The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2011 – Youth and Young Adults — Life in transition
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Setting the Stage for Healthy Life Transitions – A Public Health History
- Chapter 3: The Health and Well-being of Canadian Youth and Young Adults
- Chapter 4: Creating Healthy Transitions
- The approach
- Creating supportive environments for transition
- Developing resilience
- Addressing risky behaviours
- Enhancing positive mental health and protective factors
- Approaches to preventing suicide
- Preventing unintentional injury
- Bullying and aggression
- Sexual and reproductive health issues
- Healthy weights and healthy living
- Substance use and abuse
- Chapter 4 Summary
- Chapter 5: Moving Forward – Priority Areas for Action
- Appendix A: List of Acronyms
- Appendix B: Indicators of Our Health and Factors Influencing Our Health
- Appendix C: Definitions and Data Sources for Indicators
- References
Figures
- Figure 2.1 Age-specific fertility rate by select age groups, Canada, 1930 to 2008
- Figure 3.1 Population distribution by age group, Canada, 2006
- Figure 3.2 High school dropout rate, academic years 1990/1991 to 2009/2010
- Figure 3.3 Completion of post-secondary education by select age groups, select OECD countries, 2008
- Figure 3.4 Occupation by sex, youth and young adults, Canada, 2006
- Figure 3.5 Unemployment rate by highest level of completed education, youth and young adults, Canada, 1990 to 2009
- Figure 3.6 Youth and young adults living in low-income households, after tax, Canada, 1976 to 2008
- Figure 3.7 Very good or excellent self-perceived mental health, by origin, youth and young adults, Canada, 2009
- Figure 3.8 Mood disorder by age group and sex, youth and young adults, Canada, 2009
- Figure 3.9 Anxiety disorder by age group and sex, youth and young adults, Canada, 2009
- Figure 3.10 Indirect forms of bullying in victim students by grade and sex, Canada, 2006
- Figure 3.11 Direct forms of bullying in victim students by grade and sex, Canada, 2006
- Figure 3.12 Suicide rate per 100,000 population, by age group and sex, Canada, 2007
- Figure 3.13 Major causes of death by sex, youth and young adults aged 12 to 29 years, Canada, 2007
- Figure 3.14 Tuberculosis incidence rate by origin, youth and young adults aged 15 to 29 years, Canada, 2001 to 2009
- Figure 3.15 Measured BMI category by age group and sex, Canada, 2007-2009
- Figure 3.16 Percentage of measured overweight and obesity by income and sex, young adults, Canada excluding territories, 2004
- Figure 3.17 Incidence of select cancers by sex, youth and young adults aged 15 to 29 years, Canada, 2007
- Figure 3.18 Hospitalizations due to injuries, youth and young adults aged 12 to 29 years, Canada excluding Quebec, 2005/2006
- Figure 3.19 Rates of chlamydia by select age group and sex, Canada, 2009
- Figure 3.20 Rates of gonorrhea by select age group and sex, Canada, 2009
- Figure 3.21 Rates of infectious syphilis by select age group and sex, Canada, 2009
- Figure 3.22 Percentage of population by age and sex who have had sexual intercourse, youth and young adults aged 15 to 29 years, Canada, 1996-97 and 2009
- Figure 3.23 Rates of pregnancy and live birth, female youth, Canada, 1975 to 2005
- Figure 3.24 Percentage of youth and young adult smokers by sex, Canada excluding territories, 1999 and 2009
- Figure 3.25 Alcohol consumption by smoking status, students Grades 7 to 9 and Grades 10 to 12, Canada excluding territories, 2009
- Figure 3.26 Illicit drug use by sex, youth and young adults, Canada excluding territories, 2009
Tables
- Table 3.1 Demographics of Canada's youth and young adult population
- Table 3.2 Social and economic status of Canada's youth and young adults
- Table 3.3 Mental health of Canada's youth and young adults
- Table 3.4 Mental illness of Canada's youth and young adults
- Table 3.5 Perceived health and mortality of Canada's youth and young adults
- Table 3.6 Physical health of Canada's youth and young adults
- Table 3.7 Health behaviours of Canada's youth and young adults
- Table B.1 Who we are
- Table B.2 Our health status
- Table B.3 Factors influencing our health
- Table C.1 Body mass index for youth aged 12 to 17 years
- Table C.2 Low income cut offs after tax, Canada, 2009
Textboxes
- The role of Canada's Chief Public Health Officer
- The role of the Public Health Agency of Canada
- Unite and Ignite Conference
- Canada's role in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Creating strong families: the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program and Strengthening Families for the Future
- Integrated approaches to addressing homelessness
- Addressing mental health problems and addictions among the homeless: Ottawa's Wabano Centre
- Longitudinal research on resilience: The Kauai Longitudinal Study
- Researching resilience – Canada's Resilience Research Centre
- Researching protective factors and resilience in adolescent girls
- Mental Health First Aid Canada: The Jack Project example
- Evergreen: a national framework for child and youth mental health
- Suicide prevention with community programs
- Social networks preventing LGBTQ suicide – It Gets Better Project
- Raising awareness about drinking and driving
- Learning about risks: the SMARTRISK example
- The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
- Preventing dating violence: Youth Relationships Project
- Building healthy relationships: The Fourth R
- The Maternal Child Health Program
- School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP)
- Addressing FASD – Manitoba's Stop FAS Initiative
- Unite and Ignite Youth Engagement Conference
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