WHRN e-news

Vol. 30 - February 2010

WHRN Highlights

WHRN "Wrap-Up"

March 1, 2010 - Across BC

Save the date - March 1, 2010 @ 2pm - for the WHRN's final event. Join us in your own community (Kamloops, Kelowna, Prince George, Vancouver and Victoria) for a special event celebrating the accomplishments of the WHRN since 2005.

Explanatory Frameworks for Health Disparities

March 4, 2010 - Vancouver, BC

This workshop will take place at SFU's Harbour Centre Campus (515 W. Hastings Street) from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Key participants will include: Jo Phelan - Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Bruce G. Link - Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University and Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute; and Lynn Weber - Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, University of South Carolina.

Trans Inclusion Workshop

March 18, 2010 - Kamloops, BC & WebEx

The purpose of this workshop is to address the importance of social inclusiveness for the health of transgender people. Through the sharing of stories, ideas, and information that links health and well-being to issues of social inclusiveness, we will explore ways that an organization, such as the Women’s Health Research Network, can become more welcoming of transgender people by raising awareness and providing access to trans-related resources. Additional details will be posted soon.

The WHRN is proud to offer four primers focused on key areas and innovative approaches in girls' and women's health and gender and health research. These documents have circulated around the globe, and have been downloaded over 2000 times to date!

The latest WHRN Primer - Our Common Ground: Cultivating Women's Health Through Community Based Research is now available! To receive a hard copy, send a self-addressed envelope (dimensions: 9 1/2" x 13 1/2") + affix $2.75 in postage for shipment in Canada to:

Provincial Coordinator - Women's Health Research Network
Simon Fraser University - Harbour Centre Campus
Room 3277, 515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3

Click here to download the free PDF Our Common Ground: Cultivating Women's Health Through Community-Based Research

The WHRN primer Intersectionality: Moving Women's Health Research and Policy Forward is available - Click here to download it now!

The WHRN primer Gendering the Health Determinants Framework: Why Girls' and Women's Health Matters is available. Click here to download it now!

Download the original WHRN primer, Better Science With Sex and Gender: A primer for health research

Have you read the Primer or used it in your work? Click here to complete a brief survey - your input is needed for the next edition of Better Science With Sex and Gender!

The Source/La Source is a bilingual web-based tool to assist researchers, policy makers, health planners, and students identify sources of health data for women and girls in British Columbia and elsewhere.

The Synthesis/La Synthèse is a bilingual resource centre where health planners, policy makers, and researchers can access synthesis papers or reviews on a variety of women’s health topics. This section includes reports, briefs, position papers, and fact sheets on critical health issues.

The Survey/Le Sondage is a searchable database of grey literature, that links women's health practitioners, policy makers, health authorities, and women's groups to a range of resources on women's health, including international, national, and provincial documents.

The WHRN's podcast page is now online - Fourth podcast coming soon!

Click here to download the podcast series - Giving Voice to Prison Mothers, Is Menopause a Disease? and Do Oilpatches Make Women Sick?

Last updated February 1, 2010