I think that is a short sighted comment. Public Health provides a variety of services that work to improve the health of our communities beyond physical activity, nutrition and smoking. For instance Public Health is involved in Food Security and Access work, Violence Prevention, Immunization, Speech and Language Services, CINOT, (Dental Treatment for Children in Need of Treatment), Sexual Health Clinics, Car Seat Gift Program (car seats for families that can't afford them) and the Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program to assist high risk families access services and navigate through new parenthood. These are just a few examples. There are many others that take a Social Determinants of Health approach. Just think of what we could achieve with more. Patricia Hajdu, Health Promotion Planner, Injury and Substance Abuse Prevention Team Thunder Bay District Health Unit 999 Balmoral Street Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6E7 Telephone: 625-7994 fax: 625-4824 [log in to unmask] www.tbdhu.com -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Raphael [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 2:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Globe & Mail OpEd: $2.10 for the public's health I would feel sorry for public health if they did more than simply more than telling us to eat fruits, exercise, and quit smoking, dr ------------------- Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header -- to [log in to unmask] SIGNOFF SDOH DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU. To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header. SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname To post a message to all 1000+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask] Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant. For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask] To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask] SET SDOH DIGEST To view the SDOH archives, go to: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html This message is for the exclusive use of the addressee and may contain confidential or personal information that may be subject to legal privacy provisions. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of this message or its content is strictly prohibited. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. Thank you. ------------------- Problems/Questions? Send it to Listserv owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send the following message in the text section -- NOT the subject header -- to [log in to unmask] SIGNOFF SDOH DO NOT SEND IT BY HITTING THE REPLY BUTTON. THIS SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE LISTSERV AND STILL DOES NOT REMOVE YOU. To subscribe to the SDOH list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] in the text section, NOT in the subject header. SUBSCRIBE SDOH yourfirstname yourlastname To post a message to all 1000+ subscribers, send it to [log in to unmask] Include in the Subject, its content, and location and date, if relevant. For a list of SDOH members, send a request to [log in to unmask] To receive messages only once a day, send the following message to [log in to unmask] SET SDOH DIGEST To view the SDOH archives, go to: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html