The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse submitted a letter to the editor at the Toronto Star regarding the new Ministry of Health Promotion. It was published yesterday, July 5. Here is the text of the letter:
Last week's announcement of a new minister for health promotion is welcome news for those of us working to promote better health for all Ontarians. The timing couldn't be better given the reality of rising health-care costs in this province. Much of this spending is on costly hospital treatment for chronic diseases that are, largely, preventable. We urge the new minister to ``move upstream" and invest in initiatives that address the prerequisites for health - income, housing, education and lifestyle choices about diet and exercise. New health promotion approaches that reach the homeless, Aboriginal people, women, new immigrants and investments in early childhood development are all of critical importance. Ontario has an opportunity to lead Canada by creating a robust, multi-sectoral prevention system to help people and society become and remain healthy. This will require collaboration across government ministries and with us, at the local level, in the health promotion sector.
Connie Clement, Executive Director, Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse, Toronto
Krissa Fay
Network Development Coordinator
CHN Health Promotion Affiliate
Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse, Centre for Health Promotion Uof T
180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1900
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8
T: 416-408-2249, x275
F: 416-408-2122
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www.canadian-health-network.ca
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From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Dennis Raphael
Sent: June 29, 2005 12:20 PM
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Subject: [SDOH] New Ministry of Health Promotion
Letter to editor:
The Ontario government is to be commended for developing a new Ministry of
Health Promotion. The key question is whether the new Ministry is going to
reflect 30 years of Health Canada and Canadian Public Health Statements
concerning the primary importance of providing adequate living conditions
for health and addressing issues of poverty, hunger, income and housing
insecurity, and the collapse of the social safety net. Or is it going to
turn into another vehicle for pounding Ontarions over the head about their
"lifestyle" habits, of which research evidence indicates are clearly of
secondary importance to adequate living conditions in promoting health?
Dennis Raphael
School of health Policy and Management
York University
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