Update to Issue 11 of Health Canada's Health Policy Research Bulletin
"Climate Change: Preparing for the Health Impacts"

Vulnerability: Who's Most at Risk?

Please note that the diagram entitled "Determinants of Health"
was cited from Health Canada's (June, 1999) Canadian Handbook on Health Impact Assessment - Volume 1: The Basics (Chapter 1, p. 1-2). Ottawa, ON: Author.

Since 1999, however, Health Canada's " Determinants of Health"
have been revised to include the following 12 determinants:

1. Income and Social Status
2. Social Support Networks
3. Education and Literacy
4. Employment/Working Conditions
5. Social Environments
6. Physical Environments
7. Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills
8. Healthy Child Development
9. Biology and Genetic Endowment
10. Health Services
11. Gender
12. Culture