Health equity and population health: News and podcasts

A mother and her seriously ill son travel from Nunavut to Ottawa to a special clinic set up to meet the needs of Inuit families accessing medical care.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro chats with a man who lost his foot to diabetes and a doctor whose new treatment offers hope to those faced with losing a limb to the disease.

Exploring equity in patient safety and strategies for improving health outcomes through enhanced patient-provider communications.

This web story explores the importance of analyzing data from an equity perspective by examining CIHI’s Equity in diabetes care report as an example.

With an exodus of family doctors, 1 in 5 Canadians do not have direct access to primary care. Listen as host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Jane Philpott and Dr. Tara Kiran, who say they know how to turn this around — and that every Canadian has the right…

In this episode of the CHIP, we’ll hear about the complex health needs of the growing number of people who are unhoused and turning to hospitals for help, and how doctors are working toward solutions.

On this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, clinical research professor of frailty and aging at Dalhousie University, about the risks of frailty.

In this episode of the CHIP, we are joined by Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, to discuss the effects of climate change on health and what average people in Canada can do to help themselves and the environment.

In this episode of the CHIP, we are joined by Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, Dr. Howard Njoo, to discuss the effects of climate change on health and what average people in Canada can do to help themselves and the environment.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Jennifer Zelmer and Flavie Laliberté about what a recent major funding agreement will mean for average people in Canada using our health care systems.