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References/Credits

Reference Sources & Websites

 

The following sources were used as reference materials for the 2006 Youth Report to the Community:

 

Canadian Association for Adolescent Health (CAAH). (2006). Sexual Behaviour and lack of Knowledge Threaten Health of Canadian Teens. http://www.acsa-caah.ca/

 

Canadian Institute for Health Information. (2005). Improving the Health of Canadians, Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information. www.cihi.ca

 

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. (2003). Canadian Youth, Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS study: Factors influencing knowledge attitudes and behaviours, from www.cmec.ca/publications/aids

 

Kaiser Family Foundation. (2005).  U.S. Teen Sexual Activity.  www.kkf.org

 

Ministry of Health. (1997). Mandatory health programs and services guidelines. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario.  http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/pub/pubhealth/manprog/manprog.html

 

Ontario Ministry of  Health and Long term Care. (2003). Pregnancy rates 1996-2000. HELPS (Health Planning System) Release: September 2003. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/

 

Oxford University Press. (2004). Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary, Don Mills, Canada: Oxford University Press. http://www.oup.com/

 

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. (2002). Enhancing Healthy Adolescent Development. Toronto, Canada: Registered Nurses of Ontario. http://www.rnao.org/

 

Thunder Bay District Health Unit. (2001). Teens’ Perspectives: Preventive Strategies for Decreasing Teen Pregnancy in the Thunder Bay District, November 2001.

 

World Health Organization. (1975). http://www.who.dk/

 

Youth Strategy Steering Committee Healthy Living. (2004). Promoting Health With Youth Planning Health Promotion Initiatives with Youth. Calgary, Canada: Calgary Health Region. http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/youth/index.htm

 

 

 

 

Credits

 

 

Thank you to all of the actors and their families for participating and supporting this project. There were no small parts—everyone contributed to making this a great success!

 

The following Health Unit staff were instrumental in developing the 2006 Youth Report to Community:

 

 

 

Communications

Eileen Dias, Communications Officer

 

Epidemiology

Lee Sieswerda, Epidemiologist

 

Family Health

Susan Andrew-Cotter, Public Health Nurse

Sheila Hansen, Public Health Nurse

 

Graphic Design

Lorraine Dixon, Graphics Designer

 

Healthy Living

Tiina Ahokas, Health Promotion Planner

Angela Hollett, Public Health Dietitian

Anne Ostrom, Health Promotion Planner

Catherine Schwartz-Mendez, Public Health Dietitian

 

Injury Prevention & Substance Abuse

Marita Campbell, Public Health Nurse

Judi Marton, Public Health Nurse

Patty Hajdu, Health Promotion Planner

 

Sexual Health

Tara Champagne, Public Health Nurse

 

Superior Points Harm Reduction Program

Don Young, Hepatitis C & Needle Exchange Coordinator

Lori Franzen, Hepatitis C & Needle Exchange Coordinator

 

Tobacco Control Unit

Daniel DePeuter, Youth Coordinator

Susan Trevisan, Public Health Nurse

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: 10/16/2006

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