Manitoba

The result of 10 regional consultations throughout the province, carried out with the assistance of the Women's Health Clinic. Revisits the initial Manitoba Women’s Health Strategy which was developed in 2000-2001 to provide a foundation on which to build a new approach to women’s health.

The Profile presents and blends current health administrative and surveillance data and up-to-date research literature, with the additional investment of local knowledge about the lives of women in this province. The goal of the publication is to demonstrate how gender-based analysis can make health services in Manitoba more relevant and appropriate to improve women’s health, redress inequities and achieve consistent high quality of care in the health system.

Presents a photovoice project display by low-income women in Winnipeg. Represents their experiences of living in poverty, and the barriers and the supports found in their communities. Link requires PowerPoint.

Describes the Manitoba Breast Screening Program, what a woman can expect when she has a mammogram, how long she has to wait to get her results, and how to book an appointment, in Russian.

Describes the Manitoba Breast Screening Program, what a woman can expect when she has a mammogram, how long she has to wait to get her results, and how to book an appointment, in Urdu.

Describes the Manitoba Breast Screening Program, what a woman can expect when she has a mammogram, how long she has to wait to get her results, and how to book an appointment, in Farsi/Persian.

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

Identifies the many diverse organizations that comprise the women's movement in Manitoba, and how these organizations and groups express their feminist ideas and how they undertake their political action strategies.

Discusses the distressing living conditions of incarcerated women in the Portage Correctional Centre (Manitoba).

Provides an overview of male/female differences in health status, health service use, and quality of care, as revealed by analysis of administrative health care data files.