From: Addressing health inequities in Ontario, Canada: what solutions do the public support?
% (#) | |
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Employment and income interventions | |
Increasing pension amounts for seniors | 80 (1607) |
Creating work-earning supplements for welfare recipients | 72 (1451) |
Increasing welfare amounts to above poverty level for parents with children | 71 (1442) |
Employment equity programs | 70 (1405) |
Increasing minimum wage | 69 (1396) |
Increasing welfare amounts to above poverty level | 61 (1226) |
Increasing union membership for workers | 33 (661) |
Education and training interventions | |
Providing more subsidized trades training for adults | 83 (1675) |
Strengthening early intervention programs for infants | 82 (1653) |
Increasing funding for education | 80 (1611) |
Creating more after-school or after-work literacy programs | 80 (1610) |
Creating more subsidized daycares and pre-schools | 71 (1433) |
Health services interventions | |
Providing more health care treatment programs | 85 (1700) |
Providing more health prevention programs | 84 (1696) |
Providing more health services in schools | 83 (1669) |
Housing, transit and recreation interventions | |
More subsidized quality housing for parents with children | 77 (1536) |
More subsidized quality housing | 71 (1421) |
More subsidized transit | 64 (1287) |
More subsidized recreation | 66 (1314) |
Nutrition interventions | |
More subsidized nutritious food for children | 89 (1788) |
More subsidized nutritious food | 80 (1594) |
Social capital/community engagement interventions | |
Encouraging more volunteers in the community | 89 (1791) |
Creating more community groups and social support networks | 71 (1415) |
Giving those that are less well-off more ability to influence government decisions | 62 (1238) |