What's new

Recent publications

Bélanger A, Martel L, Berthelot J-M, Wilkins R. Gender differences in disability-free life expectancies for selected risk factors and chronic conditions in Canada. In Laditka S, ed., Health Expectations for Older Women: International Perspectives. Special edition Journal of Women and Aging 2002; 14(1/2) (in press).

Mayer F, Ross N, Berthelot J-M, Wilkins R. Disability-free life expectancy by health region. Health Reports (Statistics Canada, Catalogue 82-003) 2002; 13(4): 49-61.

Sanmartin C and Berthelot J-M. Regional differences in self-reported unmet health needs. Health Reports (Statistics Canada, Catalogue 82-003) 2002; S13 (in press).

Shields M and Tremblay S. The health of Canada’s communities. Health Reports (Statistics Canada, Catalogue 82-003) 2002; S13.

Tremblay S, Ross N and Berthelot J-M. Ontario Grade 3 student achievement. Canadian Social Trends. (Statistics Canada Catalogue 11-008) Summer 2002, pp. 15-19.

Tremblay S, Ross N and Berthelot J-M. Regional socio-economic context and health. Health Reports (Statistics Canada, Catalogue 82-003) 2002; S13.

Wilkins R, Berthelot J-M, Ng E. Trends in mortality by neighbourhood income in urban Canada from 1971 to 1996. Health Reports (Statistics Canada, Catalogue 82-003) 2002; S13.

Yang H, Kramer MS, Platt R, Blondel B, Gréart G, Morin I, Wilkins R, Usher R. How does early ultrasound estimation of gestational age lead to higher rates of preterm birth? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2002; 186(3): 433-7.

Announcements

Russell Wilkins has been appointed to the editorial board of the forthcoming WHO electronic journal Mortality, edited by Alan Lopez. He is also an editorial advisor to the new electronic International Journal for Equity in Health, published by the International Society for Equity in Health. Both journals are to be freely available on the internet through PubMed Central. Russell has been on the editorial board of Les Cahiers Québécois de Démographie (published by the Association de Démographes du Québec) since 1994. He was recently elected vice-president of the Canadian Population Society for 2002-2003; he will be responsible for organizing the Society’s next annual meeting.

Seminars and presentations

HAMG seminar series: We are now preparing a fall schedule of seminars not to be missed! Anticipated topics are children’s health and development and the Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS).

Handling Missing Data: Karla Nobrega (with David Haziza of Household Survey Methods Division) recently presented this course at the Statistical Society of Canada 2002 Annual General Meeting. Slides are available upon request.

Multilevel modeling: Although fairly common in the field of education, multilevel modeling is still rare in health analyses. HAMG is organizing a workshop on multi-level modeling by Dr. Douglas Willms of the University of New Brunswick, September 30 to October 2, 2002.