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Supporting Children and Their Families Facing Health Inequities in Canada fills an urgent national need to analyze disparities among vulnerable populations, where socio-economic and cultural factors compromise health and create barriers. Offering solutions and strategies to the prevalent health inequities faced by children, youth, and families in Canada, this book investigates timely issues of social, economic, and cultural significance. Chapters cover a diverse range of socio-economic and cultural factors that contribute to health inequality among the country's most vulnerable youth populations, including mental health challenges, low income, and refugee status. This book shares scientific evidence from thousands of interviews, questionnaires, surveys, and client consultations, while also providing professional insights that offer key information for at-risk families experiencing health inequities. Timely and transformative, this book will serve as an informed and compassionate guide to promote the health and resiliency of vulnerable children, youth, and families across Canada.

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9781487524074

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Spanning over two decades of work, Supporting Children and Their Families Facing Health Inequities in Canada is an enjoyable and comprehensive read that draws together the key points covering complex issues of inequity. - Caroline Sanders, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Programs in the School of Nursing, University of Northern British Columbia This helpful and contributory book is clearly dedicated to the situational, contextual, and social derivatives impacting vulnerable children and their parents. This book will be useful in courses on the Canadian health care system and vulnerable populations, as well as in graduate nursing, social work, public health, and respiratory therapy programs. - Pammla Petrucka, Professor of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan This important book tackles critical issues associated with children and health disparities. It brings together renowned scholars who not only provide a unique perspective but also solutions and practical ways forward. A valuable contribution to the literature that will be useful to students, academics, policymakers, and anyone interested in these timely issues. - Timothy Caulfield, Research Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, and author of The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness

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Miriam J. Stewart is a professor emeritus in Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta.

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