Please join me in pleading with the public editor of the Globe and Mail Sylvia Stead  [log in to unmask]
that she require that health reporters provide both relative and absolute risk when presenting the latest health reports. The one that comes to mind is the alcohol moderate 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, blaming themselves because of their moderate drinking.


Get a free copy of Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts, 2nd edition at http://thecanadianfacts.org

Join the new Socialism and Health Listserv at https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=socialism-health&A=1 


Join 850+ health leaders on the SDOH Listserv at https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SDOH&A=1

Dennis Raphael, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management
York University
4700 Keele Street
Strong College, Room 334
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
416-736-2100, ext. 22054
email: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://health.info.yorku.ca/health-profiles/index.php?mid=162284

Of interest:

The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare State

https://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 Readings

https://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
at 27:20


To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1