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Canadian SH News and Research from December 2010



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Webinar CDPAC/PHAC Childhood Obesity Prevention Jan 14 2010 - Comprehensive School Health http://is.gd/jDYBM

News Story (Dec 28-10) Canadians blasé about flu shot, doctors fear http://is.gd/jDByg

News Story (Dec 28-10) Canadians trust doctors less, journalists more: poll http://is.gd/jDBOP

News Story (Dec 21-10) Games add big helpings of play to learning about healthy eating http://is.gd/8bzVhf

Blog Post (Dec 23-10) First nations’ Quiet Revolution will begin in the classroom http://is.gd/jE9DL

News Story (Dec 15-10) Healthy rivalry promoted as police guide youths in soccer activities in Guelph http://is.gd/jE1WX

News Story (Dec 17-10) O'Gorman (Timmins, ON) students paint their plates for good health http://is.gd/jE5gP

News Story (Dec 14-10) Community Schools - a new old idea in Canada http://is.gd/jE2VP

News Story (Dec 13-10) Ontario School bully program success unclear: auditor general http://is.gd/jE10a

News Story (Dec 10-10) Ontario puts cash into local theatre and school safety program http://is.gd/jDXH1

News Release (Dec 10-10) Safe Schools Campaign Egale Canada http://is.gd/jDZyI

News Story (Dec 7-10) Video games get kids to eat more veg, fruit: Study http://is.gd/a49nO7

News Story (Dec 7-10) Study links cellphones to child misbehaviour http://is.gd/ioDlH

News Story (Dec 3-10) Skipping breakfast may not enlarge a kid's lunch http://is.gd/ioD0x

News Story (Dec 8-10) Video games rival phys-ed for fitness: Study http://is.gd/haf1Gu

News Story (Dec 7-10) Failing Boys: Best of the series http://is.gd/ioCUR

News Story (Dec 6-10) B.C. health officials want virtually everyone to get an HIV test http://is.gd/ioC2h

News Story (Dec 8-10) NS Schoolgirl dropped at wrong address http://is.gd/ioz8J

News Story (Dec 8-10) Cuts will gut education, NS boards warn http://is.gd/ioyYR

News Story (Dec 7-10) Daycare 'infection factories' can benefit kids http://is.gd/ioxYY

News Story (Dec 5-10) Education stakeholders warn of unease in PEI school district http://is.gd/iowRX

News Story (Dec 4-10) Mental health services for Alberta Schools http://is.gd/iowqJ

News Story (Dec 3-10) Alberta government earmarks $19M in mental-health funding for schools http://is.gd/ioupx

News Story (Dec 4-10) Alberta invests $19M in mental health funding for schools http://is.gd/iou9f

News Story (Dec 7-10) 'Healthy' video games fall short for children http://is.gd/in1U0

News Story (Dec 7-10) $3.6-million anti-smoking campaign went up in smoke http://is.gd/in1Ll

News Story (Dec 7-10) Video fitness games get researchers' support http://is.gd/in1wz

News Story (Dec 7-10) Nixed cigarette labels revamp cost millions http://is.gd/in1jl

News Story (Dec 6-10) Calgary schools ask: Should teachers use Facebook, Twitter? http://is.gd/iow4I

News Story (Dec 6-10) Northern Manitoba chief calls for help with killer flu http://is.gd/iiAc8

Web Site PHAC Canada Canadian Immunization Poster Contest http://is.gd/iiA2e

News Release (Dec 3-10) Harper Government Launches New Website to Assist Parents Prevent Injuries http://is.gd/iixUw

News Story (Dec 3-10) Canada lags in caring for poorest children http://is.gd/iixp3

Report The UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 9 The Children Left Behind http://is.gd/iix5T

News Story (Dec 3-10) 600 kids on Ottawa dental surgery wait list http://is.gd/iiwOx

News Release (Dec 2-10) CIHR experts discuss the impact of violence on the health of Canadians http://is.gd/iiwCn

News Story (Dec 2-10) Military ombudsman worries for grieving families http://is.gd/iivYY

News Story (Dec 2-10) Diabetes increasing in N.B.: report http://is.gd/iivPX

News Story (Dec 2-10) Track Wi-Fi reaction reports: Say MPs http://is.gd/iivGx

News Story (Dec 2-10) Schools are now offering yoga to young students during lunch to increase concentration http://is.gd/iivbp

News Story (Dec 3-10) Supply of doctors in Canada jumps: report http://is.gd/iiuYw

News Story (Dec 1-10) Flout flu at your peril, warns new poll http://is.gd/iiueN

Report International perspectives on the impact of alcohol pricing and taxation http://is.gd/iiu2V

News Story (Dec 2-10) The changing face of HIV in Canada http://is.gd/iisMB

News Story (Dec 1-10) Kids' food ads need tighter limits: Canada`s dietitians http://is.gd/iip2W

News Story (Dec 1-10) CDC Prevention Holds Twitter Sharing Event on AIDS Day http://is.gd/iibst

