article explores race and immigrant disparities in health and health care access across the two countries. The study focus was … of race and nativity on health outcomes – health differences between native and foreign-born Whites and non- Whites – is …Little comparative research exists on health experiences and conditions of minority groups in Canada and the United …

This paper takes advantage of 2006 Census data, the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) and the Canadian Community Health … Survey (CCHS) to highlight some basic demographic trends among Older Aboriginal Peoples, their health status and their use of … health services in the first part of this paper. In the second part of the paper, we connect the findings to what has been …

French race/ethnicity tend to have better health than their Canadian-born counterparts, while the opposite is true for those …This study examines health differences between first-generation immigrant and Canadian-born persons who share the same … the ethnocultural origin, and the extent to which such differences reflect social structural and health …

, marital status, income, education, country of birth, and race/ethnicity) and health status in Canada and the United States … factors, above all country of birth and race/ethnicity, and health are relatively stronger in the United States, reflecting …Comparative health studies consistently find that Canadians on average are healthier than Americans. Comparing health …

also introduced to determine if these factors mediate the relationship between ethnicity/race and health. These findings …The study of health differences across a wide-range of ethnic, racial, and cultural groups has received relatively … most comprehensive analyses to-date on ethnicity and physical health in Canada. Two specific research questions are …

We study the psychosocial determinants of health, and their impact on social inequalities in health in France. We use a … unique general population survey to assess the respective impact on selfassessed health status of subjective perceptions of … of descriptors of health status and behaviours. We find empirical support for the link between the subjective perception …

role in the organisation and delivery of health care services. This paper investigates the relationship between the … changing nature of local governance and the provision of health care services, and places it within the context of rural … respect to homecare in rural Ontario, and features an analysis of data from the National Population Health Survey and the …

the division of a fixed bundle of a good across settings that differ with respect to the good being allocated (a health … care good — pills, and non-health care but still health-affecting good — apples) and the way that alternative possible … (even though both produce health benefits). We find evidence of only small differences between the university and community …

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 …

health behaviors and health service use related to cancer incidence and diagnosis can be accounted for by demographic, socio …-01 and 2004-05 Canadian Community Health Surveys and the 2001 Aboriginal People’s Survey. Methods – Multivariate Logistic … regression analysis is applied to 1) a set of health behaviors including smoking, binge drinking and obesity, and 2) a set of …