Health Voices Category: Uncategorized

Prevention Means Sodium Reduction

By Ted Bruce It is not necessary to summarize all the literature on the contribution of excessive salt in our diets to disease and ultimately health care use. Most of…

Empathy, Dignity & Respect

“It is well documented that many underlying factors negatively affect the health of Aboriginal people in Canada, including poverty and the inter-generational effects of colonization and residential schools. But one barrier to good health lies…

BC’s Hardest Working

The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition has launched its BC’s Hardest Working campaign. The campaign brings a voice to the province’s working poor: over half a million people in BC who…