What happens when a group of primary health care providers come together to serve socio-economically deprived populations in Canada? In this episode, we want to introduce Primary Care at the Deep End Canada, a network of health practitioners that aims to improve the collection and use of social data to address social determinants of health at the individual, clinic, and policy levels.

In Episode 5 of the Upstream Lab Speaker Series, a family physician in Brazil and a public health specialist discuss the rationale for integrating health and social care, models of interventions focused on social determinants of health (SDOH), and future research on SDOH in Latin American countries.

In this Episode 4 of the Upstream Lab Speaker Series, we 1) discuss myths about renters, landlords and housing affordability, 2) share how researchers, academics and public policy professionals can support advocates and movements to solve the housing crisis and 3) define other ways we can change the landscape of conducting homelessness research.

Virchow famously said, “Medicine is a social science and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale”, but are there things we should consider when healthcare gets involved with social issues? Episode 3 of the Upstream Lab Speaker Series aims to help you understand all sides of this question. Our speakers shared their experiences in Canada and the US, discussing the context and considerations surrounding the medicalization of social determinants of health.

The first episode of the Upstream Lab Speaker Series features an insightful conversation between a community advisor and a family physician, delving into stories and realities of engaging with people experiencing homelessness.

For the second episode of the Upstream Lab Speaker Series, we invited professors, who are also physicians, to share their experiences teaching the social determinants of health in Canada, the USA, and Scotland.