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On the Path to Better Health – A Closer Look at Three Routes
On May 26th, 2014, BC Alliance for Healthy Living hosted the webinar: On the Path to Better Health – A Closer Look at Three Routes. Mary Collins, Director of the BCAHL Secretariat provided an overview of the findings and recommendations of BCAHL’s most recent report On the Path to Better Health. She talked about the…
Let’s Get to Work on Mentally Healthy Workplaces!
This week is Mental Health Week. Mental health isn’t just about an absence of illness – it’s also about feeling well. And there is a connection with your physical health. Being mentally healthy or ‘mental wellness’ can protect against chronic illness. Many of the things that contribute to our physical wellness can also have a…
Webinar: On the Path to Better Health – A Closer Look at Three Routes
BC Alliance for Healthy Living invites you to join us on Monday, May 26th (9:00 -10:30 am) for our upcoming webinar: On the Path to Better Health – A Closer Look at Three Routes. This past March, BC Alliance for Healthy Living (BCAHL) released ‘On the Path to Better Health,’ a report that examined BC…
Let’s Get Physical! Programs and Policies to Get BC Moving
BC Alliance for Healthy Living invites you to join us on FEBRUARY 19th (9:00 -10:30 am) for our upcoming Webinar: Let’s Get Physical! Programs and Policies to get BC Moving. Getting regular physical activity is one of the most important things a person can do for their health – both physical and mental. In BC,…
VIA Sport BC
Network Cathy Priestner Allinger CEO 1000 – 510 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8 cathyp@viasport.ca Tel: 778-327-5134 www.viasport.ca
Movember, How My Moustache Took Over My Life
My name is Jon Hartley-Folz and I am growing a moustache for Movember. I have a team, The Lord Byng Nose Mullets, made up of five colleagues at my school. As a cause there is a fair bit of fun in the fundraising for Movember, so much so that the message and purpose can often…
Physical Activity Services, Health Link BC
Network Physical Activity Services, HealthLink BC7504 Chelsea PlaceRichmond, BC V7C 3S9 The Physical Activity Services is a free phone line and online resource to active, healthy living. The Physical Activity Services is your source for trusted physical activity information and professional guidance to help you become more physically active. Toll Free Number: 8-1-1For people…
Parkinson Society BC
Network Parkinson Society BC 600 – 890 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9 Laura Darch Marketing & Communications Coordinator ldarch@parkinson.bc.ca Robin Jeffereys Director, Education & Support Programs rjeffereys@parkinson.bc.ca www.parkinson.bc.ca
References
[1] Public Health Agency of Canada (2008). The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada. [2] Mahoney M., Simpson S., Harris E., Aldrich R., Stewart Williams J. (2004). Equity Focused Health Impact Assessment Framework. Australasian Collaboration for Health Equity Impact Assessment (ACHEIA). [3] BC Alliance for Healthy Living (2009).…
APPENDIX
In 2005, BCAHL submitted The Winning Legacy – A Plan for Improving the Health of British Columbians to the BC government, which included twenty-seven evidence-based recommendations. The government rose to the challenge and we are pleased to see progress on many of these through policy and regulatory action, including removing junk food from schools, tightening…
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