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What Works? A First look at Evaluating Manitoba's Regional Health Programs and Policies at the Population Level

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This report examines selected outcome indicators, compare region's indicator rates with the provincial average, assess trends. The report includes data about: Concerns for overall health status and particular chronic conditions, public health issues, prevention and screening initiatives as well as healths ervices procedures and practices.

The British Columbia Atlas of Wellness Seniors Supplement

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This atlas is a supplement to the BC Atlas of Wellness and provides a more in-depth look at the geographic variations in the wellness of seniors. The maps are grouped into five key categories, Smoke-free environment and behaviour, Nutrition and alcohol, Physical health, Free of chronic conditions, Emotional/psychological/social wellness. There are a number of indicators per category, each of which contains sex-disaggregated results and mapping.

The British Columbia Atlas of Wellness

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This atlas provides geographic representations of the variations in wellness of BC residents. The maps are grouped into eight categories, smoking behaviours and policies, nutrition and food security, physical activity, healthy weight, healthy pregnancy, and wellness outcomes. There are a number of indicators per category, each of which contains sex-disaggregated results and mapping.

Health and Well-being for Metis Women in Manitoba: Developing Indicators and Measures

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Continuing compromised Aboriginal health status and increasing opportunity for new Aboriginal health surveys require that Aboriginal understandings of health and well-being be documented. This research begins exploration of whether the Aboriginal Life Promotion Framework may increase culturally pertinent planning, collection and analysis of health survey data.

Health Research and Knowledge Translation: Including the Voices of Ontario Women (2011)

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Through focus groups and an online survey, this project sought to identify the health issues that are of most interest to Ontario women, especially in relation to their personal experiences with health and access to services, information, supports and treatment. Over 2,000 women from across Ontario participated in this project, sharing their experiential wisdom and ideas on how health research, information, education and services can best meet women’s needs in Ontario.

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Population-Specific HIV/AIDS Status Report: Women

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This status report (the third out of eight) summarizes how HIV/AIDS affects Canadian women. The report details various health determinants related to HIV/AIDS, as well as how social differences related to diversity and equity contribute to women's lived experiences of HIV/AIDS.

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Domestic Violence Prevention and Reduction in British Columbia (2000-2010)

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This report reviews initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing domestic violence from 2000-2010 in British Columbia. The report includes the latest national and BC-specific data on rates of domestic violence including the health, social, and economic costs of domestic violence against women. The report includes a discussion of prevention strategies and victim services, as well as national and international domestic violence prevention programs and initiatives.

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The Health and Well-being of Women in British Columbia

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The Provincial Health Officer's 2008 report examines women's health using a gender and equity lens to identify how women's health is distinct from men's health. The nine chapters are based around the BC Health Goals framework including demographics, health status, living and working conditions (including violence against women), maternal and infant health, individual skills and choices, physical environment, chronic disease and injury, and health services.

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Submission to the Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions

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This report outlines the five recommendations that Echo: Improving Women's Health in Ontario developed in response to Ontario-wide consultations regarding women's mental health and addiction. The recommendations are based on feedback from women with mental health and addictions issues, as well as front-line workers including health-care providers, advocates, activists, and researchers.

Shaping Women’s Health Research: Scope and Methodologies

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This synthesis paper reviews important issues pertaining to women's health research including question development, project design, ethical reviews, analysis, and presentation and dissemination of results, as well as the possibilities for resulting action and policy changes from such research.

Social Justice and Women’s Health: A Canadian Perspective

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This synthesis paper examines the extent to which the Canadian health care sector protects and promotes social justice, particularly women's right to physical and mental health. The author argues that framing women's health in the discourse of human rights is a prerequisite to social justice.

Centring Women’s Diverse Interests in Health Policy and Practice: A Comparative Discussion of Gender Analysis

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This synthesis paper reviews approaches to mainstreaming gender analysis in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Western Europe in order to assess their contribution to development of policy, services and research that are responsive to women's health needs.