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CMA code of ethics and professionalism
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy13937
- Date
- 2018-12-08
- Topics
- Population health, health equity, public health
SOCIETY
37. Commit to ensuring the quality of medical services offered to patients and society through
the establishment and maintenance of professional standards.
38. Recognize that social determinants of health, the environment, and other fundamental
considerations that extend beyond medical
- Policy Type
- Policy document
- Date
- 2018-12-08
- Replaces
- Code of ethics of the Canadian Medical Association (Update 2004)
Documents
Advancing inclusion and quality of life for seniors
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy13729
- Date
- 2017-10-26
- Topics
- Population health, health equity, public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
goals of seniors policy in Canada is to
promote the independence of older Canadians, avoiding
costly institutionalization for as long as feasible. To help
older Canadians successfully maintain their independence,
governments and society must keep the social
determinants of health in mind when
- Policy Type
- Parliamentary submission
- Date
- 2017-10-26
- Topics
- Population health, health equity, public health
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Our Focus
- Aging
Documents
Canada's food guide
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy13920
- Date
- 2018-06-06
- Topics
- Population health, health equity, public health
prevention, including attention to the role of the social determinants of health, are critical to the future health
and wellness of Canadians and to the viability of the health care system.”12
CMA recommendations:
1. The Food Guide must go hand in hand with efforts to increase access to affordable
Canadian Medical Association submission on Motion 315 (Income Inequality)
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy10715
- Date
- 2013-04-25
- Topics
- Physician practice, compensation, forms
Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the
Status of Persons with Disability
One reason income is so critical to individual health is that it is so closely linked to many of
the other social determinants of health. These include but are not limited to: education,
employment
Climate change and human health
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy9809
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2010-06-09
- Topics
- Population health, health equity, public health
effects of
climate change is dependent on their existing
vulnerabilities. Therefore, work needs to be done
to reduce the burden of diseases and improve
upon the social determinants of health for
vulnerable populations in Canada and globally.
CMA recommends:
4. That the federal and provincial
- Policy Type
- Policy document
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2010-06-09
- Our Focus
- Net zero
Documents
Clinical guideline for homeless and vulnerably housed people, and people with lived homelessness experience
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy14165
- Date
- 2019-10-17
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Population health, health equity, public health
, or lack-
ing the immediate prospect, means and ability of acquiring it.6
Under such conditions, individuals and families face intersecting
social, mental and physical health risks that significantly increase
morbidity and mortality.7,8 For example, people who are homeless
and vulnerably housed
CMA presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy10441
- Date
- 2012-05-31
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
shared by our members – that policy-makers are
not paying adequate attention to the social determinants of health, factors such as
income and housing that have a major impact on health outcomes. We remind the
government that every action that has a negative effect on health will lead to more
costs to
CMA’s recommendations for effective poverty reduction strategies
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy13582
- Date
- 2017-02-28
- Topics
- Population health, health equity, public health
improving the delivery of federal resources and
services for the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy is of profound interest to the
CMA, given our concerns about the need to address the social determinants of health. It
is that perspective from which this paper will approach the Committee’s areas of
CMA's response to questionnaire from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance: 2012-2013 pre-budget consultation
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy10445
- Date
- 2012-08-03
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
federal leadership that would contribute to these efforts
by addressing the overall performance of the health care system in Canada. The CMA recommends
that:
• The federal government recognize the relationship of the social determinants of health on the
demands of the health care system and that it
CMA's submission to Finance Canada's 2012 pre-budget consultations
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy10350
- Date
- 2012-01-12
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
illness and the enhancement of their well-being, with attention paid to broader
social determinants of health.
Equitable: The health care system has a duty to Canadians to provide and advocate for
equitable access to quality care and commonly adopted policies to
Early childhood development
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy11476
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2014-12-06
- Topics
- Population health, health equity, public health
(accessed
2013 Dec 9).
26 HM Treasury. Ending child poverty: mapping the
route to 2020. London(UK); 2010. Available:
http://www.endchildpoverty.org.uk/images/ecp/budget2
010_childpoverty.pdf (accessed 2014 Jan 17).
