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Prescribing Better Policy: Imagining a Healthier Future Jacqueline Carverhill MD Class of 2019
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Prescribing Better Policy: Imagining a Healthier Future
Jacqueline Carverhill
MD Class of 2019
No conflicts of interest to declare
1) Treating the forgotten patients: Institutionalizing SDOH thinking into healthcare models
2) Prescribe better public policy to cure poverty
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ANXIETY
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UNCONTROLLED PAIN
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ANXIETY
UNCONTROLLED PAIN
SUBSTANCE USE
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ANXIETY
UNCONTROLLED PAIN
SUBSTANCE USE
UNSTABLE EMPLOYMENT
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ANXIETY
UNCONTROLLED PAIN
SUBSTANCE USE
NO FOOD
UNSTABLE EMPLOYMENT
POVERTY
Over 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year
Over 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year
For every 1 person in a shelter, 23 others are on the verge of homelessness
Over 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year
For every 1 person in a shelter, 23 others are on the verge of homelessness
Saskatchewan has some of the highest rates of homelessness
Over 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year
For every 1 person in a shelter, 23 others are on the verge of homelessness
Saskatchewan has some of the highest rates of homelessness
Homelessness cuts a person’s life span by 50%
Homelessness = terminal diagnosis
Prescribe better public policy to cure poverty
“Our present system does not fight poverty, it institutionalizes it”
Senator Hugh Segal
Prescribe better public policy to cure poverty
