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January 2010

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YouTube video -- School Officer Training"The Teenage Brain" http://youtu.be/dOgfvu-wF9A?a News Release (Jan 29-10) Canadian Report: E-Learning to support health literacy, http://is.gd/7jpXf News Story (Jan 27-10) Kids feel safer in london, Ontario schools, report says http://is.gd/7j1LG News Report (Jan 28-10) Changes to Canadian medical education prescribed. More social responsibility, more prevention. http://is.gd/7iA5S Presentation (Video) Experience-based Brain Development (Dr Fraser Mustard) http://is.gd/7irHo Presentation (Video) Early Childhood/Parenting Centres (Canada-Fraser Mustard) http://is.gd/7is1G Policy Doc (2010) Country Ranking/Scores on Environmental Protection http://is.gd/7izAg News Story (Jan 28-10) Canadian Activity Guidelines don't Match Average Food Intake http://is.gd/7it0p News Story (Jan 27-10) Government hasn't acted on listeriosis: groups http://is.gd/7itew News Release (Jan 28-10) Canada donates of five million doses of the H1N1 vaccine and $6 million http://is.gd/7iy6I News Story (Jan 29-10) Newfoundland children-in-care costs skyrocket http://is.gd/7iyHI News Story (Jan 19-10) Canadian Website connects teens living with cancer http://is.gd/71wWp News Release (Jan 25-10) Canadian Teacher federations Donate to Haiti http://is.gd/71peO News Release (Jan 25-10) Canadian Parks and Recreation National Conference http://is.gd/70Pqe News Story (Jan 16-10) Ontario schools with less fat http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/751598--ontario-schools-soon-with-less-fat News Story (Jan 20-10) Teacher accused of sex wh teen http://bit.ly/83criX News Story (Jan 15-10) HPV in 56% of new couples: study http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/hpv-infections-new-couples.html?ref=rss News Story (Jan 18-10) Diabetes on rise in young aboriginal women http://bit.ly/6Z7v60 News Release (Jan 15-10) Peel Health Report on School Health Program http://is.gd/6GCmR News Story (Jan 15-10) Toronto Schools to foster mentoring http://is.gd/6Ol5J News Story (Jan 15-19) Ontario Releases New Health & PE Curriculum http://is.gd/6xDI1 News Release (January 15-10) Ontario Adopts Law on School Food Sales http://is.gd/6wwxn News Release (Jan 15-10) Royal Bank of Canada Sponsors School Olympics Program http://is.gd/6xEne Editorial (Jan 15-10) Globe & Mail. Canada's alleged obesity epidemic http://is.gd/6kgpl News Story (Jan 13-09) Fat Nation: Canadians are heavier, wider, weaker http://is.gd/6jQcN News Story (Jan 15-10) 1.5 million Canadians called in sick with flu http://is.gd/6jQw5 TV Documentary Schizophenia and Marijuana CBC Jan 28 http://is.gd/6kuTm News Story (Jan 14-09) How to discuss disasters with your kids http://is.gd/6jPSe News Story (Jan 14-10) Boy forgotten on bus found on St. John's street http://is.gd/6O7Zl News Story (Jan 12-10) Ontario offers full-day kindergarten next fall http://is.gd/6O8MP	Canadian Study on Youth in Sex Trade & Hep C Survival Sex Work Involvement as a Primary Risk Factor for Hepatitis C Virus Acquisition in Drug-Using Youths in a Canadian Setting Kate Shannon; Thomas Kerr; Brandon Marshall; Kathy Li; Ruth Zhang; Steffanie A. Strathdee; Mark W. Tyndall; Julio G. S. Montaner; Evan Wood Canadian Qualitative Study on Student Health Literacy Begoray et al (2009) present a paper reporting findings from focus groups with older students in BC high schools. Students reported mostly negative experiences citing repetitive course content, routinely delivered by teachers and passively received by students. As well, students described their experiences of using health information sources beyond the classroom, such as the media. The findings suggest that the curriculum, and particularly its implementation, have had limited effect on health literacy: students’ abilities to access, understand, communicate and evaluate health information. The paper concludes with recommendations for improving health education. A new and improved version of the Canadian Best Practices Portal, www.phac.gc.ca/cbpp will go live on January 20, 2010. The Public Health Agency of Canada’s Portal is a virtual front door to community and population health interventions related to chronic disease prevention and health promotion that have been evaluated, shown to be successful, and have the potential to be adapted and replicated by other health practitioners working in similar fields. Canadian Health Measures Survey Between1981and2009, fitness levels of Canadian children and youth, as well as those of adults, declined significantly, according to the first findings from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). This is the most comprehensive national survey ever conducted in Canada to determine fitness levels. Ontario Consults on SH Guidelines The School Health Guidance Document and others (Child Health; Comprehensive Tobacco Control; Healthy Eating/Physical Activity/ Healthy Weights; Prevention of Injury; Prevention of Substance Misuse; Reproductive Health) are now available for review and feedback by Jan 31st. A web-based consultation process has been set up with each health unit having access to a password-protected restricted site. However, all staff can view the documents at http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/PHU-GuidanceDocuments/index.asp and provide input to their health unit’s designated point persons. Two Canadian researchers highlight the social influence of the PE teacher and coach on lifetime physical activity in the December 2009 issue of the Qualitative Research on Sport and Exercise. Strean from the University of Alberta discusses how teachers and coaches can turn off their students/players from physical activity. Camire et al discuss how parent attitudes and support is affected by school programs.

