Multilevel Estimation of the Relative Impacts of Social Determinants on Income-Related Health Inequalities in Urban Canada: Protocol for the Canadian Social Determinants Urban Laboratory.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Two decades of research have highlighted persistent income-related health inequities in Canada across municipal, provincial, and national levels. While there is broad consensus among researchers, advocates, and health professionals that social determinants are the primary drivers of health, the empirical foundation supporting this remains relatively limited. A current renaissance in health system data access offers an opportunity to assess the multilevel impact of social factors on health inequalities, yet this potential remains underused.

Objective

This project aims to examine how social, economic, and political conditions shape health inequalities and investigate how structural and intermediate determinants explain disparities across national, provincial, city,

SUBMITTER: Plante C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12701341 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature