There has been increasing discussion within Canadian public health circles on how the social determinants of health can be put into practice. The Sudbury and District Health Unit prepared a discussion paper in March 2006.
Quebec is the most advanced jurisdiction in integrating traditional public health with comprehensive and integrated interventions on the social determinants of health. For an analysis see Nicole Bernier, Quebec’s Approach to Population Health: An Overview of Policy Content and Organization, in Journal of Public Policy, 2006, 27: 22-37.