http://www.alcoholresearchforum.org/critique-261/
On Feb 18, 2023, at 12:38, Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The CBC should require that health reporters provide both relative and absolute risk when presenting the latest health reports. The one that comes to mind is the moderate alcohol drinking and mortality relationship from breast cancer, where the relative risk increase is 10% but absolute increase is .28 Percent. From 2.8% to 3.08%.
The CBC paraded women on TV with breast cancer, who were blaming themselves for their breast cancer because of their moderate drinking.
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Of interest:
The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare Statehttps://canadianscholars.ca/book/the-politics-of-health-in-the-canadian-welfare-state/
Poverty in Canada, 3rd edition,
Forewords by Cathy Crowe, Rob Ranier and Jack Layton
Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care, 3rd edition
Foreword by Gary Teeple
https://canadianscholars.ca/book/staying-alive/
Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 3rd edition
Forewords by Michael Butler and Maude Barlow, Carolyn Bennett and Roy Romanow
https://canadianscholars.ca/book/social-determinants-of-health-3rd-edition/
Immigration, Public Policy, and Health: Newcomer Experiences in Developed Nations
https://canadianscholars.ca/book/immigration-public-policy-and-health/
About Canada: Health and Illness, 2nd edition
https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/about-canada-health-and-illness
Tackling Health Inequalities: Lessons from International Experiences
Foreword by Alex Scott-Samuel
https://canadianscholars.ca/book/tackling-health-inequalities/
Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readingshttps://canadianscholars.ca/book/health-promotion-and-quality-of-life-in-canada/
See a presentation! The Political Economy of Health Inequalities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NCTYqAub8g
Also, presentation at the University of Toronto on how Canada stacks up again other nations in providing citizens with economic and social security.
http://vimeo.com/33346501
See what Jack Layton had to say about my books!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/10/cv-election-ndp-layton-platform.html
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