• Differences are considered unfair or unjust.The Root Causes:Determinants of Health1. Income and Social Status: This is the mostimportant t determinant t of health. People aremore likely to be healthy the more moneythey have and the smaller the gap betweenthe rich and the poor in their society.2. Education: People are more likely to be2. Education: People are more likely to behealthier when they have more education.Education affects people’s ability to get awell-paid job and to have control over theirlives.71 1