http://www.yorku.ca/crsp/issue51/issue51-2.pdf

When Social Policy is Health Policy:
Why Increasing Poverty and Low Income Threatens Canadians’ Health and
Health Care System

Canadian Review of Social Policy
Issue 51- Spring/Summer 2003

Concerns about increasing numbers of Canadians living in poverty and on low
incomes have primarily been raised by the social development and social
welfare
sectors (Yalnizyan, 1998). The health-related consequences of these
increases are
profound yet the public health and health care communities have been
strangely
silent concerning these issues (Raphael, 2000a). This is surprising as
accumulating
evidence indicates that poverty and low income have significant effects
upon the
health of populations (Raphael, 2001b). The current policy environment in
Canada is one where increases in numbers of Canadians living in poverty and
on
low incomes are not seen by policy makers as particularly problematic. Yet
such
increases clearly threaten the health of Canadians and the sustainability
of the
Canadian health care system... SNIP

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