Analysis of Social Determinants in Indigenous Health Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the social determinants of health impacting Indigenous communities in Canada, drawing from multiple chapters. It explores the impact of racism, employment, education, and housing on Indigenous health outcomes, emphasizing the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity. The report examines healthcare access inequities, including the influence of geographic factors and the impact of systemic violence on mental health. It also incorporates a gender-based analysis, highlighting the role of gender in health determinants and the need for policies that address gender-related inequalities. The report covers issues like the legacy of residential schools and the need for policy changes, including the creation of an Indigenous parliament. The report covers the analysis on the importance of social and economic differences and also describes the gender-based analysis for Women’s Health and also includes the gender-based analysis as separate health services for men and women.

Social determinant of health

Chapter 19 Summary
In this chapter, the social determinants of the health of Indigenous people living in Canada are
considered. There are approx. 300 distinct Indigenous languages in Canada. The reports are
generated which includes that more than 1.4 million people are aboriginal identity. Racism,
employment, education, food security, housing are considered. In Canada, the indigenous people
provide culturally, linguistically, kin and geographically as defined subpopulations. The social
determinants of indigenous health help in mitigating risk conditions. The various claims were
discovered which are Disregard for Metis land claims, relocation of Inuit communities, and
residential schools were discovered in Canada. Racism is considered a foundational contribution
to the developing and perpetuation of indigenous health inequities. In the case of Health case
inequities, the rates of infectious diseases were increasing like tuberculosis, pertussis, and
chlamydia. The policy efforts are required to be considered and discussed which provided the
recommendation like legislation, replacement of the federal department of Indian affairs and
creation of an indigenous parliament.
Chapter 21 Summary
This chapter included that healthcare is not essential for the determinant of health. It discussed
that healthcare access inequities and injustices. The systematic, point-of-care context and social
location context are analyzed and implications are given. The barriers to accessing healthcare are
included in the chapter. According to me, this material is consistent as it believed that immediate
physical and mental health concerns are required for individuals, families, and communities. For
health, geographies are considered as important for accessing the determinant of health care and
outcomes. Geographies are relational as the health status of Canadians helps in contributing to
the rural, remote, northern, urban and weather patterns. Mental health and access barriers and
consider people under threat.
Canadian First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people have persistently experienced intergenerational
structural violence and social murder. In case of a rights-based foundation requires creating a
national structural violence evidence base and increasing accountability for the right violation at
point of care. It included how oppression is related to health care.

Chapter 23 Summary
This chapter includes the Gender-based analysis which is a method of evaluation and
interpretation which helps in making social and economic differences. The gender-based analysis
is done and considered for Women’s Health. Gender and the determinants of health are
considered as Women's health includes the women’s emotional, social, cultural, spiritual and
physical well-being and which are determined in the chapter. The culture, racialization, and
disability are discussed for the health of gender. The main determinants of health are income and
social status in Canada. Determinants of health are approached for creating health which is
created in gender and racial ways. It is analyzed that gender is important for the determinants of
health. Healthy child development, lifestyles behavior, and health services are recognized as a
determinant of health in Canada. It also included the gender-based analysis as separate health
services for men and women. The policies are included which are required for reducing gender-
related inequalities.