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"Maternal mortality ratio ranged from 10 per 100,000 (the Netherlands) to 1,540 per 100,000 (The Gambia). Differences in causes of deaths were characterized by HIV/AIDS inNamibia, sepsis and HIV/AIDS in Zambia, (pre) eclampsia in the Netherlands and obstructed labour in The Gambia.” More background to help understand new immigrant populations.
The Americans win this battle of the bulge. (data from World Health Organization)
1. In France 25% of adults are overweight, 8% of adults are obese.
2. In the Netherlands, 47% of men and 36% of women are overweight; 9% of men and 10% of women are obese.
3. In Canada roughly 25% of the Canadian population is overweight while approximately 11% is obese.
4. In the United Kingdom, 24% of adult females are overweight and 12% of adult females are obese.
5. In the United States 55% of the female population are overweight and more than 30% of the female population are obese.
Understanding new Immigrant Populations . . .
From our World Health & Population journal:
Living Arrangements and the Role of Caregivers among the Elderly in Latin America :: Antonio J. Trujillo, Thomas A. Mroz, Gustavo Angeles
The Relationship of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence to Sexual-Risk Behaviour among Refugee Women :: Johannes John-Langba
The Use of Audit to Identify Maternal Mortality in Different Settings: Is It Just a Difference Between the Rich and the Poor? :: Jeroen van Dillen, Jelle Stekelenburg, Joke Schutte, Gijs Walraven, Jos van Roosmalen
Reasons for Not Reporting Deaths: A Qualitative Study in Rural Vietnam :: Tran Quang Huy, Annika Johansson and Nguyen Hoang Long
Profile of Female Sex Workers in a Chinese County: Does It Differ by Where They Came from and Where They Work? :: Xiaoyi Fang, Xiaoming Li, Hongmei Yang, Yan Hong, Ran Zhao, Baiqing Dong, Wei Liu, Yuejiao Zhou, Shaoling Liang and Bonita Stanton
In-Kind Drug Donations for Tanzania :: Gaby Gehler Mariacher, Deo Mtasiwa, Karin Wiedenmayer, Rudolf Bruppacher, Marcel Tanner and Kurt E. Hersberger
And from Healthcare Policy:
New immigrants were almost two and a half times more likely to report difficulties accessing immediate care than were Canadian-born respondents. See: Experiencing Difficulties Accessing First-Contact Health Services in Canada: Claudia Sanmartin and Nancy Ross
And from our Law & Governance Letter:
About four million Canadians consider themselves visible minorities, and ethnic minority populations continue to grow in numbers due to immigration. Now The Public Endorses Collection of Ethnicity Information.
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China has become the world's largest market for RFID by value. A new report "RFID in China 2007-2017" is the summation of extensive new research by IDTechEx analysts including Chinese native Ning Xiao. Here Ning Xiao summarises some of the findings (www.idtechex.com/china).
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Healthcare Quarterly
Achieving Team Consensus on Best Practice Rehabilitation Guidelines Following Primary Total Hip Replacement (THR) Surgery
Siobhan O'Donnell, Deborah Kennedy, Anne Marie MacLeod, Colleen Kilroy, Dr. Jeffrey Gollish
HealthcarePapers
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Evidence-Based Practice: Changing the Healthcare Environment and Sharing Experience
George P. Browman, Anne Snider and Peter Ellis
Nursing Leadership
Changing Nursing Practice: Evaluating the Usefulness of a Best-Practice Guideline Implementation Toolkit
Maureen Dobbins, Barbara Davies, Evangeline Danseco, Nancy Edwards, Tazim Virani
Healthcare Policy
A Community-Researcher Alliance to Improve Chronic Wound Care
Ian D. Graham, Margaret B. Harrison, Bob Cerniuk, Sheila Bauer
Electronic Healthcare
Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Discussion of Quality, Safety and Legal Liability Issues
John Fox and Richard Thomson
World Health and Population
Maternal Chronic Ill Health Negatively Affects Child Survival in a Poor Rural Population of Pakistan
R. Nuruddin, L. Meng Kin, W.C. Hadden, I. Azam
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Our most recent Breakfast with the Chiefs: One hundred and fifty Chiefs and aspiring chiefs heard Matt Anderson as interviewer in the second of a series of discussions with Richard Alvarez. We heard about IT’s last frontier – healthcare; Infoway’s new strategic plan – soon to be out; Infoway’s criteria for future spending; consumerism – coming on like a tsunami; the committed role of employers and patient portals; Google’s drive to serving the health sector – as only Google can; regional EMRs; Infoway’s strategy for better uptake by physicians and the importance of demonstrations of technology that works. Stay tuned – the next interviews will be in Montreal and one of Alberta’s academic health sciences centres.
