カナダ公衆衛生機関では、下のような寓話から、すべての人々の健康水準を決定している一連の要因や状況の存在に言及している。
これは世界保健機関ＷＨＯによる健康の定義にも合致する理念である。
Public Health Agency of Canada のＨＰより ２０１２年６月４日に。
This deceptively simple story speaks to the complex set of factors or conditions that determine the level of health of every Canadian.
Why is Jason in the hospital?
"Why is Jason in the hospital?
Because he has a bad infection in his leg.
But why does he have an infection?
Because he has a cut on his leg and it got infected.
But why does he have a cut on his leg?
Because he was playing in the junk yard next to his apartment building and there was some sharp, jagged steel there that he fell on.
But why was he playing in a junk yard?
Because his neighborhood is kind of run down. A lot of kids play there and there is no one to supervise them.
But why does he live in that neighborhood?
Because his parents can't afford a nicer place to live.
But why can't his parents afford a nicer place to live?
Because his Dad is unemployed and his Mom is sick.
But why is his Dad unemployed?
Because he doesn't have much education and he can't find a job.
But why ...?"
