Resources

"The Pregnancy Intentions of HIV-Positive Women: Forwarding the Research Agenda," a two and a half-day conference composed of plenary sessions, interdisciplinary breakout sessions and a half-day research symposium was convened at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts from March 17th to 19th 2010.

The conference brought together a multidisciplinary group from six continents engaged in HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health and rights work.

This conference report synthesizes current knowledge and discussions related to the four conference themes and five cross-cutting issues, identifies points of consensus and points of departure amongst participants, highlights suggestions for promoting multidisciplinary research in identified areas, and concludes with recommendations for future research.

The full report (PDF) is available on the HSPH Program on International Health and Human Rights website, as well as short document that highlights our proposed research agenda.

The short document is available here. (PDF)

Resilience: Stories of Single Black Mothers is an intimate, richly detailed documentary that confronts long-held sterotypes by stepping inside the lives of three real women in the real world. 

For more information about the film and launch dates, please visit its official website. 

For regular updates about the film, please become a fan of the film's Facebook fan page.

South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital’s Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre, Toronto Public Health and members of the Advisory Committee are pleased to announce the release of…Engaging Seldom or Never Screened Women in Cancer Screening: A Compendium of Pan-Canadian Best and Promising Practices

Funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada, this is a unique Canadian publication on improving access to equitable healthcare and screening participation across the country for all women.

To download the compendium, please click here.

Please share this link with your contacts.

For more information, please email srchc@srchc.com or call 416-461-1925, ext 348.

The POWER Study (Project for an Ontario Women's Health Evidence-based Report) Musculoskeletal Conditions chapter is now available for download. The POWER Study (Project for an Ontario Women's Health Evidence-based Report) is producing a Women's Health Report to serve as an evidence-based tool for policy makers, providers, and consumers in their efforts to improve health and reduce health inequities among Ontario women.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Conditions limit physical function, impose significant pain and suffering and are the number one cause of disability in Ontario. As a result, the associated costs to our health care system and to society are staggering. This chapter examines condition-specific prevalence, indicators of health and functional status, access and utilization of services and clinical care indicators for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. We examine performance on these indicators for women and men and assess differences by income, education, age and geography.

To download a copy of the full chapter or the highlights document (which outlines the chapter's key findings and messages), please visit the POWER Study website.

Mounting research shows a significant amount of Canadian prevention initiatives do not adequately meet and address the needs of our diverse population. To help address this issue, the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), in collaboration with key partners and researchers from across Canada, has developed the Sex, Gender and Diversity-based Analysis (SGDBA) Checklist. (PDF)

To learn more about both the Checklist and the foundational document mentioned above, please visit the CCSA website and click on ‘National Framework’ under the ‘Priorities’ tab.

These two archived webinars hosted by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals describe current knowledge of emergency contraception, including myths, safety and efficacy, and counseling. 

This Joint Policy Brief by the World Health organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies examines how to reduce gender inequities using health systems.

The key messages are:
- Data on mortality, morbidity and use of health services reveal some important differences in health experiences between women and men.
- Health systems can make important contributions to gender equality and gender equity by addressing gender in a variety of ways.
- Identifying gender inequalities and addressing gender equity are also central to good stewardship of health systems.

Download the brief from the WHO website.

New multilingual resources from the South Asian Women’s Community Centre in Toronto!

Project Éco-santé tous ensemble's environmental health educational tools were created through a two-year partnership between the South Asian Women's Community Centre (SAWCC) and McGill University with help from our Community Consultation Group.

Our health is linked to the quality of our social and physical environments. Project Éco-santé tous ensemble explores the links between women’s heart, breathing, and mental health and their environments through a photo-video and a graphic booklet available in 10 languages (French, English, Urdu, Dari, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Portuguese, Creole and Spanish), and three brochures (available in French and English).

All the project tools are available electronically on this page. Scroll down the page to find them.

The 2010 report reviews progress over 2000–2010. Countdown to 2015 Decade Report (2000-2010): Taking stock of maternal, newborn & child survival was launched at the Women Deliver conference in Washington D.C., 7-9 June 2010.

Countdown to 2015 is a global movement of academics, governments, UN agencies, foundations, health care associations and nongovernmental organizations formed in 2005 to track progress in reducing maternal and child deaths in the 68 countries where over 95% of these deaths occur. The movement aims to raise awareness and stimulate country action to accelerate progress towards reducing child mortality and improving maternal health.

Read the report here.

The World Health Organization Reproductive Health Library (RHL) is an electronic review journal published by the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. RHL takes the best available evidence on sexual and reproductive health from Cochrane systematic reviews and presents it as practical actions for clinicians (and policy-makers) to improve health outcomes, especially in developing countries.

See the journal here.