A Fourth Trimester Action Plan for Wellness

Highlights of the Fourth Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C: Moving towards a National Action Plan

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects at least 268,000 Canadians and causes greater disease burden than any other infectious disease in the country. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) have identified HCV-related liver disease as a priority. In 2015, the release of well-tolerated, short course treatments (~12 weeks) able to cure the majority...

Making a plan of action

Were the brain to rely completely on sensory feedback to direct movement during activities like reaching, primate arms would move infuriatingly slowly. Grant Mulliken et al. investigated how a region of the brain develops a representation of arm movement that overcomes the long sensory feedback delays. The posterior parietal cortex (PPC) area of the brain serves as a functional bridge between t...

Randomized controlled trial of a Wellness Action Plan to promote healthy diet and activity in pediatric primary care.

INTRODUCTION Diet and activity counseling is recommended during all well child visits to promote optimal health and prevent childhood obesity. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a novel Wellness Action Plan aimed at: 1) improving parent recall of diet and activity plans made during routine well child visits 2) increasing adherence with plans, and 3) enhancing pare...

Basis for an Action Plan for Nutrition

Child wellness and social inclusion: values for action.

Participatory Action Research (PAR) with children and youth is at the intersection of child wellness and social inclusion. Exclusion and marginalization detract from personal and collective health. Inclusion, on the contrary, contributes to wellness. Hence, we should study inclusion and exclusion in the overall context of child wellness. This special issue offers a wealth of methodologies and l...