Appendix A: The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada, 2009 – List of acronyms

Appendix A: List of Acronyms

ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

AHBHC

Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children

AHWS

Aboriginal and Healing Wellness Strategy

AVHPSP

Annapolis Valley Health Promoting School Project

AVRSB

Annapolis Valley Regional School Board

CANPLAY

Canadian Physical Activity Levels of Children and Youth Study

CAPC

Community Action Program for Children

CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CHIRPP

Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program

CIS

Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect

CMA

Census Metropolitan Areas

CPHO

Chief Public Health Officer

CPNP

Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program

CPNP-FNIC

Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program-First Nations and Inuit Component

CPSS

Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System

CSA

Canadian Standards Association

ECD

Early Childhood Development

ECE

Early Childhood Education

EDI

Early Development Instrument

FASD

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HUS

Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome

IMR

Infant Mortality Rate

INAC

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

IQ

Intelligence Quotient

LICO

Low-Income Cut-Off

MES

Maternal Experiences Survey

NLSCY

National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

ROE

Roots of Empathy

RHS

First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey

SARS

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SES

Socio-economic Status

SIDS

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

STI

Sexually Transmitted Infection

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

WHO

World Health Organization

WIS

Working Income Supplement