Access to healthcare and preventive care is one of the social determinants of health. While their role in improving public health is debated, the fact remains that universal access to...

At age 35, a blue-collar worker has a life expectancy that is seven years shorter than that of a white-collar worker. Where do social inequalities in health come from? In addition to...

What public policies can be implemented to combat inequality? Pierre Larcher points out that social inequalities in health are often overlooked in national policies. However, in Quebec,...

In 2006, the Institute for Public Health Research (Iresp) issued a call for proposals to support research on social inequalities in health. The selected projects examine the mechanisms...

According to Alfred Spira, director of the Institute for Public Health Research (IReSP), research plays a major role in shedding light on social health inequalities and identifying...

Evaluating an intervention aimed at reducing social inequalities in health is a difficult task, explain Valéry Ridde and Pierre Blaise. Nevertheless, the researchers’ most recent work...

A study conducted in Montreal, Canada, shows that before starting school, some children are vulnerable in terms of health, well-being, and social, emotional, and cognitive skills. And...

The more disadvantaged one’s socioeconomic situation, the poorer one’s health. This “social gradient” is consistently observed across all contexts in scientific studies. The “Gradient”...

Created to coordinate public health initiatives at the regional level, the Regional Health Agencies (ARS) have, as a top priority in their roadmap, the goal of reducing social health...

Health impact assessment is a new strategy for anticipating the effects of any project on public health. In particular, it makes it possible to identify, at an early stage, the...