Key Topics

Behavioral Determinants of Health

Risk & Protective Behaviors

• Alcohol use

• Breast feeding

• Eating

• Illicit drug use

• Immunizations

• Independent mobility

• Oral health behaviours

• Physical activity and active living

• Play (outdoor)

• Screening Behaviours (hearing, dental, vision)

• Seat belt use

• Sun exposure protective behaviours (UV)

• Screen time

• Sleep

• Tobacco and vapor use

Social & Economic Determinants of Health

Social & Economic

• Ableism, ageism, & intergenerational equity

• Access to affordable services

• Culture, ethnicity, & language

• Disruptive technologies & societal trends

• Early childhood development

• Education & literacy

• Equity, social justice, & societal norms

• Gender

• Housing (cost, availability) and basic amenities

• Inclusion, belonging, & non-discrimination

• Reconciliation & decolonization

• Safety & security

• Equitable services, systems, & policies

• Trauma (individual, group, intergenerational)

• Violence & bigotry

• Affordability & cost of living

• Employment status, occupation

• Food security & access

• Income, social safety net, & inequality

• Living standards

• Precarity, shock, & disruption

• Systemic barriers & poverty traps

Environmental & Physical Determinants of Health

Legislative Enforcement & Education

• Food safety

• Drinking water quality and safety

• Recreational water quality and safety

• Sewerage and waste water disposal

• Communicable disease

• Child care licensing

• Residential care licensing

• Tobacco and vapor enforcement

Health Environments

• Built Environments (eg. land use, development, neighbourhood design, transportation, parks, public open area, greenspace and natural environments)

• Housing quality

• Exposure to physical, biological, or chemical contaminants (e.g. noise, air pollution, UV, legionella)

• Ecological and planetary health

• Temperature (e.g. heat)

• Fire (e.g. wildfire)

• severe weather events (e.g. storms, rainfall, wind, snow, landslides)

• Emergency responses

• Accessability