Health Reports

Description:

• Physical activity
• Obesity
• Smoking
• Life expectancy
• Mental health
• Stress
• Nutrition
• Health of Aboriginal people

Current Issue:

Health Reports – September 2011, Volume 22, No. 3

Description:

• The report "Self-reported pH1N1 influenza vaccination coverage for Ontario," provides an overview of self-reported pH1N1 vaccination coverage of the Ontario population in the fall of 2009, when Canada undertook a mass vaccination campaign against pH1N1. This study builds on an existing random digit-dialling telephone survey, in which 9,010 Ontario adults participated.
• "Sugar consumption among Canadians of all ages" describes dietary intake of sugar in a nationally representative sample of Canadian children and adults. Nutritional information was collected via a 24-hour dietary recall as part of the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)-Nutrition. This study reports daily intake of naturally occurring and added sugars by food group and by the top 10 sources.
• "Bias in self-reported estimates of obesity in Canadian health surveys: An update on correction equations for adults" compares the bias in self-reported height, weight and body mass index in the 2008 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Surveys and the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey. The feasibility of using correction equations to adjust self-reported 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey values to more closely approximate measured values is assessed.
• Using data from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey, "Obesity estimates for children based on parent-reported versus direct measures" investigates the bias that exists when height, weight and body mass index are based on parent-reported values. Factors associated with reporting error are used to establish the feasibility of developing correction equations to adjust parent-reported estimates.
• "Adults' use of health services in the year before death by suicide in Alberta," based on linked administrative data for Albertans aged 25 to 64, examines health service use patterns of people who died by suicide.
• "Bone health: Osteoporosis, calcium and vitamin D" profiles the population aged 50 or older who reported having been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Variables associated with increased risk of diagnosis and differences between 2004 and 2009 are presented. Intake of calcium and vitamin D from food and from supplements is analyzed by the presence or absence of osteoporosis.

Previous Issues:

Health Reports – June 2011, Volume 22, No. 2

Description:

• "Breast cancer incidence and neighbourhood income"
• "Associations between household food insecurity and health outcomes in the Aboriginal population (excluding reserves)"
• "Conditional survival analysis across cancer sites"
• "Cognitive performance of Canadian seniors"
• "Psychometric properties, factorial structure, and measurement invariance of the English and French versions of the Medical Outcomes Study social support scale"
• "Primary mental health care visits in self-reported data versus provincial administrative records"

Health Reports – March 2011, Volume 22, No. 1

Description:

• "Physical activity of Canadian adults: Accelerometer results from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey"
• "Physical activity of Canadian children and youth: Accelerometer results from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey"
• "Potential years of life lost at ages 25 to 74 among Status Indians, 1991 to 2001"
• "Potential years of life lost at ages 25 to 74 among Métis and non-Status Indians, 1991 to 2001"
• "Physical activity among First Nations people off reserve, Métis and Inuit"
• "Evaluation of the factor structure of the child-reported parenting questionnaire in the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth"

Health Reports – December 2010, Volume 21, No. 4

Description:

• "Chronic pain at ages 12 to 44"
• "Trends in long-term care staffing by facility ownership in British Columbia, 1996 to 2006"
• "Validation of cognitive functioning categories in the Canadian Community Health Survey -Healthy Aging"
• "Asthma and school functioning"
• "Recent trends in upper respiratory infections, ear infections and asthma among young Canadian children"
• "Combining nutrient intake from food/beverages and vitamin/mineral supplements"
• "Neighbourhood variation in hospitalization for unintentional injury among children and teenagers"
• "Socio-economic status and vitamin/mineral supplement use in Canada"
• "H1N1 vaccination"