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¿Esta Usted predispuesto a desarrollar diabetes?  Provides, in Spanish, a checklist of risk factors used to assess the level of risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Lists screening tests, symptoms and complications. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) 2003 recommendations for dyslipidemia management in Canada  Provides an overview of the revised Canadian Guidelines for the Management and Treatment of Dyslipidemia. Describes the risk factor categories and makes recommendations for managing dyslipidemic patients. Source: Canadian Lipid Nurse Network A booklet for service providers who work with immigrant families: on issues relating to child discipline, child abuse and child neglect  Provides information for those who work with children and parents from ethnocultural communities, minority families, and immigrant families who are not familiar with Canada's child protection system. Source: National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (NCFV) From: Child abuse and neglect A drug problem: how can I tell?  Discusses the signs of drug abuse and the risks involved. Outlines how drug problems can start. Suggests options for seeking help. Source: Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC) From: Other drugs A matter of the heart  Discusses the risk factors for developing heart disease and highlights those factors that can be modified to reduce the risk and improve heart health. Source: Capital Health (Edmonton) A study of resiliency in communities  Applies earlier research on resiliency to the community level in three small coastal communities (Isle Madame and Cheticamp, Nova Scotia and Dildo, Newfoundland). Explores the element of risk and protective factors within these communities, hard hit by the collapse of the groundfish industry. Source: Health Canada A word about prevention  Reports significant results of the INTERHEART study that looked at the effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with heart attacks. Source: Montréal Heart Institute (MHI) Abdominal obesity as a factor increasing cardiometabolic risk  Highlights abdominal obesity as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Source: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Accidental exposure to blood or other body fluids potentially contaminated: information for the parents of an exposed child  Explains the risks associated with a child's exposure to blood or other body fluids potentially contaminated with hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV/AIDS. Addresses testing, the effects of the viruses, risk of transmission and prevention of future transmission. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (MSSS) Alarming rates of HIV/AIDS for Canada's Aboriginal women  Discusses the steadily increasing rate of new HIV infections among Aboriginal women in Canada. Explores the factors that increase Aboriginal women's vulnerability to HIV infection. Stresses the need for a national response to HIV/AIDS that is designed, developed, and implemented by Aboriginal women. Source: Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)
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