Excerpts from the report:
The first of nine National Health Goals for Canada is to have "children reach their full potential, growing up happy, healthy, confident and secure." Yet not all children and youth in our country have that opportunity.
In this report, the Health Council of Canada highlights the inequalities that continue to threaten child and youth health, reinforces what we know about how to improve child health, and challenges governments and communities to put that knowledge into action.
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In this report, we showcase some initiatives that help adolescents to steer clear of crime, children to be more physically active, and young students with hearing problems to do better in school. We also describe a highly integrated parenting, early learning, child care and kindergarten program, located in schools, that is helping parents give their young children the best start in life. In the report and in a video on our website, we put the spotlight on Healthy Child Manitoba, a government-wide initiative to promote child health that has the support of leaders in government and the community.