Hi all - on the CWHN web site you will find  2 documents that may be
relevant the proceedings/recommendations from the international conference
on women and heart health
http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/victoria_declaration/index.html
as well the recent paper from the Women's Health Clinic on income and
health status might have useful inof
http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/women_poverty/summary.html
hope this helps, madeline

At 04:32 PM 6/6/01 -0700, you wrote:
>You seem to have missed the single most important risk factor for heart
>disease in the USA, Canada and other Western nations: low income!
>
>Numerous studies indicate that the risk factors you identified account for
>only
>a small proportion of the incidence of cardiovascular disease among
>populations.
>
>You may wish to look for the monograph: "Inequality is bad for our hearts:
>Why low income and social exclusion are major causes of heart disease in
>Canada"  [working title] which will appear in September, 2001. I will inform
>clickers when it is available.
>On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:05:42 -0400 Robin D. Holmes wrote:
>
> > From: Robin D. Holmes <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:05:42 -0400
> > Subject: heart health policies
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Hi, I'm doing an environmental scan to identify and obtain sample policies
> > and/or mission/vision statements pertaining to the heart health risk
> factors
> > (tobacco, nutrition and physical activity). The policies, mission/vision
> > statements need to from a variety of settings in the community, for
>example:
> > workplaces
> > day cares
> > grocery stores
> > restaurants
> > pharmacies
> > hospitals
> > community health centres
> > etc.
> >
> > If any one has samples they can share or ideas to pursue, please let me
> > know.  I'm looking internationally as well as Canadian. The samples are
> > being gathered for the Ontario Heart Health Resource Centre.  Thank you in
> > advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Robin D. Holmes
> > Project Management & Communications
> > Office: 416-425-3755
> > Fax: 416-421-0344
> > email: [log in to unmask]
>Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
>Associate Professor
>School of Health Policy and Management
>Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies
>York University, 4700 Keele Street
>Toronto, Ontario CANADA M3J 1P3
>email: [log in to unmask]


Madeline Boscoe,  Executive Director,
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