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Welcome
to the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District
Health Unit's Health Status Report. The
primary purpose of this report is to inform
the public, the health unit's staff, health
providers and other interested agencies
about the health of residents living in our
region.
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Highlights
These
highlights provide an overview of
the Health Status Report including
a summary of each section. |
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Environments
In
the Environments section, you will
find descriptions of key
factors related to health in four
domains; the population, the
physical environment, the social
environment, and the economic
environment. |
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Health
Status Measures
In
the Health Status Measures
section, you will find information
on the following topics, chronic
disease prevention, child health,
injury prevention, sexual health,
reproductive health, health
services, communicable disease and
the leading causes of death and
hospitalization. |
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The Population
Health Approach
This
section provides the reader with
an overview of the population
health approach defined by the Canadian
Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR)
as... identifying how the social
and physical environments in which
we live and work determine our
health, and to measure their
impact and trace their complex
interactions. This is the
framework used to construct this
report.
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Data
Sources and Limitations
It is important to know the
strengths and limitations of the
sources of data used to develop
this report because these factors
influenced the methods, analysis
and interpretation of data
presented within. In this section
a description of each data source
is presented stating its strengths
and limitations. |
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How to Contact
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If you would like to be
notified of any changes or updates
to the Health Status Report 2000
document please email info@healthunit.org and specify
in the subject 'Health Status
2000 Notification'.
Thank you.
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progress, which will change over
the next few years. Therefore, it
is important to receive
constructive feedback. Please send us
your comments.
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