Investing in Prevention = Investing in our Future
By Dr. Victoria Lee Dr. Hancock outlined that increasing our investment in prevention translates into a better health bang for the buck. This requires us to collectively shift the current…
Health Voices
Tools to help you advocate for healthier public policy
PHABC has developed tools you can use to ask MLA candidates in your riding to clarify their position on two key public health issues: The need for a provincial poverty reduction…
Getting a Better Health Bang for the Buck
By Dr. Trevor Hancock Professor and Senior Scholar, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria In hard times, it is even more important to ensure that every…
Art for Healthy Aging – Another Prevention Strategy
by Dr. Paul Martiquet, Medical Health Officer At any age, art in all its forms can provide benefits; this is particularly true for the elderly. Neurological research clearly shows that…
A Prevention Agenda is Needed to Address Childhood Obesity
By Ted Bruce An Ontario government report on childhood obesity has the potential to raise the bar for prevention efforts in BC. The report paints the same picture we know…
Let’s Focus on Public Health
By Jalil Safaei All decisions whether at the individual or collective level involve some allocation of resources and their consequent outcomes. Nowhere as in the area of health is such allocation…