A healthy, productive Canada : Canada en santé et productif : une approche axée sur les déterminants de la santé

With the tabling of this final report, the Subcommittee on Population Health of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has come to st th the end of a long journey that began in February 2007, during the 1. session of the 39 Parliament, when the Subcommittee received a mandate from the Senate ―to examine and report on the impact of the multiple factors and condition [...] Moreover, there is momentum both at the national and international levels with the evidence-based recommendations in the final report of the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health, the first report of 3 Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, and the Conference Board of Canada’s Roundtable on the Social Determinants of Health, to name a few. [...] The determinant of health approach envisioned by the Subcommittee is depicted in Chart 1. The combination and interaction of the health determinants result in differences in health status; this in turn gives rise to health disparities between individuals and among various segments of the population. [...] Therefore, the Subcommittee recommends: That the Prime Minister of Canada take the lead in announcing, developing and implementing a population health policy at the federal level; That a Cabinet Committee on Population Health be established to coordinate the development and implementation of the federal population health policy; That the Prime Minister of Canada chair the Cabinet Committee on Popu [...] Because the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat is the federal body which establishes the terms and conditions of funding agreements, the Subcommittee recommends: That the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat pro-actively undertake to enhance the range of models and resources available for the management of horizontal and vertical collaborations.