this email was sent out to the women's studies list -
follow the link. excellent resource to use, e.g., in lower level
courses for non majors (gotta love some of the cartoons)
From: "Kathleen OGrady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:29 PM
Subject: Canada: A Woman's Guide for Understanding Evidence about Health
Care
> Please let us know if you'd like a free hard copy (or
> free multiple copies) shipped to you or your
> organization, by contacting: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Be sure to send us your full mailing address - and
> please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
>
> The guide can also be downloaded for free (PDF), at:
> http://www.cewh-cesf.ca/PDF/health_reform/evidenceEN.pdf
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>
> Just out!
> A Women's Guide for Understanding Evidence about
> Health and Health Care
>
> >From the National Coordinating Group on Healthcare
> Reform and Women
> http://www.cewh-cesf.ca/healthreform/index.html
>
> Questions women should ask about health care evidence:
> *About truth and values:
> Who carries out, finds and benefits from the research?
>
> *About defining the research problem:
> What is the "problem?" How could it be defined
> differently?
>
> *About what counts:
> Do we use numbers or stories? Which numbers? Whose
> stories? Do we ask why and how? Or simply how much?
> What information is missing?
>
> *About authority and credibility:
> Who are the "experts" in the research?
>
> *Does evidence really matter?
> How does evidence inform health care decisions and
> health policy? Are there other factors at work?
>
> Turn on your TV, open the newspaper. Every day, women
> are bombarded with evidence - statistics, graphs,
> tables and reports. When it comes to health and
> health care reform, women face a blizzard of evidence
> that threatens to blind us rather than guide us.
>
> There is new evidence on HRT, evidence on waiting
> lists, evidence on genetically modified foods, and
> evidence on government spending on health care.
>
> All of this evidence is supposed to inform us and help
> us decide what action to take or not take. But the
> evidence often seems contradictory or seems to deny
> our own experiences.
>
> What counts as evidence? Where does it come from?
> How can women judge the evidence they see?
>
> In this guide we want to provide women with tools to
> assess arguments and evidence about women, health and
> health care reforms. Our aim is to help women make
> their own informed decisions.
>
> A Women's Guide for Understanding Evidence about
> Health and Health Care from the National Coordinating
> Group on Health Care Reform and Women
>
> is available for download at:
> http://www.cewh-cesf.ca/PDF/health_reform/evidenceEN.pdf
>
> To order free hard copies of the guide, contact:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The National Coordinating Group on Health Care Reform
> and Women A part of the Women's Health Contribution
> Program from the Bureau of Women's Health and Gender
> Analysis, Health Canada
>
>
> Kathleen O'Grady
> Canadian Women's Health Network
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 1-888-818-9172
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