Appendix A: The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2012 – List of acronyms
Appendix A: List of Acronyms
- AIDS
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- ALS
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- ASBGA
- Aboriginal-specific sex- and gender-based analysis
- BMI
- Body Mass Index
- CAAWS
- Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport
- CAPC
- Community Action Program for Children
- CCHS
- Canadian Community Health Survey
- CCSMH
- Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health
- CHMS
- Canadian Health Measures Survey
- CIHR
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- CNDSS
- Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System
- CPHO
- Chief Public Health Officer
- CPNP
- Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program
- CVD
- Cardiovascular disease
- FII-ON
- Father Involvement Initiative – Ontario Network
- FIN-BC
- Father Involvement – BC Network
- FIRA
- Father Involvement Research Alliance
- GBA
- Gender based analysis
- HALE
- Health-adjusted life expectancy
- HBSC
- Health Behaviours of School-Aged Children
- HDHK
- Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids
- HIV
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- HPV
- Human papillomavirus
- IWHC
- Immigrant Women’s Health Centre
- LGB
- Lesbian, gay and bisexual
- LGBTQ
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning
- LIFE
- Living is for Everyone
- MAN
- Men’s Awareness Network
- MHCC
- Mental Health Commission of Canada
- MSM
- Men who have sex with men
- PHAC
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- PISA
- Programme for International Student Assessment
- PPD
- Postpartum Depression
- PYLL
- Potential years of life lost
- RHS
- First Nations Regional Health Survey
- SGBA
- Sex- and gender-based analysis
- STI
- Sexually transmitted infection
- UNESCO
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- WHO
- World Health Organization
- YPF
- Young and Potential Fathers Initiative
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