Chapter 6 Further Resources

Social Work and Health

Recommended Readings

Bolaria, F.B., & Dickinson, H.D. (2008). Health, illness and healthcare in Canada (4th ed.). Scarborough, ON: Nelson College Indigenous.

 Davidson, A. (2019). Social determinants of health: A comparative approach (2nd ed.). Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.

Fierlbeck, K., & Lahey, W. (2013). Health care federalism in Canada: Critical junctures and critical perspectives. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press.

McPheeters, M.L., Kripalani, S., Peterson, N.B., Idowu, R.T., Jerome, R.N., Potter, S.A., & Andrews, J.C. (2012). Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science. Vol. 3: Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities. Rockville: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK107315/pdf/TOC.pdf.

Public Health Agency of Canada. (2018). Key Health Inequalities in Canada: A National Portrait – Executive Summary. Retrieved from: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/science-research-data/key-health-inequalities-canada-national-portrait-executive-summary.html

Regher, C., & Clancy, G. (2014). Mental health social work practice in Canada (2nd ed.). Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.

Wilmot, S. (2018). Cultural rights and First Nations health care in Canada. Health and Human Rights,20(1), 283.

Recommended Videos

  1. Canada’s health care system explained (2014). 7 min 24 sec. Healthcare Triage.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TPr3h-UDA0

    This YouTube clip provides an overview of Canada’s health care system, and myths and realities of the current system are highlighted.
  1. Comparing Canadian and American health care (2009). 26 min 47 sec. KPBS.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARxjQ3IRqvg

    This YouTube clip compares the challenges and benefits of both systems.
  1. Social Determinants of Health: Claire Pomeroy at TEDxUCDavis (2012). 15 min 3 sec. TEDx Talks.  https://youtu.be/qykD-2AXKIU

    In this TEDx Talk, Claire Pomeroy depicts the importance of the social determinants of health through her own story.
  1. Here at Home: Evicted (2012) by Manfred Becker. 4 min 46 sec. National Film Board. https://www.nfb.ca/film/at_home_evicted/

    This documentary, filmed in downtown Toronto, explores one woman’s struggle with homelessness.
  1. Unexpected (2008). 16 min 36 sec. National Film Board. https://www.nfb.ca/film/unexpected/

    Filmed in Toronto, this documentary explores the biases that healthcare providers have against homeless mothers.
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