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 Subject: Ns first Office of Health Promotion








N.S. aims to ease health-care burden with prevention
Province creates Canada's first Office of Health Promotion
By Donalee Moulton - January 28, 2003 Volume 39 Issue 04 Medical Post

HALIFAX



û Nova Scotia's premier has performed major surgery on its health
department, excising health promotion from the day-to-day operation of the
$2 billion portfolio and thus creating Canada's first Office of Health
Promotion.

"We're very bullish on health promotion. We have embraced the philosophy
that there's more to treating health than treating illness," said Premier
John Hamm, a former family physician. According to Liberal leader Danny
Graham, however, what the government has embraced is his idea for raising
awareness and supporting health promotion. "Until now," contends Graham
"(the government) hasn't done one single thing to demonstrate that they
understand how big the challenge around health promotion is."

See the complete news item at:
http://www.medicalpost.com/mpcontent/article.jsp?content=20030127_164227_350
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Lorraine Khachatourians, MSc
Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre
Health Sciences Building
107 Wiggins Rd
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5 Canada

Telephone: 306-966-7939
Fax: 306-966-7920
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Please visit our websites:
Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre
http://www.usask.ca/healthsci/che/prhprc
Training for Health Renewal: Canada-Mozambique
http://www.usask.ca/healthsci/che/prhprc/thrp.html
Saskatchewan Heart Health Program Dissemination Phase
http://www.usask.ca/healthsci/che/hhdis