Pathways to improving well-being for indigenous peoples : Trajectoires menant à l'amélioration du bien-être des peuples autochtones : les conditions de vie déterminent la santé

The will draw on the most recent literature impact of these forces during childhood and data to examine the impact of a can have long-lasting health implications range of common social determinants on through the life course since material the health of Indigenous1 peoples. [...] While the focus giving the child the best chances in life, is primarily on Aboriginal2 peoples in several determinants will be discussed Canada, social determinants impact the within the theme of a child’s early life and health of Indigenous peoples in developed development. [...] Childhood circumstances circumstances creates a load of stress on affect developmental health through the body, which may eventually result in To measure and compare the quality of life the activation of stress response systems the development of variety of diseases and between different countries or populations, (Boyce and Keating, 2004). [...] This concept of ‘control of destiny’ of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada3 initiate enduring physiological changes, is particularly relevant in understanding to compare the quality of life between such as alterations in lipid metabolism the association between the SES of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and the accumulation of body fat, the Indigenous peoples and their current living in Canad [...] The patterning of and well-being of Aboriginal compared levels of education limit employment behaviour and lifestyle habits, which to non-Aboriginal people in Canada opportunities, and thus directly impact on occurs in childhood, highlights the need to and indeed, in many other countries.