YouTube video -- School Officer Training"The Teenage Brain" http://youtu.be/dOgfvu-wF9A?a

News Release (Jan 29-10) Canadian Report: E-Learning to support health literacy, http://is.gd/7jpXf

News Story (Jan 27-10) Kids feel safer in london, Ontario schools, report says http://is.gd/7j1LG

News Report (Jan 28-10) Changes to Canadian medical education prescribed. More social responsibility, more prevention. http://is.gd/7iA5S

Presentation (Video) Experience-based Brain Development (Dr Fraser Mustard) http://is.gd/7irHo

Presentation (Video) Early Childhood/Parenting Centres (Canada-Fraser Mustard) http://is.gd/7is1G

Policy Doc (2010) Country Ranking/Scores on Environmental Protection http://is.gd/7izAg

News Story (Jan 28-10) Canadian Activity Guidelines don't Match Average Food Intake http://is.gd/7it0p

News Story (Jan 27-10) Government hasn't acted on listeriosis: groups http://is.gd/7itew

News Release (Jan 28-10) Canada donates of five million doses of the H1N1 vaccine and $6 million http://is.gd/7iy6I

News Story (Jan 29-10) Newfoundland children-in-care costs skyrocket http://is.gd/7iyHI

News Story (Jan 19-10) Canadian Website connects teens living with cancer http://is.gd/71wWp

News Release (Jan 25-10) Canadian Teacher federations Donate to Haiti http://is.gd/71peO

News Release (Jan 25-10) Canadian Parks and Recreation National Conference http://is.gd/70Pqe

News Story (Jan 16-10) Ontario schools with less fat http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/751598--ontario-schools-soon-with-less-fat

News Story (Jan 20-10) Teacher accused of sex wh teen http://bit.ly/83criX

News Story (Jan 15-10) HPV in 56% of new couples: study http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/hpv-infections-new-couples.html?ref=rss

News Story (Jan 18-10) Diabetes on rise in young aboriginal women http://bit.ly/6Z7v60

News Release (Jan 15-10) Peel Health Report on School Health Program http://is.gd/6GCmR

News Story (Jan 15-10) Toronto Schools to foster mentoring http://is.gd/6Ol5J

News Story (Jan 15-19) Ontario Releases New Health & PE Curriculum http://is.gd/6xDI1

News Release (January 15-10) Ontario Adopts Law on School Food Sales http://is.gd/6wwxn

News Release (Jan 15-10) Royal Bank of Canada Sponsors School Olympics Program http://is.gd/6xEne

Editorial (Jan 15-10) Globe & Mail. Canada's alleged obesity epidemic http://is.gd/6kgpl

News Story (Jan 13-09) Fat Nation: Canadians are heavier, wider, weaker http://is.gd/6jQcN

News Story (Jan 15-10) 1.5 million Canadians called in sick with flu http://is.gd/6jQw5

TV Documentary Schizophenia and Marijuana CBC Jan 28 http://is.gd/6kuTm

News Story (Jan 14-09) How to discuss disasters with your kids http://is.gd/6jPSe

News Story (Jan 14-10) Boy forgotten on bus found on St. John's street http://is.gd/6O7Zl

News Story (Jan 12-10) Ontario offers full-day kindergarten next fall http://is.gd/6O8MP

Canadian Study on Youth in Sex Trade & Hep C
Survival Sex Work Involvement as a Primary Risk Factor for Hepatitis C Virus Acquisition in Drug-Using Youths in a Canadian Setting Kate Shannon; Thomas Kerr; Brandon Marshall; Kathy Li; Ruth Zhang; Steffanie A. Strathdee; Mark W. Tyndall; Julio G. S. Montaner; Evan Wood

Canadian Qualitative Study on Student Health Literacy
Begoray et al (2009) present a paper reporting findings from focus groups with older students in BC high schools. Students reported mostly negative experiences citing repetitive course content, routinely delivered by teachers and passively received by students. As well, students described their experiences of using health information sources beyond the classroom, such as the media. The findings suggest that the curriculum, and particularly its implementation, have had limited effect on health literacy: students’ abilities to access, understand, communicate and evaluate health information. The paper concludes with recommendations for improving health education.

A new and improved version of the Canadian Best Practices Portal, www.phac.gc.ca/cbpp will go live on January 20, 2010. The Public Health Agency of Canada’s Portal is a virtual front door to community and population health interventions related to chronic disease prevention and health promotion that have been evaluated, shown to be successful, and have the potential to be adapted and replicated by other health practitioners working in similar fields.

Canadian Health Measures Survey
Between1981and2009, fitness levels of Canadian children and youth, as well as those of adults, declined significantly, according to the first findings from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). This is the most comprehensive national survey ever conducted in Canada to determine fitness levels.

Ontario Consults on SH Guidelines
The School Health Guidance Document and others (Child Health; Comprehensive Tobacco Control; Healthy Eating/Physical Activity/ Healthy Weights; Prevention of Injury; Prevention of Substance Misuse; Reproductive Health) are now available for review and feedback by Jan 31st. A web-based consultation process has been set up with each health unit having access to a password-protected restricted site. However, all staff can view the documents at http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/PHU-GuidanceDocuments/index.asp and provide input to their health unit’s designated point persons.

Two Canadian researchers highlight the social influence of the PE teacher and coach on lifetime physical activity in the December 2009 issue of the Qualitative Research on Sport and Exercise. Strean from the University of Alberta discusses how teachers and coaches can turn off their students/players from physical activity. Camire et al discuss how parent attitudes and support is affected by school programs.

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