States 4% births resulted in a baby being still born in the year 2013 (World Health Statistics, 2015). While in Canada 3.4% of births resulted in still born babies (World Health Statistics, 2015). In the U.S., despite seeing a decrease in infant mortality, blacks continue to have the highest mortality rate than any other races. The United States has been the slowest country to improve its infant mortality rate, and Canada is close behind. Approximately 1,500 cases of malaria are annually…
HOMELESSNESS AND HEALTH INEQUALITY IN CANADA According to the 2016 homeless count, a person is classified as homeless if they do not have a place of their own that they could stay for a minimum of 30 days, or if they do not pay rent(Thomson, M., 2016, Pg.7). These is mostly composed of people living without physical shelter on the streets and in other public places, it also includes people living with extended family members or friends and do not pay rent. Homeless people often have a higher…
twentieth century, Canada and America had similar health care systems since both were colonies of England and they had common political, cultural, and economic structure, which they also shared similar religious traditions, health diseases and healing methods for their health care systems. Although they had many similarities, the delivery of health care system changed in 1961when the democratic government of Saskatchewan, Tommy Douglas, stepped in and proposed a national health care insurance…
While the United States and Canada are bordering countries that share a continent their governments are quite different. The United States government runs on a presidential institutional system with a single member district. The United States has a federal government which allows power to be divided by the national government and local governments. However, Canada is fairly different. Canada operates on a parliamentary institutional system with a single member district. Canada also has a federal…
In order to improve the health of Indigenous children in future generations, it is necessary to raise awareness and focus on fixing health issues caused by past traumatic events such as residential school. The best way to approach the issues in the health care system is to gain adequate knowledge about each issue. Rather than just simply knowing the facts, it will serve a better purpose to understand how and why it is important to know about a particular health issue. Education is an efficient…
reported by Health Canada (2008) that the reason why advanced care planning has caught the attention of the healthcare system is that the Canadian population is aging and more of chronic illnesses can be seen, which causes a burden on the system. Those who live longer with the chronic illnesses may have preferences of what they want before dying and what way they want it. They also demand control on what they don’t want even if they cannot communicate their wishes to their caregivers. Advanced…
Heroin abuse is associated with a number of serious health conditions, including fatal overdose and infectious diseases like hepatitis and HIV. Chronic users may develop collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, constipation and gastrointestinal cramping, and liver or kidney disease. Pulmonary complications, including various types of pneumonia, may result from the poor health of the user as well as from heroin’s effects on breathing. Using cost-of-illness…
That being said, although Canada provide free health care system, many medications for treating hypertension still requires some amount of money to buy. “Only 47% of Canadians in the lowest income bracket rate their health as very good or excellent, compared with 73% of Canadians in the highest income group” (Public Health Agency of Canada, What Makes Canadians Healthy or Unhealthy?). People, who are more wealthy, have the financial capability of keeping their health condition under control;…
I agree that there will always be health disparities. Even if everyone has the same access to health care, there will always be those who do not take care of themselves or who end up with diseases that are out of their control. It is sad that only those with money get the proper health care needed regardless of the outcome. The same is true when I was growing up in Jamaica, if citizens did not have finances they were not able to go to the doctor. Many have died because they could not afford…
demonstrate why obesity in children and adults should be considered an important national issue that requires the development of a public policy. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) (2011), being obese entails having a body mass index of 25 or higher. In Canada, about one in every four adults is considered obese (Tran, Nair, Kuhle, Ohinmaa, & Veugelers, 2013). Furthermore, childhood obesity rates are three times higher…