Power Study: Social determinants of health and populations at risk

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The POWER Study (Project for an Ontario Women's Health Evidence-based Report) has released their latest chapter, Social Determinants of Health and Populations at Risk, and it is now available for download. 

 The Social Determinants of Health and Populations at Risk chapter examines the social determinants of health among Ontario's women and men including: low income, low education, indicators of employment, lone-parent families, and food insecurity. This chapter also summarizes the POWER Study indicators across all chapters as they relate to low-income populations, providing a synthesis of health functional status, risk factors and prevention, access to health care services, clinical management, and health outcomes of lower-income adults. The final section re-examines and synthesizes the POWER Study findings in relation to immigrant and minority populations, as well as reporting three indicators of immigrant women's health that have not previously been reported in the POWER Study.

To download a copy of the chapter or the highlights document outlining the chapter's key findings and messages, visit their website

The French translation of the Social Determinants of Health and Populations at Risk Highlights document will be available on their website soon.