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Health committee  In a number of areas we have reached out to different cultures, in different languages. For the seniors, I'm not aware that we have, and that's probably an area we need to improve on. Sylvain can tell me I'm wrong, I hope. But I'm not aware of it. We have in certain things. I

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  We deal with something like that in a number of ways. First of all, it's gathering the information that there is serious injury from that type of activity in a sport, gathering that information from a number of different sources, including from the sports associations. Then it's

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  We're hopeful that we'll be able to come forward in the near future with that strategy. It was announced in the Speech from the Throne, and we are working actively with the various organizations to put it together. As Ms. Fuselli stressed, this has to be a collaboration, so we ne

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  We hope.

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  We have the report I referred to that calculated the costs at almost $20 billion per year. We can provide that to you.

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  When we're looking at a campaign, we look at what the other countries are doing in terms of interventions and what they find successful. That will be a number of different items. Whether it's training the trainer, getting the applied research out there, or making sure we're hitti

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  There was a huge thirst for strong leadership across injury prevention in a number of areas. There was a recommendation from this group that we develop a unified plan to address injury prevention in all its facets, and to strengthen the applied research to identify the effective

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  When we design a campaign, we identify who the audience is and how they get their information, and that varies for every age group. In the Division of Aging and Seniors we have several target groups that we want to get information to on the best interventions. One group is the he

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  We do, but on a very limited basis. For example, we had a radio, TV, and newspaper advertising budget for H1N1. Currently we have a campaign out on getting your flu shot, which is coordinated with the provinces, but it's really expensive. That goes on the radio too. As well, we h

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  We don't have those data. I'm sorry.

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  There are data gaps in terms of the electronic health record, so we know we're not gathering--

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  Well, we know there is underreporting in terms of the less serious injury that doesn't get picked up. With our networks going through some of the hospitals and emergency rooms, we know there is other data that we're not picking up. So we know our data isn't complete across a rang

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  There are a number of factors at play here. Part of the issue with some of these injuries is that group of...I would say the teenaged boys and those in their early 20s who think it's not going to happen to them--they're invincible, helmets are sissy, and they'll bounce back. And

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings

Health committee  A number of recommendations came out of the workshop we had a year ago December.

November 30th, 2010Committee meeting

Jane Billings