Fact Sheets

• Social Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
• This series of fact sheets, released in 2009, incorporates recent statistical information and data relevant to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples to address key social determinants of health.  Additional topics are currently being developed for release in 2010/2011.  Now available:
• Culture and Language
• Economic Development 
• Education
• Employment 
• Family Violence
• Housing
• Poverty

Reports

• Health Inequalities and the Social Determinants Aboriginal Peoples' Health
• Authors Charlotte Loppie Reading, PhD, and Fred Wien, PhD, use available data to describe health inequalities experienced by diverse Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, linking social determinants to health inequalities. Many of these determinants, such as poverty, substandard housing, and barriers to education, are rooted in contexts specific to Indigenous peoples, including a history of colonization impacting culture, languages, land rights and self-determination. The authors present a conceptual framework for understanding social determinants across the lifespan, and note that complex interactions between social determinants and health are just starting to be mapped out and demonstrated empirically by researchers.
• Red Moon Dialogues
• a short narrative report of the inaugural NCCAH Forum with National Aboriginal Organizations on the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples' Health, held in Ottawa in 2008.
• From Visions to Actions: Second Forum on Social Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
• a short narrative report of our second national forum, held in Vancouver BC in 2009, helping identify how sectors within and beyond health can support an integrated approach to supporting the optimal health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.
• PopHealth Notes, Issue 4: "Aboriginal Youth and Social Inequalities in Health"
• This November 2008 edition of PopHealth Notes was a collaboration of the Institut National de santé publique du Québec and the NCCAH.

Multimedia

• Circles of Health: Sharing Our Gifts
• Our first DVD exploring a new approach to Aboriginal health in Canada has been distributed widely in this country and internationally to nearly three dozen countries.  Based on our inaugural forum with National Aboriginal Organizations, held in Ottawa in 2008, the film asks: What are the social determinants of health?  How can a wide variety of sectors, including Aboriginal organizations addressing sports, tourism, economic development, housing, research and more, work together for a more holistic and coordinated approach to supporting the optimal health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada? 
• Reclaiming Wholeness: From Visions to Actions
• The links between high rates of tuberculosis and overcrowded housing, food secruity and health, or poverty and chronic disease, are increasingly evident.  These connections helped inform the second NCCAH National Forum on the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples' Health, held in Vancouver in 2009.  Our documentary film, inspired by this event, explores actions for change, and models that demonstrate how sectors within and beyond health can work together for a more integrated approach to Aboriginal health in Canada.