Discusses the most common and recommended types of screening and weighs the pros and cons of each. Deals with questions such as: Do mammograms save lives? Is a colonoscopy necessary for everyone? Is it worth it to spend thousands of dollars for a whole-body scan? Also examines the roles of practitioners and drug companies in getting us to “test-early-and-test-often.”
Describes trauma-informed practice at the individual, organizational and systemic levels. Provides perspectives from various settings and from the diverse groups with which they work, sharing how trauma-informed principles have been integrated into different mental health and addiction treatment and social service environments. Emphasizes how trauma-informed services must take into account an understanding of trauma, and place priority on trauma survivors’ safety, choice and control.
Articles:
Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory in a Danish Population;
Solar Radiation and Vitamin D:Mitigating Environmental Factors in Autoimmune Disease;
Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury in Sweat: A Systematic Review;
Efficacy of Sublingual Immunotherapy versus Subcutaneous Injection Immunotherapy in Allergic
Patients;
Human Impairment fromLiving near Confined Animal (Hog) Feeding Operations;
Changes in Peak Flow Value during Immunotherapy Administration;
Environmental Determinants of Chronic Disease and Medical Approaches: Recognition, Avoidance;
Supportive Therapy, and Detoxification;
A Safe Protocol for Amalgam Removal;
Combination of Micronutrients for Bone (COMB) Study: Bone Density after Micronutrient
Intervention;
Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth’s Surface Electrons;
A Review of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ochratoxin A Inhalational Exposure Associated with
Human Illness and Kidney Disease including Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis;
Human Excretion of Bisphenol A: Blood, Urine, and Sweat (BUS) Study;
Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature;
Psychophysical Evaluation of Achromatic and Chromatic Vision ofWorkers Chronically Exposed to
Organic Solvents;
A Water-Damaged Home and Health of Occupants: A Case Study;
Objective Assessment of an Ionic Footbath (IonCleanse): Testing Its Ability to Remove Potentially Toxic Elements from the Body;
What’s Out There aking Us Sick; and
The Alkaline Diet: Is There Evidence That an Alkaline pH Diet Benefits Health.
Breast cancer prevention project of the CWHN. Includes five postcards for public distribution. Aims to promote awareness of the need for researchers and policy-makers to focus on the causes of breast cancer. Examines the origin of the breast cancer ribbon campaign with its focus on preventable causes, and how the goals of breast cancer campaigns have focussed most of their resources on treatment and cure. Includes downloadable PDF’s of the five postcards, as well as five web pages where readers can learn more about the preventable causes of breast cancer, and link to the organizations that are looking at this issue.
A comprehensive profile of the history and future of health promotion in Canada. Maintains the critical, sociological, and historical perspective of the previous two editions but with a greater focus on health promotion practice. Contains 18 chapters by prominent academics, researchers, and practitioners, as well as concluding thoughts by Ilona Kickbusch, one of the key actors of the global health promotion movement for over 30 years. Covers a broad range of topics, including key theories and concepts in health promotion; ecological approaches; Aboriginal approaches; health inequalities; reflexive practice; ethics; the Canadian health promotion experience in a global context; and issues, populations, and settings as entry points for intervention. The emphasis throughout is on the links between theory, research, and practice. Each chapter concludes with thought-provoking discussion questions and carefully chosen resources for further study, making this an ideal text for courses in health sciences, nursing, and related disciplines.
Discusses how environmental and occupational neurotoxicology research continues to confuse the terms sex (biological attributes) and gender (socially constructed roles and behavior) and to use these words interchangeably. Notes studies that examine both males and females, providing evidence for sex differences in toxicokinetics and responses to neurotoxic assault as well as gender differences in exposure patterns, biomarkers of exposure, neurobehavioral performance and social consequences. Argues that integrating sex and gender considerations into research in neurotoxicology would not only provide us with a better understanding of the mechanisms and pathways that lead to toxic assault, but also provide a means to improve preventive intervention strategies.
l’Enquête canadienne sur l’expérience de la maternité
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Online
A national survey of Canadian women’s experiences, perceptions, knowledge and practices before conception and during pregnancy, birth and the early months of parenthood. A project of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System, which monitors and reports on determinants and outcomes of maternal, fetal and infant health in Canada.
A collection of 53 essays from the growing movement known as ‘fat studies’, exploring a wide range of topics related to body weight, related to sexism, racism, homophobia and many other angles. Contains one chapter on research done in Canada: “Not Jane Fonda: Aerobics for Fat Women Only”.
Traces how breast cancer has been transformed from a stigmatized disease and individual tragedy to a market-driven industry of survivorship. Questions the effectiveness and legitimacy of privately funded efforts to stop the epidemic among American women. Challenges the commercialization of the breast cancer movement.
Discusses how "pink ribbon culture" has brought breast cancer advocacy much attention, but argues that it has not had the desired effect of improving women's health and may have done the opposite. Highlights the hidden costs of the pink ribbon as an industry, one in which breast cancer has become merely a brand name with a pink logo.Based on eight years of research, analysis of advertisements and breast cancer awareness campaigns, and hundreds of interviews with those affected by the disease.
