Addressing health inequities in Ontario, Canada: what solutions do the public support?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-9

  Kirst, Maritt ^a,b,c   Shankardass, Ketan ^a,b,c   Singhal, Sonica ^b,d   Lofters, Aisha ^b,c,e   Muntaner, Carles ^b,f   Quiñonez, Carlos ^b,c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD; HEALTH EQUITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MODEL; NUTRITION; ONTARIO; PUBLIC OPINION; RANDOM DIGIT DIALING; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TELYCHIAN; VOLUNTEER; WELFARE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008600103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3932-x     Document Type: Article

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