poorer health than their Canadian-born counterparts. Using data from the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey, the … current study tests two hypotheses to explain the health gap between these two groups. Findings indicate support for the … differential vulnerability hypothesis but not for the differential exposure hypothesis in explaining the health gap between …

Most studies analyzed the impact of decreased mobility on health and social network status, but only a few have … linkage between people’s car driving and public transit use in Canada and their personal, health and social network … unique survey with a nationally representative sample that contains questions on health, social network and transportation …

This paper examines the differential impact of social forces on the health of men and women aged 65+ using data from … the 1994-1995 National Population Health Survey. Multiple regression analysis is used to estimate gender differences in … the influence of socio-economic, lifestyle, and psychosocial factors on both self-rated health and overall functional …

. Beside marital status, family networks and living arrangements, future health status of the elderly is a key variable, but an … intricate one. Since health status transitions were previously conditioned only on age and sex, we will use here the current … disability module of LifePaths with longitudinal data from Canada’s National Population Health Survey (NPHS). These new health …

population, as well as higher infant mortality rates and lower life expectancy. Calls for a new approach to health service … medicines and healing approaches. However, there has been little empirical research on how widespread traditional health …. Given the advantages of having aboriginal people involved in their own health care, coupled with the secrecy required by …

behaviours influence the meaning of the disease and an individual's health care decision-making. …

We derive transition probability matrices for chronic health conditions using survey prevalence data. Matrices are … constructed for successive age groups and the sequence represents the “age dynamics” of the health conditions for a stationary …

which use of preventative health screening and/or lifestyle behaviors might help to explain any observed differences. Data … are drawn from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) over the period 1998 to 2005. We find significant evidence … to be due to differences in health behaviors or in the utilization of general health services. …

The cost of the Canadian health care system is approximately 10% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Survey …-evidence suggests that Canadians do not wish to have additional funds spent on health care but believe that the system should be able to … will place twofold cost pressures on governments responsible for maintaining the health care system: 1) As a consequence of …