Determinants, Income and Social Status, Social Support Networks, Education, Working Conditions, Physical Environments, Biology & Genetics, Personal Health Practices & Coping Skills, Healthy Child Development, Health Services

Information and Resources on the December 26 Earthquake and Tsunami

I Introduction



II Information and Resources

A. Contact Information for Major Canadian Non Profits

B. News Sources

C. Government Sites

D. Other Sources of Information and Resources for Disaster Relief





Letter to the Editors and Comings & Goings Sept. 2004

I. Introduction

II. Letter to the Editor

III. Update on Health Literacy Resources

IV. Comings & Goings


Literacy and Health in Canada: Is it really a problem?

Type of Resource: Book
Source: (2003).Canadian Journal of Public Health, 94, 405-406
Author: Rootman, I
 


National Literacy and Health Program

400-1565 Carling Avenue

Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R1

Telephone: (613) 725-3769

Fax: (613) 725-9826


nlhp@cpha.ca
 





Pfizer

235 East 42nd Street

New York, NY 10017-5755
 

Health Literacy and Health Promotion

Implications of an Institute of Medicine Report

I Introduction

II Background of Report

III Summary of Report

IV Implications of Report

V Conclusion

VI References



-- submitted by Irving Rootman, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Distinguished Scholar and Professor, Centre for Community Health Promotion Research, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria (the conclusions/opinions in this paper are not necessarily those of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) or the Committee on Health Literacy)



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