"Basically we need more information, education from the bottom, starting
with the schools, creating conscience about older women's health
problems...it is important for you to go to those places where seniors
are..."

Please join us for the launch of the report:

HEALTH STATUS AND HEALTH NEEDS OF OLDER IMMIGRANT WOMEN

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

Transit: College Subway Station or 506 Streetcar

Based on a literature review and community-based research, this
preliminary study examines the impact of social policy on the health
status of older immigrant women in Toronto and the health and social
service seeking patterns of older immigrant women. Health Status and
Health Needs of Older Immigrant Women explores the role of Community
Health Centres in addressing the health and social service needs of
these women with a view to further research and application to service
interventions.

For more information contact: Ontario Women's Health Network at
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Project Partners: Ito Peng, Margot Lettner, Ontario Women's Health
Network, South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Stonegate Community
Health Centre, Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre

This project has been generously funded by the Public Health Agency of
Canada. The views expressed in the study and at the launch are not
necessarily those of the funder.

Thea Lim
Communications Officer - Writer
Ontario Women's Health Network
416 408 4840
1877 860 4545
www.owhn.on.ca
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