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Highlights from the April Update
Many health reports are released with little public fanfare, but issues raised by new reports, especially on public health or health policy, may be discussed in the media. We've included news quotes to introduce some of this month's featured titles.
"Auditor-General Sheila Fraser recently subjected the Yukon's Department of Health and Social Services to a review. Her report... was scathing, but the Yukon has pledged to act on every finding, something rarely seen elsewhere." [Globe & Mail]
Auditor General of Canada Yukon Health Services and Programs - 2011: Department of Health and Social Services February 2011. Access PDF
Vérificateur générale du Canada Programmes et services de santà au Yukon - 2011 : Ministère de la Santé et des Affaires sociales du Yukon février 2011. Accéder PDF
 "More than a decade after the Walkerton tragedy... Canada remains 'vulnerable to future water-quality failures, most likely in smaller systems'... Placing responsibility for drinking water upon municipalities is a 'structural flaw.'" [Environment Probe] C.D. Howe Institute Safe Drinking Water Policy for Canada: Turning Hindsight into Foresight February 2011. Access PDF
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Comparative Effectiveness of Rosuvastatin Versus Other Statins: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness February 2011. Access PDF
"[The] report... argues that public health care is entirely sustainable... What has made health care more expensive... is  government spending on such things as public health, publicly funded dental care and prescription drugs." [Globe & Mail]
Canadian Doctors for Medicare Neat, Plausible and Wrong: The Myth of Health Care Unsustainability February 2011. Access PDF
"Canadians making eco-friendly renovations to their homes could be putting their children's health at serious risk... Energy retrofits... could disturb lead-based paint and asbestos insulation in older buildings." [Montreal Gazette]
Canadian Environmental Law Association Healthy Retrofits: The Case for Better Integration of Children's Environmental Health Protection into Energy Efficiency Programs March 2011. Access PDF
Canadian Institute for Health Information Urban Physical Environments and Health Inequalities March 2011. Access PDF
Institut canadien d'information sur la sante Environnements physiques en milieu urbain et inequalités en sante mars 2011. Accéder PDF
"Canadians have no reason to feel smug about their comparative lack of bulk, said one obesity doctor... Canada is eating its way into a public health crisis. 'We're not where the Americans are yet, but the numbers are still very alarming.'" [canada.com]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Adult Obesity Prevalence in Canada and the United States March 2011. Access PDF
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of  Victoria The Crisis of Chronic Disease among Aboriginal Peoples: A Challenge for Public Health, Population Health and Social Policy 2009. Access PDF
Council of Canadians Profit Is Not the Cure 2010: Is the Canadian Economy Sustainable without Medicare? November 2010. Access PDF
Institut national de santé publique du Québec Evaluation du risque de transmission et d'une éxposition significative au plomb associé à la transfusion de sang décembre 2010. Accéder PDF
Institut national de santé publique du Québec Medicaments du systeme nerveux central et canicules: rapport et recommandations décembre 2010. Accéder PDF
Institute of Health Economics Evidence on the Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation Applications October 2010. Access PDF
National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Residential Air Cleaner Use to Improve Indoor Air Quality and Health: A Review of the Evidence October 2010. Access PDF
Centre de collaboration nationale en santé environnementaleÉpurateurs d'air domestiques et amelioration de la qualité de l'air interieur et de la santé: revue des données probantes octobre 2010. Accéder PDF
National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology of the 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) February 2011. Access PDF
Centre de collaboration nationale des maladies infectieuses Epidemiologie de la pandémie de grippe A (H1N1) de 2009 fevrier 2011. Accéder PDF
"Problem gamblers may be helped most by a program designed to prevent non-problem gamblers from becoming addicted to video lottery terminals..." [CBC News]
Nova Scotia Gaming Foundation Evaluating the Impact of the Play System in Nova Scotia - Phase 1: Regular VL Player Benchmark Survey: Technical Report October 2010. Access PDF
"The number of malnourished and chronically hungry people in  Canada is 'growing at an alarming rate'... and people should be able to buy their own food rather than rely on charity." [Toronto Star]
Recession Relief Coalition Hunger Crisis: Report of the Hunger Inquiry March 2011.Access PDF
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