Canadian Journal of Public Health back issues from September 2006:
Public Health in a Globalized World: Breaking Down Social, Economic and Political Barriers/Renverser les obstacles sociaux économiques et politiques à la santé publique à l'heure de la mondialisation
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABRASCO, the Public Health Association of Brazil, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) hosted the 11th World Congress on Public Health and the 8th Brazilian Congress on Collective Health. Over 19,000 public health professionals including more than 1,600 international ...
Refining and defining public health/Peaufiner et définir la santé publique
Sep 01, 2006; ... In this issue, Auger and Raynault (page 350) bring to our attention the potential of a 'Balanced Scorecard' to convey a persuasive message about health inequalities to a variety of audiences. This approach represents the next and necessary iteration of population health needs assessment, ...
Summarizing Health Inequalities in a Balanced Scorecard: Methodological Considerations
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT The association between social determinants and health inequalities is well recognized. What are now needed are tools to assist in disseminating such information. This article describes how the Balanced Scorecard may be used for summarizing data on health inequalities. The ...
Obesity Rates Among Rural Ontario Schoolchildren
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: The majority of existing studies of obesity risk among Canadian children come from urban populations. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of obesity in a sample of rural Ontario children. Methods: Measures of height and weight were obtained ...
Portrait of Outpatient Visits and Hospitalizations for Acute Infections in Nunavik Preschool Children
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objective: Inuit children from around the world are burdened by a high rate of infectious diseases. The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence rate of infections in Inuit preschool children from Nunavik (Northern Québec). Methods: The medical chart of 354 ...
School Region Socio-economic Status and Geographic Locale is Associated with Food Behaviour of Ontario and Alberta Adolescents
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: In an attempt to elucidate broader determinants of adolescent dietary intake and habits, food intakes and selected food behaviours of grades 9 and 10 students from Ontario and Alberta were examined according to school region socio-economic status and urban/rural ...
Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus in Saskatchewan's Five Hills Health Region, 2003
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: The Five Hills Health Region of Saskatchewan reported the highest West Nile virus (WNV) case rates in the 2003 outbreak. A serologic and telephone survey was undertaken to assess the seroprevalence of the virus and the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of the ...
Modelling Geographic Variations in West Nile Virus
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: This paper applies a method for modelling the spatial variation of West Nile virus (WNv) in humans using bird, environmental and human testing data. Methods: We used data collected from 503 Alberta municipalities. In order to manage the effects of residual ...
Shelter-based Convalescence for Homeless Adults
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objectives: Homelessness is associated with increased hospital costs and length of stay, and medical or surgical conditions are typically complicated by secondary diagnoses of substance abuse or mental illness. Convalescence care to provide timely treatment has not been ...
Drug-related Overdose Deaths in British Columbia and Ontario, 1992-2004
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To compare rates of fatal drug-related overdose death (OD) cases - a major harm outcome of illicit substance use - in the two provinces of British Columbia (BC) and Ontario, and the two largest municipalities in those provincial jurisdictions, namely the cities of ...
Substance Use Among Women in Shelters for Abused Women and Children: Programming Opportunities
Sep 01, 2006; ... Programming Opportunities ABSTRACT Objective: This study explores changes in the use of alcohol and other substances by women in British Columbia as they moved into shelters for abused women and again three months later. We see this time as a key life transition, and potentially ...
Bayesian Small Area Cluster Analysis of Neural Tube Defects in Newfoundland
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: The incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) is declining worldwide due to the implementation of folic acid supplementation programs. Such a program was implemented over 1996-97 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The geographical distribution of birth incidence was ...
The Three Networks Framework to Deal with Public Health Emergencies in Guangxi, China
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Objective: To improve the detection and control of infectious diseases in Guangxi, China. Setting/Participants: Guangxi province in southwest China has almost 50 million people, of whom approximately 30% reside in urban and 70% in rural areas. There are 12 minority ...
Baby Boomer Health Dynamics: How Are We Aging?
Sep 01, 2006; ... Baby Boomer Health Dynamics: How Are We Aging? Andrew V. Wister. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press Inc., 2005; 253pp., Cdn$29.95 This detailed book provides a comparative analysis of the health of baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1965) as they progress in age in order to ...
The Promise of Public Health: Ethical Reflections
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Public health is in the spotlight of public and political concern, providing a unique window of opportunity for its revitalization and restoration as a pillar of the Canadian health care system. The establishment of a Federal Public Health Agency is a critical first step. The ...
Three Challenges to the Ottawa Spirit of Health Promotion, Trends in Global Health, and Disabled People
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Health promotion according to the 1986 Ottawa Charter of the first global health promotion conference1 "is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or ...
Compassionate Cities: Public Health and End-of-life Care
Sep 01, 2006; ... Compassionate Cities: Public Health and End-of-life Care Alien Kellenhear. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2005. Some books should be compulsory reading for every person in the health and social sciences. "Compassionate Cities" could do much to shift the prevailing ...
