Prevention to live in harmony and in good health

Resources


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Health Promotion

https://www.canada.ca/fr/santepublique/services/promotion-sante.html

Physical Activity:

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/promotion-sante/modes-vie-sains/activite-physique.html

Mental Health Promotion:

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/promotion-sante/sante-mentale/promotion-sante-mentale.html

Healthy Lifestyle:

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/promotion-sante/modes-vie-sains/eteactif-hiveractif.html

Chronic disease risk factors:

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/facteurs-risque-maladies-chroniques.html

Chronic disease risk factors Atlas:

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/atlas-facteurs-risque.html

Health Literacy

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/litteratie-sante.html

Mental Health:

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-mentale.html

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-mentale/comment-bien-gerer-son-stress.html

Improving your Mental Health

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/sujets/ameliorer-sa-sante-mentale.html

Diabetes :

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/diabete.html

How to prevent Type 2 Diabetes?

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/diabete/comment-prevenir-diabete-type-2.html

Reducing the risk of Diabetes

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/diabete/reduire-risque-diabete.html

Cancer :

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/cancer.html

  • Reducing your risk to develop a cancer: Prevention and screening

http://www.cancer.ca/fr-ca/get-involved/take-action/what-we-are-doing/?region=ab

Stop cancer before it starts 

Interactive prevention tool

http://www.cancer.ca/fr-ca/prevention-and-screening/live-well/interactive-prevention-tool/?region=ab

 Prostate Cancer : Understanding the diagnosis

The useful information in this brochure can help you and your close family to control this new reality in your life – prostate cancer.

Read more: http://www.cancer.ca/fr-ca/support-and-services/resources/publications/?region=ab#ixzz4pvsZ0VQH

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Breast Cancer: Understanding your diagnosis

 

The useful information in this brochure can help you and your close family to control this new reality in your life – breast cancer.

Read more: http://www.cancer.ca/fr-ca/support-and-services/resources/publications/?region=ab#ixzz4pvt0YNlY

http://www.cancer.ca/~/media/cancer.ca/CW/publications/Breast%20cancer%20UYD/Breast_UYD_Fr_Jul2015.jpg

 

Cardiovascular disease:

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire.html

Heart disease in Canada

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/publications/maladies-et-affections/maladies-coeur-canada.html

Minimizing the risks of  cardiovascular disease 

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire/reduire-risques-maladie-cardiovasculaire-minimum.html

  • Are women at risk for heart disease?

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire/maladies-femmes-sont-elles-a-risque.html

  • How women can have healthy hearts?

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire/comment-femmes-peuvent-elles-avoir-sante.html

Stroke (CVA):

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire/accident-vasculaire-cerebral.html

  • Stroke in Canada : ActFAST

http://canadiensensante.gc.ca/publications/diseases-conditions-maladies-affections/stroke-accident-vasculaire-cerebral/index-fra.php?_ga=2.176968805.1378125641.1502825256-190935914.1468383547

Stroke Prevention

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire/accident-vasculaire-cerebral/prevention.html

  • Canadian Stroke Strategy

http://www.canadianstrokenetwork.ca/?lang=fr

Life after a stroke

http://canadianstrokenetwork.ca/fr/service/la-vie-apres-un-avc/

High blood pressure:

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire/hypertension.html

Reducing risks of high blood pressure

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire/reduire-risques-hypertension.html

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies-chroniques/maladie-cardiovasculaire/mesures-permettent-reduire-votre-hypertension-arterielle.html

Obesity :

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/rapports-publications/obesite-canada-apercu.html    

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/promotion-sante/modes-vie-sains/obesite-canada.html 

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/fra/aide/bb/info/obesite                                                                       http://www.eps-canada.ca/revendication/faits-et-donnees/obesite

Child obesity

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/promotion-sante/modes-vie-sains/freiner-obesite-juvenile-cadre-action-federal-provincial-territoria/obesite-juvenile.html

Videos :

Get involved  and change the future of breast

Video Promote healthy weigh (2012) :

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/promotion-sante/modes-vie-sains/freiner-obesite-juvenile-cadre-action-federal-provincial-territoria/obesite-juvenile/video-promouvoir-poids-sante-2012.html

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Bibbins-Domingo K, Mark J. Pletcher., Feng Lin, Eric Vittinghoff, Julius M. Gardin, Alexander Arynchyn, Cora E. Lewis, O. Dale Williams, and Stephen B. Hulley. Racial differences in incident heart failure among young adults.  N Engl J Med 2009; 360:1179-1190