Population Health in Canada: A Working Paper

Prepared for the National Conference on Shared Responsibility for Health and Social Impact Assessments by: The Institute of Health Promotion Research University of British Columbia april, 1999

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Focus of the Discussion Paper

3. Methodology

4. Snapshot: Adoption of a Population health approach

   Commentary on the "Snapshot"

5. Definitional Issues in Health and Social Impact Assessments for Popualtion Health

   • Health

   • Definition of Population and Population Health

   • Determinants of Health

   • Health Impact Assessment

6. Issues in Health & Social Impact Assessments for Population Health

7. Summary of Key Issues and Questions

8. Appendix A: References & Documents Synthesized in this paper

9. Appendix B. Population Health Frameworks