Social determinants of Métis health

The developers had no respect for the Métis way of life and now the wildlife, the water and the plants are all polluted. [...] History: The Rise of the Social Determinants Originally the determinants of health consisted of a very standard set, including such vital statistics as infant mortality rates and life expectancy (Etches et al, 2006), and the prevalence of disease. [...] In essence, a discussion of the causes of health, or the determinants of health, is very often a discussion of the structural determinants of health. [...] Similarly, in the 1960s and early 1970s, a move away from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the sole determinant of the well-being of a nation or population furthered the movement of broad, or social, determinants of health. [...] Social Determinants of Health in Canada 1 Canada has a comprehensive history in the work of health determinants , particularly in the population health field.