Determinants of Health

Having access to doctors, nurse practitioners, RNs, dentists, dietitians and physiotherapists for example.

• Universal Health Care
• Registered Dietitian Service Directory
• Unlock Food
• Universal Pharmacare for Youth in Ontario

How we interact with one another in social behaviours and norms in a wide variety of social groups.

• Celebrating Local Food
• Leeds Grenville Immigration Portal
• Move to Lanark
• Brockville Newcomers Club
• Lanark County Tourism
• St. Lawrence-Rideau Immigration Partnership
• Lanark Immigration Partnership
• Discover Leeds Grenville
• Baha’i Community of Brockville
• Refugees for Brockville
• Chinese and Canadian Heritage Association – for more information, Peter Au: peter00au@gmail.com
• Francophone Immigration Support Network of Eastern Ontario

Building meaningful relationships with Indigenous people.

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
• Truth and Reconciliation Lanark

A disability is a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities.

• Ontario Human’s Rights Commission
• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
• Mills Community Support
• Developmental Services of Leeds and Grenville

A healthy start in life is the building block for health over the life span.

• Health Before Pregnancy
• Prenatal
• Parenting
• Child Care
• School
• Recreation
• EarlyON Child and Family Centres

Having access to higher education and being able to read, write and say what we need to be healthy.

• Registered Education Savings Plan
• Publically Funded School System
• Canada Learning Bonds
• Ontario Student Assistance Program

We spend a lot of time in the workplace and it can affect our health.

• Employment and Education Centre
• Family-Friendly Workplace policies including workplace food environment

Community food security is a result of a healthy food system.  

• Growing and Gathering Food
• Preparing and Eating Food
• Buying Food
• Help for Getting Food
• Sustaining our Future

The gender you were born with or identify with may increase or decrease your health and well-being.

• Healthy Babies, Healthy Children (HBHC)
• Sexual Health Clinics
• Pride Parade
• Ontario Human Rights Code
• Children and Youth
• Rainbow Health Ontario
• Girls Incorporated of Upper Canada

Housing keeps you safe, makes you feel good and included in your community.

• Housing as a Human Right – Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Leeds and Grenville Housing
• Lanark County Housing

How much money we make is the most important piece in helping us to take care of ourselves.

• Basic Income Guarantee Pilot
• Minimum Wage
• Old Age Pension
• Child Benefit
• Living Wage
• How to become a Living Wage Employer
• Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Living Wage Report
• Food Insecurity in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark

Personal health practices are the things you do every day to take care of your body and mind.

• Physical Activity
• Food Choices
• Substance Use
• Emotional Wellness

How we build and navigate in our communities.

• Green Spaces
• Community Design including Growing Food
• Bike Paths
• Walking Routes
• Schools
• Public Transportation

Who you are sexually attracted to.

• LGBTQ2 Resources

Social Inclusion – feeling welcomed, feeling like you belong, feeling safe.

Social Exclusion – feeling embarrassed, feeling shame, feeling unwelcomed, feeling unsafe.

• Responding to discrimination
• Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Canadian Mental Health Association

Who we turn to for help and fun. Might be family, friends, neighbours, co-workers or parishioners.

• Healthy Relationships
• Peer Support
• Places of Worship
• Professional Development
• Recreation