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• Province Helps Families Save More For Relatives With Disabilities

  The province is making it easier for families of people with disabilities to save for their loved one's future by allowing them to use Registered Disability Savings Plans while continuing to receive income assistance. Read More... Posted Feb 11 2009, 08:58 AM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Community Services Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Special Needs, Funding

• Government adds 8 chemicals to list of harmful substances

  Ottawa has designated eight chemicals as being of concern to human health or the environment following its latest assessment of potentially dangerous substances. Read More... Posted Feb 03 2009, 08:00 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Product Safety, Poisons

• Government of Canada Takes Action to Protect the Health and Safety of Canadians

  The Government of Canada today introduced proposed legislation that will modernize and strengthen product safety laws by overhauling existing rules to further protect the health and safety of Canadians. Read More... Posted Jan 29 2009, 11:25 AM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Health and Safety

• Advancing the 'science of delivery' of health promotion: not just the 'science of discovery'

  Read More... Posted Jan 26 2009, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Health Services, Policy and Strategy

• Water, ecology and health: ecosystems as settings for promoting health and sustainability

  Despite the proposed ecological and systems-based perspectives of the settings-based approach to health promotion, most initiatives have tended to overlook the fundamental nature of ecosystems. This paper responds to this oversight by proposing an explicit... Posted Jan 26 2009, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Environment

• Child and Youth Strategy Off to Great Start

  Children and families across Nova Scotia are already benefiting from the province's child and youth strategy just a year after it has begun. Read More... Posted Dec 22 2008, 09:06 AM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Community Services Filed under: Youth, Policy and Strategy

• End of P.E.I. needle exchange worries health officer

  The planned shutdown of P.E.I.'s needle exchange has the province's deputy chief health officer worried about the spread of hepatitis C and AIDS. Read More... Posted Dec 03 2008, 11:11 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Addiction, Policy and Strategy

• Poverty Reduction Strategy Working Group Releases Recommendations

  The Poverty Reduction Strategy Working Group has handed government its recommendations on how to best tackle poverty in Nova Scotia. Read More... Posted Jun 26 2008, 12:45 PM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Community Services Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Poverty

• Taxes, stricter alcohol limits could help cut cost of alcohol abuse: report

  Alcohol abuse costs every Canadian $463 a year, a new study released Wednesday suggests, but wouldn't have to cost as much if the government intervened to reduce consumption by increasing liquor taxes, lowering blood-alcohol limits and raising the... Posted Jun 11 2008, 09:29 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Economic Factors, Alcohol, Addiction, Policy and Strategy

• Food summit marred by political squabbling

  An international summit aimed at devising strategies to combat the growing global food crisis struggled Thursday to agree on a final declaration of intent because of political squabbling, according to observers. Read More... Posted Jun 05 2008, 05:50 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Nutrition, Politics

• Raise food production 50 per cent by 2030: UN chief

  World food production must increase by 50 per cent by 2030 if it hopes to meet rising demand, the head of the UN told world leaders at a food summit in Rome Tuesday. Read More... Posted Jun 03 2008, 01:18 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Nutrition

• Another 18 Substances To Be Evaluated As Part of Government's Chemicals Management Plan

  Read More... Posted Jun 02 2008, 03:20 PM by Canada News Centre Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Poisons

• Bill C-51: Targeting natural health products?

  Health Minister Tony Clement says Bill C-51 is about far more than natural health products. It's about prescription drugs, therapeutic devices and about making sure the food supply is safe - from the farm to the fork. But critics allege the proposed... Posted May 29 2008, 11:55 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Drugs, Policy and Strategy, Product Safety, Natural Remedies

• Cancer society urges Alberta to ban pesticides

  The Canadian Cancer Society has renewed its call for Alberta to ban the sale and use of pesticides, citing its recent poll showing 87 per cent of respondents who say they would support restricting the use of cosmetic pesticides on public and private land... Posted May 23 2008, 07:19 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Environment, Poisons

• Consultations begin on new mental health strategy

  The provincial government is going to consult New Brunswickers on a new mental health strategy. Read More... Posted May 22 2008, 05:54 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Mental Health, Policy and Strategy

• A salutogenic interpretation of the Ottawa Charter

  Twenty years have passed since the philosophy and principals were formulated in the Ottawa Charter for health promotion. A critical reflection of the content and success of the Ottawa Charter was published before the IUHPE World Conference in Vancover... Posted May 20 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy

