On the Path to Better Health Mary Collins, Director, BC Healthy Living Alliance Secretariat

On the Path to Better Health

Mary Collins, Director, BC Healthy Living Alliance

Secretariat

On the Path to Better Health

• Objective:

– Celebrate BCHLA’s 10-year anniversary– Take stock of the progress to date – Look forward to the decade ahead

On the Path to Better Health

• Part One: Celebrating BCHLA’s 10 Year Journey

• Part Two: Where Are We On The Path?• CD Incidence: Heart Disease, Lung Cancer and Diabetes• Protective and Risk Factors• Connection with Mental Health • The Health Gap

• Part Three: Where Do We Go From Here?• Approaches: universal -> targeted

First Nations Perspective on Health & Wellness

Hypertension

2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/110.00%

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Figure 2: Age Standardized Incidence Rate for Hypertension in BC (3 year averages)

Heart Diseases

Diabetes

2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/110.00%

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0.70%

Figure 3: Age Standardized Incidence Rate for Diabetes in BC (3 year averages)

Provincial Distribution of Chronic Disease

Smoking

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Physical Activity

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Overweight and Obesity

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The Physical and Mental Health Connection

“[Mental illness] and chronic disease are frequently associated; the evidence, course, and outcomes are

affected by the presence of the others.”

- CDC (US) Public Health Action Plan to Integrate Mental Health Promotion and Mental

Illness Prevention with Chronic Disease Prevention 2011-2015

The Health Gap

• British Columbians who live in our poorest communities are between 24% and 91% more likely to die early from:

»cancer (24%), »respiratory diseases (53%), »circulatory diseases (65%) and »diabetes (91%).

On the Path to Better Health

• Part Three: Where do we go from here?

• Tobacco Control – lessons and new areas• Healthier Communities• Supporting Healthier Eating• Alcohol Moderation• Closing the Health Gap

On the Path to Better Health

• Part Three: Where do we go from here?

• Place-based Approaches and Social Pediatrics• A Healthy Start in Life• Settings: Schools and Workplaces• First Nations• Information Technology • Whole of Government, Whole of Society

Thank-you! Questions?

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