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measuring healthy child development
health status indicators
physical = biological
psychosocial = cognitive and affective
biological health indicators
height weight BMI vision hearing disease occurrence
cognitive and affective health indicators
relationships with others coping support systems opportunities for interaction language literacy health behaviours
critical influences on child development
income
parenting/family functioning
supportive community
healthy child development in canada
ranked poorly at 30th out of 35 OECD countries for infant mortality rate
4.8 per 1000 live births
canadas poverty rate among the worst and we spend the least amount on services
approaches to action
socio-economic model = income = human capital
health selection model = health = social capital
public health action
target caregivers
identify stressful environments
provide health promoting information
referrals to community resources
measuring work and working conditions
employment vs unemployment
unsafe work environments vs stressful work environments
healthy workplaces environments
benefits of employment (individual)
income
life opportunity
sense of identity and purpose
social networks
impact of unemployment (individual)
reduced life expectancy
more health problems
why is the workplace significant to health of canadians
formal workforce constitutes 50-60% of a country’s total population
contributes significantly to the economic and social growth and sustainability of a country
what factors change the labour force
gender/sex
age
generational changes
educational status
gender in labour force
type of work
rissk
women = employment rate for women with children has been steadily on the rise during the past three decades, more likely to work part-time, recent increase in self-employment
age and the labour force
in 2008 a 50 year old had an expected additional 16 years at work
employment rate of aged 55 from 1997-2010
men = 30.5% to 39.4% women = 15.8% to 28.6%
generational changes and the labour force
late baby boomers (1957-1966) generation x (1969-1978) generation y (1981-1990) societal outcomes = economic and domestic responsibilities, family structures (generation y)
global strategy on occupational health
workplace recognized by WHO as one of the most important settings to engage in health promotion
world health organization global strategy principle
protection and promotion
development and promotion
enhancement
enablement