September 10-11, 2007: London, ON Culture & Diversity Conference. Topics include "Celebrating Cultural diversity as a core value that influences organizational culture", "The Impact of Internationally Educated Nurses" and "Developing cultural competence in the hospital setting." Day 2 - RNAO Centre for Excellence will present the RNAO BPG Embracing Cultural diversity in the workplace will provide an opportunity to generate initiatives and strategies. For more information contact Debra McAuslan
September 13 - 14, 2007: Edmonton, AB, Leaders in Rehabilitation: The Perfect Storm. In partnership, Capital Health, Calgary Health Region and the University of Alberta – Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, are pleased to announce the 3rd annual Leaders in Rehabilitation Conference. Join us for an in-depth look at workforce sustainability, knowledge transfer, and consumer integration in decision making as it relates to the future face of healthcare in rehabilitation. This forum will bring together rehabilitation leaders from across all disciplines. For details click here.
October 15, 2007: Richmond Hill, ON. Supportive Housing: The Winning Formula for Supporting People and Sustaining the Health Care System. Presented by the Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) and the Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA), this symposium focuses on the crucial role that supportive housing plays in maintaining the health, well-being, independence and quality of life of individuals. For details click here.
October 19, 2007: Toronto, ON. Enhancing Cognition in Older Adults: Connecting Research and Clinical Care. Get updated on recent advances in cognitive difficulties faced by older adults, as well as pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches to treatment. The conference includes morning lectures led by internationally recognized leaders in cognitive and neural aging, and afternoon workshops led by scientists and scientist-clinicians focusing on specific issues related to cognitive rehabilitation of older adults. For details click here.
October 22 - 25. 2007: Vienna, Austria. Join Richard Granger (Director-General of IT, NHS, England) and Richard Alvarez (President & CEO, Canada Health Infoway), Dr Hussein A. Gezairy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, and Robert M. Kolodner, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services, USA, at this conference: The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition.
October 24, 2007: London, ON. LHSC Patient Safety Conference. The conference will be of interest to administrative leaders, professional practice leaders, frontline staff and physicians. Objectives include enhancing awareness of national strategies; learning about Patient WalkRoundsTM as a strategy to advance culture change; gaining insight from the family’s perspective; and championing safe patient care for every patient every day. For more information please email heni.dykstra@lhsc.on.ca.
October 30, 2007: Ottawa, ON. Consumer Health Informatics Conference. This conference focuses on the technical, social, ethical and professional issues arising from consumer empowerment using information technology. For details click here.
November 2, 2007, Toronto, ON Showcasing Evidence-Based Social Work Practice in Health and Long-Term Care. Presented by Baycrest Social Work Department and the Katz Centre for Gerontological - The Walter Lyons Memorial Social Work Clinic Day. The morning program will be telecast to remote parts of Ontario. Afternoon workshops facilitated by social work clinicians and health care professionals who have expertise in evidence-based practice. Enquiries: 416-785-2500 ext. 2363 or e-mail Paula Ferreira
November 12-14, 2007: Hamburg, Germany. BIO-Europe 2007. Understand the signs, symptoms and opportunities of the much-anticipated convergence of biotech and Big Pharma. Fundamental questions, such as how can biotechnology companies help the pharmaceutical industry meet double digit growth expectations by contributing new products and processes, will be openly discussed and debated by some of the most notable names in the industry. For details click here.
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Tony di Cosmo to Executive Director, St. John's Rehab Foundation. Toronto ON
Wanda Wilson, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, to president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists www.aana.com.
Jackie Rowles to president-elect of American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Rob Basque to Vice President of IT Operations, Smart Systems for Health Agency [ON]
Mike Rigo to Vice President, Solution Delivery and Management, Smart Systems for Health Agency [ON]
Dr. Jon Wilson to Head of Oncology and Medical Director of Chemotherapy and Oncology Clinical Trials at Humber River Regional Hospital. Toronto ON.
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