• Health promotion policy in Canada: lessons forgotten, lessons still to learn

  In this paper, we analyse Canadian health promotion discourse past and present, in the context of selected federal and provincial government policy initiatives. Principally, we examine the health promotion discourse articulated in A New Perspective on... Posted May 20 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy

• Canada, BC, Vancouver Working Together to Find Treatment Solutions For Residents of Vancouver's Downtown East Side

  Read More... Posted May 14 2008, 01:25 PM by Canada News Centre Filed under: Drugs, Addiction, Policy and Strategy, Disease Treatment

• Government of Canada Reaches Out to First Nations and Inuit Communities as Part of Anti-Drug Strategy

  Read More... Posted May 08 2008, 12:35 PM by Canada News Centre Filed under: Society and Culture, Drugs, Addiction, Policy and Strategy

• P.E.I. hospitals plan more open policy on mistakes

  Hospital patients on P.E.I. will soon be informed if they've been the victim of a mistake, under a new policy being put together by the Department of Health. Read More... Posted May 06 2008, 04:50 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Quality Standards

• Feds should help Ottawa with drug problem: Police chief

  Ottawa police Chief Vern White said the federal government should do more to help solve the city's street drug problem - but he knows what kind of help he doesn't want. Read More... Posted Apr 25 2008, 08:26 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Drugs, Addiction, Policy and Strategy, Disease Treatment

• Act Strengthens Procedures of Regulated Professions

  Complaints and disciplinary material in records of health professional regulators will be protected from disclosure in legal proceedings under new legislation. Read More... Posted Apr 25 2008, 08:19 AM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Health Filed under: Healthcare Systems, Legal, Policy and Strategy

• P.E.I. health minister calls on unions to help in review

  P.E.I. Health Minister Doug Currie hopes to talk to union officials in the next few days about a review of health care in the province. Read More... Posted Apr 16 2008, 10:06 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Healthcare Systems, Policy and Strategy

• New program aims to send more doctors to Manitoba's north

  Manitoba's NDP government has unveiled a $4-million plan to recruit and retain more doctors in the province, particularly in northern and remote communities. Read More... Posted Apr 15 2008, 11:42 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Health Services, Physicians, Policy and Strategy, Funding

• Ottawa strengthens outdated product safety legislation

  The federal government has announced new consumer protection regulations that will expand its regulatory role and enhance its powers to recall unsafe products from store shelves. Read More... Posted Apr 08 2008, 06:07 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Product Safety

• Ottawa councillors push for stricter needle exchange

  Drug addicts should only be allowed to receive a clean needle from Ottawa's needle exchange programs if they turn in a dirty one, so dirty needles won't litter the streets by the hundreds as they do now, says a group of Ottawa councillors. Read... Posted Apr 04 2008, 07:07 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Drugs, Addiction, Policy and Strategy

• Dental surgeons threaten to quit welfare plan over fees

  Quebec dental surgeons are threatening to opt out of a program that provides free dental care to children and people on welfare if they can't reach an immediate contract agreement with the provincial government. Read More... Posted Mar 27 2008, 06:55 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Surgery, Policy and Strategy, Oral Health, Labour Issues

• Health coalition says N.B. on road to private health care

  The New Brunswick Health Coalition warned Tuesday that the province is moving closer to a system of 'for profit' health care, and they say it's being done without public consultation. Read More... Posted Mar 26 2008, 11:34 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Healthcare Systems, Policy and Strategy

• Advisor on Healthy Children and Youth Presents Report to Health Minister

  Read More... Posted Mar 25 2008, 12:20 PM by Canada News Centre Filed under: Youth, Policy and Strategy

• Nova Scotia bans smoking in cars with children as of April 1

  On April 1, Nova Scotia will become the first province in Canada to make it illegal to smoke in motor vehicles with anyone under 19 inside. Read More... Posted Mar 21 2008, 08:34 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Tobacco, Youth, Legal, Policy and Strategy

• Ontario announces cancer care blueprint

  The Ontario government released its blueprint for cancer care in the province Thursday. Read More... Posted Mar 20 2008, 12:12 PM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Cancer, Policy and Strategy, Disease Treatment

• Anti-smoking group calls on Ottawa to snuff out tobacco ads

  Cigarette ads are slowly returning to Canadian newspapers and magazines after a decade-long absence, and anti-smoking groups are calling on the government to extinguish the resurgence. Read More... Posted Mar 20 2008, 06:03 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Tobacco, Policy and Strategy

• UBC Okanagan Gets Funding to Help Students Butt Out

  Read More... Posted Mar 19 2008, 02:45 PM by Canada News Centre Filed under: Tobacco, Youth, Policy and Strategy, Funding

