Just a reminder: the launch for "Health Status and Health Needs of Older Immigrant Women" is taking place tomorrow.   

 

Date: December 12, 2007

Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Location: Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre,

2 Carlton Street, Suite 500

Toronto, ON

 

Please see our flyer at http://owhn.on.ca/pdfs/Health%20Status%20Flyer.pdf <http://owhn.on.ca/pdfs/Health%20Status%20Flyer.pdf>  for more details. 

Thea Lim 
Communications Officer - Writer 
Ontario Women's Health Network 
416 408 4840 
1877 860 4545 
www.owhn.on.ca 
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Ontario Women's Health Network (Réseau Ontarien pour la santé des femmes)

News Release

 

December 12, 2007 

Health Status and Health Needs of Older Immigrant Women

 

"Basically we need more information, education from the bottom, starting with the schools, creating conscience about 

older women's health problems, and I think it is important for you to go to those places where seniors are . . ." 

 

The report "Health Status and Health Needs of Older Immigrant Women" released today, examines the impact of social policy on the health status of older immigrant women, and the health and social service seeking patterns of older immigrant women in Toronto. 

 

This report's findings are vital, especially in light of Toronto's changing demographics. The newly released Statistics Canada census numbers highlight a surge in immigration, particularly to the major cities Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. As the population changes and ages, new research that helps us understand the needs of our communities is essential. In this vein, we intend the report data to inform the Local Health Integration Networks' Aging at Home Strategy, announced by the McGuinty government in August 2007.  

 

This report draws on the literature and community-based research on the health status, health trends, and health-seeking behaviours of older immigrant women in Ontario. It offers workable proposed directions for changes in policy, programs, clinical services and funding frameworks.  

 

Further, by using community based research methods, this report offers and advocates for a greater recognition of the voices of older immigrant women as the people, clients, users, and designers of health care services in Ontario. The study's participating communities include Toronto women over the age of 50 of African, Asian (Chinese, South East Asian), East and Central European, and Latin American origin who shared their lived experiences in focus groups held at three partner Community Health Centres. 

 

Some of the eight key findings in the report include:

 

*     The reality of gender, race/ethnicity and age - triple jeopardy -  influences Ontario's health policy, service delivery, and clinical practice

*     Understanding that "health" for older immigrant women means a compassionate, effective, and efficient approach to health policy, service delivery, and clinical practice

*     Health service capacity planning - specifically, current regionalization of health delivery in Ontario - needs to be better informed by basic data on the variations and differentiations in the health of older immigrant women

 

The report, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada , is a collaborative effort between Dr. Ito Peng, Margot Lettner, Ontario Women's Health Network, South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Stonegate Community Health Centre, and Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre.

 

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Media contact: Tekla Hendrickson, Ontario Women's Health Network, 416-408-4840, [log in to unmask]

 

 


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