The POWER Report
The POWER Report provides policy makers, providers, advocates and consumers with findings on the health differences between men and women and between various groups of women. Differences reported are associated with age, income, education, ethnicity, language and where the person lives in the province.
Reports assessing indicators of health and health care are a way of measuring and monitoring the performance of health care systems and the health of populations. Reporting and monitoring is an important strategy for improving the quality and outcomes of health care. Where possible, data are analyzed at the level of Ontario's Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs). Where data do not exist to support LHIN-level analysis, findings are reported at the provincial level.
The POWER Report will be released in two separate volumes that will be released sequentially. Each volume containing chapters devoted to leading causes of women's disability and mortality.
- Introduction to the POWER Study
- The POWER Study Framework
- Burden of Illness (the overall health of Ontarians)
- Cancer
- Depression
- Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
- Access to Health Care Services
- Musculoskeletal Disorders (arthritis, osteoporosis)
- Diabetes
- Reproductive and Gynaecological Health
- HIV Infection
- Older Women's Health
- Populations at Risk
- Conclusions and Policy Implications
POWER is creating a model of women's health reporting so that the information can be updated regularly and trends over time can be monitored.
In addition to the information contained in the chapters, PDFs of the PowerPoint slides from our launch presentations will be available here, within 24 hours of each release.
