Healthy environments, healthy people : 2015 health status of Manitobans report

However, the health care system is just one contributor to the health of a population, accounting for only 25 per cent of health outcomes.2 15% Biology and Genetics HEALTH AND WELLNESS GOES BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL Population health is the theory and practice of improving the health of groups of people rather than of individuals. [...] SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT The values and rules of a society affect the health Physical factors in the natural environment and well-being of individuals and populations. [...] The introduction Family planning education and the improved ability to of Old Age Security was a key factor in shifting the income of control the timing of pregnancy, as a result of contraception, seniors in Canada from one of the lowest among industrialized has improved maternal and child health. [...] Overall, the Metis Nation peoples lost approximately 83 per cent of their established Red River lots through the Scrip program.6 Inuit: The term Inuit refers to the group of culturally and linguistically similar Indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, and the United States.7 The Inuit make up a much smaller proportion of the Indigenous population within Manitoba comp [...] THE LINK TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS “At the time of European contact, the communities of Aboriginal peoples in Canada were thriving and in good health.