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004
Sep 01, 2006; ... Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004 World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2004 The Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004 is an updated edition of an earlier report (1999) with the same title. It is an excellent reference source for teachers, students, policy-makers and ...
Primary Care (PC) and Primary Health Care (PHC)
Sep 01, 2006; ... What is the Difference? ABSTRACT Primary Care and Primary Health Care are very similar terms which are often employed interchangeably, but which are also used to denote quite different concepts. Much time and energy is spent discussing which term is the appropriate one for a ...
The Problem with Breastfeeding Discourse
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT This paper reflects on how informational biases have subtly entered into the breastfeeding health discourse and recommends how focus might be redirected. Specifically, contemporary infant feeding health discourse reflects a biased representation of the scientific literature, and ...
Public Health Law & Policy in Canada
Sep 01, 2006; ... Public Health Law & Policy in Canada Tracey M. Bailey, Timothy Caulfield, Nola M. Ries (Eds.), Markham, ON: Lexis Nexis, Butterworths, 2005; 565 pp. A Canadian book on public health law is long overdue. Practitioners of public health frequently encounter legal difficulties that, for ...
La recherche interdisciplinaire en santé
Sep 01, 2006; ... Retour sur l'expérience de l'Institut d'été en recherche interdisciplinaire en santé 2003 RÉSUMÉ Les professionnels de la santé sont de plus en plus appelés à travailler en collaboration. Ce commentaire porte sur notre expérience de l'Institut d'été en recherche ...
Eugenic Nation: Faults & Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America
Sep 01, 2006; ... Eugenic Nation: Faults & Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America Alexandra Minna Stern. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005; 347pp, US$24.95 (paper) Alexandra Stern has created a book of great importance for the study of public health in North America. Some ...
Global Health Challenges for Human Security
Sep 01, 2006; ... Global Health Challenges for Human Security Lincoln Chen, Jennifer Leaning, and Vasant Narasimhan (Eds.), Published by Global Equity Initiative, Asia Center, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2003; 310 pp. The basic premise of this ...
Health Effects of Transport-related Air Pollution
Sep 01, 2006; ... Health Effects of Transport-related Air Pollution Michal Krzyzanowski, Birgit KunaDibbert, Jürgen Schneider (Eds.), Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Press, 2005; xvi + 206pp., ISBN 92-890-1373-7. Available in print (US$ 54.00) as well as for free online at httpS/www.euro.who.int/ ...
The Vanishing Girl Child
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Vanishing Girl Child J. Kishore. Century Publications, New Delhi, 2005; 143pp. This monograph is an exploration of the increasingly common practice of female feticide. Kishore takes into consideration variables such as religion, cultural practices, and economic, educational and ...
Walk for Your Life: Restoring Neighborhood Walkways to Enhance Community Life, Improve Street Safety and Reduce Obesity
Sep 01, 2006; ... Walk for Your Life: Restoring Neighborhood Walkways to Enhance Community Life, Improve Street Safety and Reduce Obesity Marie Demers. Ridgefield, CT: Vital Health Publishing, 2006; 243 pp., ISBN 1-890612-49-9 Quite in keeping with modern-day preoccupations, this book will prove to be of ...
World Report on Knowledge for Better Health: Strengthening Health Systems
Sep 01, 2006; ... World Report on Knowledge for Better Health: Strengthening Health Systems Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004; 88 pp., US$27.00 "Between the health care we have and the care we could have lies not just a gap, but a chasm. " (IOM Report, Crossing the Quality Chasm). (p.1) The ...
FOREWORD from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Population and Public Health
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Population and Public Health (CIHR-IPPH) is delighted to have supported the development and production of this supplement, in which we feature four "environmental scan" research projects funded by the Institute. The Institute of ...
Social Assistance, Lone Parents and Health: What Do We Know, Where Do We Go?
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: A mounting body of evidence indicates that lone mothers and their children are at higher risk of a variety of health problems. The dynamics of the relationship between social assistance, poverty and health are not well understood, and the study of this population ...
Housing as a Socio-Economic Determinant of Health: Findings of a National Needs, Gaps and Opportunities Assessment
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: In 2002-2003, a Needs, Caps and Opportunities Assessment (NGOA) was conducted to investigate relationships between socio-economic dimensions of housing and health. Recent reviews of the literature point to a dearth of research on the socio-economic dimensions of ...
Income and Health in Canada: Research Gaps and Future Opportunities
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: The goal of this research project was to identify and suggest means of filling the gaps/needs in Canadian research activity and public policy action on the income and health relationship. Methods: The research consisted of an environmental scan and analysis ...
Needs, Gaps and Opportunities for Infectious Disease Research in British Columbia: A Perspective from Population and Public Health
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Background: A review of infectious disease research activity and capacity was performed in British Columbia and linked to a process for identifying needs, gaps and opportunities from a public health perspective. Methods: The study was organized in three phases: an ...