I chose the second last topic : Aboriginal health and health equity, focus on specific social determinants of health. Adelson, N. (2005). The embodiment of inequity: health disparities in Aboriginal Canada. CJPH, 96 (2):S45-61. KEY NOTES: Thesis statement to emphasize aboriginal people's legacy of colonization,discrimination and contamination due to mercury pollution. While activists and aboriginal people continue to protest and draw attention to poor health care and other health inequities in their communities,social determinants such a agriculture and food production not only dictate their economy and long term health, but also negatively impact their over all day to day living such as nutrition and wellness. (Later in the body), mention diseases like cancers,ALS, are on the increase in these communities as a result of poor health inequities. Examples can be drawn from articles online aboriginal communities. e.g grass narrows community.
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