News Story (Dec 1-10) New school repair process may be needed: NB Ed Minister Carr http://is.gd/iovTj

News Story (Dec 1-10) School board votes for Bibles to be given out http://is.gd/ioCLk
Tanya R. Berry, Chad Witcher, Nicholas L. Holt, and Ronald C. Plotnikoff (2010) A Qualitative Examination of Perceptions of Physical Activity Guidelines and Preferences for Format Health Promot Pract November 2010 11: 908-916,

Canadian articles in the December 2010 Issue of Health Promotion International
  • How divergent conceptions among health and education stakeholders influence the dissemination of healthy schools in Quebec
  • Developing and evaluating a relevant and feasible instrument for measuring health literacy of Canadian high school students
  • Reaching for environmental health justice: Canadian experiences for a comprehensive research, policy and advocacy agenda in health promotion
Articles in the December 2010 Issue of Paediatrics & Child Health
  • Jewelery- and ornament-related injuries in children and adolescents
Articles in the December 2010 Issue of the Canadian Journal of Diabetes
  • Let’s Take Control of Diabetes. Now.” Why and How?
  • Kidney Failure Amongst First Nations People in Canada: Worrisome Trends
  • DIABETES EDUCATOR SECTION: The Year in Review

Articles in the Issue #3, 2010 of Physical and Health Education Academic Journal
  • Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity Among High School Freshman Females
  • Bullying in Physical Education: Its Prevalence and Impact on the Intention to Continue Secondary School Physical Education
  • Pre-service Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Skills, Qualities, and Experiences: Snapshots from the Past Three Decades
  • Girls Getting Active: Exploring a Physical Education Program Tailored to Young Women
  • Les valeurs au cœur du programme québécois en éducation physique et à la santé au secondaire
    Family Influence on Physical Activity: Exploring the Nature of Reciprocal Relationships
  • Developing an Educational Tool to Support Planning and Tracking of Health Promoting Schools
  • Establishing mentally safe environments for children and adolescents in physical education
Articles in the Supplementary Issue (#9) of the Canadian Journal of Public Health
(Taking a Social Determinants Perspective on Children’s Health and Development)
  • Taking a Social Determinants Perspective on Children’s Health and Development
  • The Economic Costs of Early Vulnerability in Canada
  • Neighbourhood Ethnic Diversity Buffers School Readiness Impact in ESL Children
  • The Prevalence of Anxiety Among Middle and Secondary School Students in Canada
  • Social Capital Reduces Socio-economic Differences in Child Health: Evidence From the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study
  • Socio-economic Inequities in Children’s Injury Rates: Has the Gradient Changed Over Time?
  • Socio-economic Gradients in Health Behaviours and Overweight Among Children in Distinct Economic Settings

Articles from the December 2010 Issue of Preventing Chronic Disease in Canada
  • Introduction – Chronic Diseases in Canada and Preventing Chronic Disease: copublishing on health in Aboriginalpopulations
  • Chronic diseases and mortality in Canadian Aboriginal peoples: learning from theknowledge
  • The role of public health in addressing child maltreatment in Canada
Articles from the Dec 14 Issue of Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Chronic aftershocks of an earthquake on the well-being of children in Haiti: violence, psychosocial health and slavery
Fact Sheet Suicide & Homophobic Bullying http://is.gd/jDZMz

Web Site Association for Community Education in British Columbia http://acebc.org/

Ed Resource Always Changing (Puberty & Body Changes) PHE Canada http://is.gd/jDSBe

Ed Resource Vibrant Faces (Active Living, Grades 7-8), PHE Canada http://is.gd/jDSnX

Thesis Effect of a Comprehensive School Health Model on Improving Academic Achievement (OISE, 2007) http://is.gd/it3In

Review Attachment to Parents Adjustment in Adolescence: Review Policy Implications (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2000)http://is.gd/irrFM

Articles form the December 2010 Issue of Canadian Journal of School Psychology
  • The Prevention of Depression and Anxiety in a Sample of High-Risk Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • School-Based Intervention: Relaxation and Guided Imagery for Students With Asthma and Anxiety Disorder
  • The Assessment of School Psychologists in Practice Through Multisource Feedback
  • Book Reviews: C. A. Riccio, J. R. Sullivan, & M. J. Cohen Neuropsychological Assessment and Intervention for Childhood and Adolescent Disorders. Chichester, UK: Wiley, 2010
  • Book Review: D. Brown, W. B. Pryzwansky, & A. C. Schulte Psychological Consultation and Collaboration—Introduction to Theory and Practice (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill, 2011
Articles in the December 2010 Issue of Paediatrics & Child Health
  • Re: Hartfield D. Iron deficiency is a public health problem in Canadian infants and children
Articles in the Nov 23 2010 Issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Global tuberculosis partnership says industrialized world must do more
  • Mental disorders seek space at the global health table
  • Panel says less-is-more when it comes to nutrition ratings on packaged foods
  • Canadian restaurant industry opposes calorie content disclosure
  • Prevalence of seroprotection against the pandemic (H1N1) virus after the 2009 pandemic
  • Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: assessing the response



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