There is s growing need for legislations that governs equal opportunities for hiring, pay, sufficient training and more possibilities for career advancement (Tompa et al., 2016). It is important for government to reduce inequalities so that are is equal opportunities for its citizens (Tompa et al., 2016). In addition, another barrier for public policy can be the dominant ideology of what it means to be healthy through the biomedical and behavioural approach, which is greatly rooted in treatment rather than prevention of disease (Raphael & Curry-Stevens, 2016). It is this thinking that steers clear from the real issues to health for many. A lot of money is spent on encouraging people to eat nutritious food and to engage in physical activity, although this is in fact a factor that contributes to good health, it does not address greater issues that truly have an impact on people’s health and well-being such as income, food security, education, employment and other social determinants of health (Raphael & Curry-Stevens, 2016). Also, Canada’s liberal welfare state services as a barrier to the social determinates of health, which is market based (Raphael & Curry-Stevens,
There is s growing need for legislations that governs equal opportunities for hiring, pay, sufficient training and more possibilities for career advancement (Tompa et al., 2016). It is important for government to reduce inequalities so that are is equal opportunities for its citizens (Tompa et al., 2016). In addition, another barrier for public policy can be the dominant ideology of what it means to be healthy through the biomedical and behavioural approach, which is greatly rooted in treatment rather than prevention of disease (Raphael & Curry-Stevens, 2016). It is this thinking that steers clear from the real issues to health for many. A lot of money is spent on encouraging people to eat nutritious food and to engage in physical activity, although this is in fact a factor that contributes to good health, it does not address greater issues that truly have an impact on people’s health and well-being such as income, food security, education, employment and other social determinants of health (Raphael & Curry-Stevens, 2016). Also, Canada’s liberal welfare state services as a barrier to the social determinates of health, which is market based (Raphael & Curry-Stevens,