Health status indicators

The fifth in a series of reports providing the most current national information available on the health status of Canadians and the performance of the Canadian health care system. Includes updated data (where available) for indicators included in the 2008 report, as well as a few additional indicators, for a total of 52. Based on data produced by and with the assistance of Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Highlights the importance of incorporating gender and equity into health indicator reporting and describes the process of developing a Women’s Health Indicator Framework for reporting. Serves as a tool to achieve the goals of Canada’s Women’s Health Strategy.

Provides a gender analysis of "Healthy Canadians: A Federal Report on Comparable Health Indicators 2004."

Provides information on the performance of Canada's health care system, including short-term mortality rates following admission with a new heart attack and short-term mortality rates following admission with a new stroke.

Proposes a set of proposed indicators of the health of Manitoba women.

Focuses on a comprehensive range of rural health issues including health status, determinants of health, and health service provision.

Presents the consensus recommendations of an international expert panel on indicators for health promotion and primary care. Provides a detailed discussion of the scientific soundness and policy importance of 27 indicators: health promotion (obesity prevalence, physical activity, smoking rate, diabetes prevalence, gonorrhoea/chlamydia rates and aboriton rates); preventive care (blood typing and antibody screening for prenatal patients, HIV screening for prenatal patients, bacteriurua screen for prenatal patients, immunisable conditions, low birth weight rate, adolescent immunization, anaemia screening in pregnant women, cervical gonorrhoea screening for pregnant women, hepatitis B screen for pregnant women, hepatitis B documentation in record at time of delivery, hepatitis B immunization for high-risk groups, influenza vaccination for high-risk groups, pneumococcal vaccination for high-risk groups) diagnosis and treatment: primary care (congestive heart failure readmission rate, first visit in first trimester, smoking cessation counselling for asthmatics, blood pressure measurement, re-measurement of blood pressure for those with high, initial laboratory investigations for hypertension, hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions).

Looks at the question of what impact cultural competence interventions have on the delivery of health care and health outcomes, and investigates the opportunities and barriers that affect how further research in this area might be conducted.

Underlines the need for a policy framework for women's health surveillance in Canada and points to some elements that such a framework might include. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)

Presents examples of possible indicators for assessing women's health in a gender relevant way. (From Women's Health Surveillance Report: A Multidimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women)