Colleagues: 

The second edition of  "Social Determinants of Health: Canadian 
Perspectives" is now available at 

http://tinyurl.com/5l6yh9 

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Table of Contents 

Foreword to the Second Edition, The Honourable Carolyn Bennett 

Foreword to the First Edition, The Honourable Roy J. Romanow 

Preface 

Part One: Introducing the Social Determinants of Health 

Chapter 1: Social Determinants of Health: An Overview of Key Issues and 
Themes 
Dennis Raphael 

Chapter 2: Social Structure, Living Conditions, and Health 
Dennis Raphael 

Part Two: Income Security and Employment in Canada 

Chapter 3: When Economic Growth Doesn?t Trickle Down: The Wage Dimensions 
of Income Polarization 
Ann Curry-Stevens 

Chapter 4: Income, Income Distribution, and Health in Canada 
Nathalie Auger and Carolyne Alix 

Chapter 5: Precarious Work and the Labour Market 
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 

Chapter 6: Labour Market Flexibility and Worker Insecurity 
Emile Tompa, Michael Polanyi, and Janice Foley 

Chapter 7: The Unhealthy Canadian Workplace 
Andrew Jackson 

Chapter 8: Understanding and Improving the Health of Work 
Peter Smith and Michael Polanyi 

Part Three: Foundations of Lifelong Health: Education 

Chapter 9: Early Childhood Education and Care as a Social Determinant of 
Health 
Martha Friendly 

Chapter 10: Early Childhood Education and Health 
Brenda L. Smith-Chant 

Chapter 11: The State and Quality of Canadian Public Elementary and 
Secondary Education 
Charles Ungerleider, Tracey Burns, and Fernando Cartwright . 

Chapter 12: Literacy and Health Literacy: New Understandings about Their 
Impact on Health 
Barbara Ronson and Irving Rootman 

Part Four: Foundations of Lifelong Health: Food and Shelter 

Chapter 13: Food Insecurity 
Lynn McIntyre and Krista Rondeau 

Chapter 14: Health Implications of Food Insecurity 
Valerie Tarasuk 

Chapter 15: Housing 
Michael Shapcott 

Chapter 16: Housing and Health: More Than Bricks and Mortar 
Toba Bryant 

Part Five: Social Exclusion 

Chapter 17: Social Exclusion 
Grace-Edward Galabuzi 

Chapter 18: Social Inclusion/Exclusion and Health: Dancing the Dialectic 
Ronald Labonte 

Chapter 19: The Health of Aboriginal Peoples 
Janet Smylie 

Part Six: Public Policy 

Chapter 20: Follow the Money: How Business and Politics Defi ne Our Health 

David Langille 

Chapter 21: Health and Health Care: A Human Rights Perspective 
Elizabeth McGibbon 

Chapter 22: Public Policy and the Welfare State 
Lars K. Hallstrom 

Chapter 23: Public Policy, Gender, and Health 
Pat Armstrong 

Chapter 24: Surmounting the Barriers: Making Action on the Social 
Determinants of Health a Public Policy Priority 
Dennis Raphael and Ann Curry-Stevens 

Appendix: Strengthening the Social Determinants of Health: The Toronto 
Charter for a Healthy Canada 
References 
Contributors? Biographies 
Copyright Acknowledgements 
Index 

Dennis Raphael, PhD
Professor, School of Health Policy and Management
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON M3J 1P3
416-736-2100, ext. 22134
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http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/draphael