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Indigenous peoples around the world continue to experience and have to cope with the effects of colonial policies and historical trauma on their health and development. The determinants of health approach holds promise for reducing the social health inequalities experienced by Indigenous populations, as the magnitude and severity of these inequalities call for intersectoral public health initiatives based on a thorough understanding of all the individual, collective, and structural factors…

This summary document is funded by the Stratégie québécoise sur l’utilisation des écrans et la santé des jeunes 2022-2025. It is aimed at stakeholders responsible for planning and implementing actions designed to influence exposure to and use of screens in the homes and communities of First Nations and Inuit youth.

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) form a complex group of chemicals comprising thousands of fluorinated organic compounds.

In Québec, the deprivation index was created first and foremost to overcome the lack of socioeconomic data in most administrative databases. Developing an ecological proxy was the only way to monitor social inequalities related to important health issues such as mortality, hospitalization and the use of health services.