Health plays an important role in everyday life. Being healthy is not just being free of disease. Health is a state of being physically fit, mentally stable, and socially comfortable. It is not lifestyle choices or medical treatments that are the primary factors shaping health. It is the experiences within the living experiences called social determinants of health which includes stress, bodies and illness, income and income distribution, education, unemployment and job security, employment and working condition, early childhood development, food insecurity, housing, social exclusion, social safety net, health services, aboriginal status, gender, race and disability. In a Canadian neighbourhood Norma James, who is a 65 year old widow and lives