• Rule change could kill Manitoba's online pharmacy industry

  New rules adopted by the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association could force internet pharmacies to leave Manitoba. Read More... Posted Mar 14 2008, 10:47 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Technology, Policy and Strategy, Pharmacists

• Government Seeks Public Input on Personal Directives Legislation

  The province is inviting the public, justice representatives and health care organizations to share their ideas surrounding the making of personal care decisions. Read More... Posted Mar 12 2008, 08:35 AM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Health Filed under: Policy and Strategy

• Conference examines looming 'silver tsunami'

  Experts are meeting in Winnipeg this week to discuss ways to deal with Canada's growing population of seniors and people with disabilities. Read More... Posted Mar 10 2008, 01:27 PM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Seniors, Policy and Strategy, Conferences, Special Needs

• UN agency lashes Canada over crack-pipe programs

  Crack-pipe programs in Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto violate a worldwide anti-drug convention signed by Canada in 1988, the UN's International Narcotics Control Board says in its annual report. Read More... Posted Mar 06 2008, 11:32 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Drugs, Addiction, Policy and Strategy

• Major health groups want more info on toxic chemicals

  Three national health groups are calling on the federal government to provide more information about pollutants in the air and toxic chemicals in household products and foods. Read More... Posted Mar 06 2008, 08:06 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Education, Environment, Poisons

• Government Seeks Public Input on Poverty Strategy

  The province is inviting the public to share ideas on how to best tackle poverty in Nova Scotia. Read More... Posted Mar 05 2008, 01:33 PM by Government of Nova Scotia News Releases - Community Services Filed under: Economic Factors, Policy and Strategy, Poverty

• N.Y. health ads urge new rating system for films with smoking

  New York health officials have taken out full-page ads in major publications, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, urging a change in movie ratings if actors are shown smoking. Read More... Posted Feb 19 2008, 11:26 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Tobacco, Policy and Strategy

• Task force urges more private health care in Quebec

  A provincial task force is recommending health care user fees and greater privatization to guarantee the future viability of medical care in Quebec. Read More... Posted Feb 19 2008, 06:44 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Healthcare Systems, Policy and Strategy

• Adelaide revisited: from healthy public policy to Health in All Policies

  Read More... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy

• Changes in smoking among restaurant and bar employees following Norway's comprehensive smoking ban

  Norway implemented a nationwide ban on indoor smoking in June 2004. This study documents the smoking patterns of Norway's restaurant and bar workers before and after the ban, to determine changes in smoking prevalence and explore which individual... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Tobacco, Policy and Strategy

• School children as health change agents in Magu, Tanzania: a feasibility study

  The feasibility of an action-oriented and participatory educational approach, where school children function as health change agents, in a rural community of (Magu district) Tanzania was explored. Observations, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy, Education

• People and money matter: investment lessons from the Ontario heart health program, Canada

  Resource allocation is a critical issue for public health decision-makers. Yet little is known about the level and type of resources needed to build capacity to plan and implement comprehensive programs. This paper examines the relationships between investments... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy

• Australian pension funds and tobacco investments: promoting ill health and out-of-step with their members

  There has been no systematic examination of issues surrounding pension funds and their tobacco shareholdings. This paper describes two studies designed to document the tobacco investment policies and practices of pension funds, and to assess community... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy

• Using qualitative methodology to inform an Indigenous-owned oral health promotion initiative in Australia

  Indigenous Australians experience poor oral health. Oral health perceptions among a group of rural-dwelling Indigenous Australians were explored so that a culturally appropriate, community-owned oral health promotion initiative might be developed. Focus... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Society and Culture, Policy and Strategy, Oral Health

• Promoting health in response to global tourism expansion in Cuba

  The ability of communities to respond to the pressures of globalization is an important determinant of community health. Tourism is a rapidly growing industry and there is an increasing concern about its health impact on local communities. Nonetheless... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy

• Modelling the results of health promotion activities in Switzerland: development of the Swiss Model for Outcome Classification in Health Promotion and Prevention

  This paper describes the Model for Outcome Classification in Health Promotion and Prevention adopted by Health Promotion Switzerland (SMOC, Swiss Model for Outcome Classification) and the process of its development. The context and method of model development... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy

• Shaping the future of health promotion: priorities for action

  The International Union for Health Promotion and Education, in collaboration with the Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research, and with support from the Public Health Agency of Canada, have formulated recommendations on priorities for action... Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:00 AM by Health Promotion International - recent issues Filed under: Policy and Strategy