Health committee  I'll turn to Jennette for that.

Health committee  We do know that the awareness of diabetes and its risks is an important consideration, and our chief public health officer is looking at the issue of stigma across a range of diseases, because we do see this, not only for diabetes, but a lot of other conditions, both chronic as w

Health committee  Perhaps I can start and then turn to Alfred. On the first question about performance measures, we have strengthened our approach to performance measures. We look across our programming from an integrated perspective. A performance measurement framework is in place. It looks at b

Health committee  On each of the dimensions of the report, there has been significant progress made. As I mentioned, from the perspective of strategy development, we use an integrated strategy for healthy living and prevention of chronic disease. That is articulated. As far as the coordination o

Health committee  I can begin. What I can say is that over the last number of years, starting in 2010, there has been a real shift towards a more integrated approach for chronic disease prevention. Valerie spoke to that earlier. A number of changes were under way in that time period. We have seen

Health committee  This is a tool intended to understand at a baseline level the large range of health inequalities in Canada. As I said, diabetes is one of those conditions that can be.... Data from a variety of sources is gathered in that tool. As far as tools for Canadians are concerned, there a

Health committee  I'll turn to Jennette Toews for our assessment on that issue.

Health committee  Yes, the pan-Canadian health inequalities reporting initiative has two dimensions. One is an online data tool that looks at more than 70 indicators of health inequality—health behaviours, as well as broader determinants of health. That was made available last year. It's possible

Health committee  It is a tool that's available, certainly, for planners and health professionals. It is also user-friendly in the sense that it is quite an easy tool to get basic information with several clicks, as far as looking at a condition is concerned or looking at a subpopulation of intere

Health committee  The department responsible for addressing your question is Health Canada. Dr. Aziz, do you want to address that?

Health committee  Thank you for the opportunity, Madam Chair, to address the standing committee with regard to the Public Health Agency of Canada's role in addressing diabetes and other chronic diseases in Canada. Our role is threefold: to obtain data to better understand the patterns and trends