Environmental factors affect the health of Canadians in many ways. Environmental factors can be physical or human, and examples include the following:
- Air pollution, heat extremes, physical environment (physical)
- Employment, education and social support (human)
Our Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI) looks at these and other factors through a population health lens. This helps us understand the health and well-being of population groups, as well as inequalities among and within groups. Decision-makers and health system planners use population health information to develop programs and policies that improve the health care system.
We welcome your feedback and questions
- Contact us at cphi@cihi.ca.
Information on the effect of environmental factors on health
Reports and analyses
Reports and analyses about environmental factors
- The Role of Social Support in Reducing Psychological Distress (Mar. 2012)
- Urban Physical Environments and Health Inequalities: A Scoping Review of Interventions (Feb. 2012)
- In Due Time: Why Maternal Age Matters (Sep. 2011)
- Obesity in Canada (Jun. 2011)
- Population Health Intervention Research Casebook (Mar. 2011)
- Urban Physical Environments and Health Inequalities (Mar. 2011)
- Canadian Population Health Initiative Publication Listing (2012) (PDF, 250KB)
Key resources about environmental factors
- CPHI Funded Research Listings 1999-2007 (PDF, 316KB)
- Canadian Population Health Initiative Publication Listing (2012) (PDF, 250KB)
- Canadian Population Health Initiative Education Listing (2012) (PDF, 267KB)
- Population Health, In Brief (biweekly news digest from CIHI)
Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Contemporary Use of Area-Based Socio-Economic Measures (Sep./Oct. 2012)
- Taking a Social Determinants Perspective on Children’s Health and Development (Nov./Dec. 2010)
- Place and Health Research in Canada (Jul./Aug. 2007)
Tools and resources for measuring health disparities