27 Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.
Closing the gap in a generation
Ensuring equitable access to health care: Strategies for governments, health system planners, and the medical profession
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy11062
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2013-12-07
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Population health, health equity, public health
general policy statement on the role of physicians in
addressing the social determinants of health please see: Canadian Medical Association. Health Equity and the Social
Determinants of Health: A Role for the Medical Profession. Ottawa, ON; 2012. Available: http://policybase.cma.ca/dbtw-
wpd/Policypdf
- Policy Type
- Policy document
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2013-12-07
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Population health, health equity, public health
- Our Focus
- Aging
- Workforce planning
Documents
The evolving professional relationship between Canadian physicians and our health care system: Where do we stand?
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy10389
- Last Reviewed
- 2019-03-03
- Date
- 2012-05-26
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
setting.
In addition to advocating for issues related directly to patient care, physicians,
as community leaders, may also be called upon to advocate for other issues of
societal importance, such as protection of the environment or social
determinants of health. These advocacy undertakings can
Health and health care for an aging population
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy11061
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2013-12-07
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Health systems, system funding and performance
process of optimizing opportunities for physical, social and mental health to
enable seniors to take an active part in society without discrimination and to enjoy
independence and quality of life.” It is believed that initiatives to promote healthy
aging, and enable older Canadians to maintain their
- Policy Type
- Policy document
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2013-12-07
- Replaces
- PD00-03 - Principles for medical care of older persons
- Our Focus
- Aging
- Workforce planning
Documents
Health Canada consultation on Canadian drugs and substances strategy
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy14017
- Date
- 2018-12-04
- Topics
- Pharmaceuticals, prescribing, cannabis, drugs
- Population health, health equity, public health
condition for which there are effective treatments. However, using the social
determinants as a framework, most health promotion and prevention efforts will take place outside of the
traditional health and medical care services.2.
Many Canadians face barriers in their physical, social and economic
- Policy Type
- Response to consultation
- Date
- 2018-12-04
- Topics
- Pharmaceuticals, prescribing, cannabis, drugs
- Population health, health equity, public health
Documents
Health care transformation in Canada: Change that works, care that lasts
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy9837
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2010-07-13
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
optimum health while addressing the
complex causative pathways affecting health and disease (i.e., social determinants of health). A
defined set of nationally comparable, publicly funded core services should be available to all
Canadians chosen through an evidence-informed and transparent manner. There
Health equity and the social determinants of health: A role for the medical profession
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy10672
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2012-12-08
- Topics
- Population health, health equity, public health
CMA POLICY
Health Equity and the Social Determinants of
Health: A Role for the Medical Profession
Introduction
Healthier generations for a prosperous economy: Canadian Medical Association 2013-2014 pre-budget consultation submission to the Standing Committee on Finance
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy11028
- Date
- 2013-11-06
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
seniors care strategy, the social determinants of health and
health sector innovation and productivity.
Summary of Recommendations
Recommendation # 1
The CMA recommends that the Government of Canada collaborate with provincial, territorial
and municipal governments to establish and invest in a
- Policy Type
- Parliamentary submission
- Date
- 2013-11-06
- Our Focus
- Indigenous health
- Aging
Documents
Health in all policies
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy11527
- Date
- 2015-05-30
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
productivity.
8
As laid out in the principles to
Guide Health Care Transformation,
“Coordinated investments in health
promotion and disease and injury
prevention, including attention to the role of
the social determinants of health, are critical
to the future health and wellness of
Canadians
Improving efficiency in the Canadian health care system
https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy11525
- Date
- 2015-05-30
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
positively
associated with efficiency.
19
Unfortunately, over 4 million Canadians still do not have a regular
family physician.
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In addition, the CIHI study found that factors related to the social determinants of health can
also affect system efficiency (e.g., missed prevention opportunities