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The ability to access, comprehend, evaluate and communicate information as a way to promote, maintain and improve health in a variety of settings across the life-course.
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The presence of systematic disparities in health (or in the major social determinants of health) among groups with different social advantage/disadvantage.
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Absence of unfair, avoidable, or remediable differences in health status among groups of people. Health equity is achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being.
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Differences in health status that occur among population groups defined by specific characteristics. Socio-economic status, Aboriginal identity, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location are the important factors associated with health disparities in Canada.
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Deliberate attempts by governments to substantially change health policies, structures, and processes with the objective of improving their functioning or performance.
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A state of complete physical, mental (spiritual) and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.
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Refers to policies, programs, and practices that aim to minimize negative health, social, and legal impacts associated with drug use, drug policies and drug laws. Key principles include respecting the rights of people who use illicit substances; commitment to evidence, social justice, and collaboration with people who use illicit substances;…
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Education beyond the baccalaureate level, including master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral levels.
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An area of research and practice committed to the application of overtly multidisciplinary, multisectoral, and culturally sensitive approaches for reducing health disparities that transcend national borders.
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A neurological scale which aims to give a reliable and objective way of recording the conscious state of a person.
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A person’s internal and deeply felt sense of being man or woman, both, neither, or somewhere along the gender spectrum. A person’s gender identity may or may not align with the gender typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. Gender identity is not necessarily visible and is…
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For the purposes of program approval, foundational practice standards are the more commonly cited NANB measures related to RN and NP performance issues as identified through the NANB data.
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