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Join paediatric colleagues and ENDORSE the Canadian Child and Youth Health and Housing ACTION STATEMENT!</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#E46C0A'>PLEASE ENDORSE and DISTRIBUTE!</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Français suit)</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C0504D'> </span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#215968'>HOUSING IMPACTS CHILDREN’S HEALTH:</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'> </span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'>Join paediatric colleagues</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'> and <b>endorse</b></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'>the Canadian Child and Youth Health and Housing</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'>ACTION STATEMENT!</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B050'> </span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#E46C0A'><a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>www.housingandchildhealth.ca</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Representatives from key paediatric health sciences centres have worked together to raise the awareness of the impact of housing on the healthy development of children and youth, and to facilitate a national dialogue on this important determinant of health.<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Housing is much more than shelter. It plays a crucial role in the healthy development of children and youth, and influences immediate and long-term physical and mental health. When children live in housing that is crowded, too expensive or in need of major repair, they are at increased risk of injury, psychological distress, malnutrition, lower school performance, behaviour problems, and exposure to communicable diseases.<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'>ENDORSE</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#E46C0A'><a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca/english/action-statement/"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>The</span><span style='color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='color:#E46C0A'>Canadian Child and Youth Health and Housing ACTION STATEMENT</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Both<b> </b>organizational and individual endorsements welcomed!</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'>VISIT</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#E46C0A'> <a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca/english/action-statement/"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>The website</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#E46C0A'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'>READ</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> The evidence-based supporting report <b><span style='color:#E46C0A'><a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca/english/resources/"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>More Than Shelter: The impact of Housing on the Health of Children and Youth in Canada</span></a></span></b><i>.</i> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#215968'>JOIN </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other early <b><span style='color:#E46C0A'><a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca/english/action-statement/"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>endorsers</span></a></span></b> including the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Ottawa); Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto); Janeway Children’s Hospital/Eastern Health (St. John’s); IWK Women’s and Children’s (Halifax); McMaster Children’s Hospital (Hamilton);</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#1F497D'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA> </span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#31859C'>VEUILLEZ SIGNIFIER VOTRE APPUI ET DISTRIBUER!</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#E46C0A'> </span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#604A7B'>LE LOGEMENT A DES RÉPERCUSSIONS SUR LA SANTÉ DES ENFANTS :</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#604A7B'>Joignez-vous à vos collègues en pédiatrie et appuyez la <span style='text-transform:uppercase'>déclaration</span> du Réseau canadien</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#604A7B'>de santé et de logement des enfants et des adolescents!</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=FR-CA> </span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#31859C'><a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca/"><span style='color:#31859C'>www.housingandchildhealth.ca</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>Des représentants de centres de sciences de la santé pédiatriques clé ont travaillé ensemble à la sensibilisation de la population sur les répercussions du logement sur le développement des enfants et des adolescents en vue de faciliter également un dialogue national sur cet important déterminant de la santé.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA>Le logement est plus qu’un simple toit. Il joue un rôle crucial dans le développement des enfants et des adolescents et a d’importantes répercussions sur la santé physique et mentale à court et à long terme. Quand les enfants vivent dans un milieu surpeuplé, trop cher ou qui a besoin de sérieuses réparations, ils courent un plus grand risque de se blesser, de subir une certaine détresse psychologique, de mal se nourrir, de manifester un rendement médiocre à l’école ainsi que des problèmes de comportement et de se trouver exposés à des maladies contagieuses.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#604A7B'>APPUYEZ</span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#E46C0A'> </span></b><span lang=FR-CA> <b><span style='color:#31859C'><a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca/english/action-statement/"><span style='color:#31859C'>la déclaration du Réseau canadien de la santé et du logement des enfants et des adolescents</span></a></span></b></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA> <span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Nous acceptons les appuis institutionnels et individuels</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#604A7B'>CONSULTEZ</span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#E46C0A'> </span></b><span lang=FR-CA> <b><span style='color:#31859C'><a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca/français/ressources/"><span style='color:#31859C'>le site web</span></a></span></b></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#604A7B'>LISEZ </span></b><b><span lang=FR-CA style='color:#E46C0A'> </span></b><span lang=FR-CA> <span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>les données probantes qui sous-tendent le rapport intitulé <b><span style='color:#31859C'><a href="http://www.housingandchildhealth.ca/français/ressources/"><span style='color:#31859C'>Plus qu’un simple toit</span></a></span></b></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#604A7B'>JOIGNEZ-VOUS</span></b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#604A7B'> </span><span lang=FR-CA>aux autres participants qui ont avalisé cette initiative tels le Centre hospitalier pour enfants de l’est de l’Ontario (Ottawa); the Hospital for Sick Children et le Department of Paediatrics <span style='color:#1F497D'><br> </span>de l’hôpital St. Michael (Toronto); l’hôpital pour enfants Janeway/Eastern Health (St Jean de Terre-Neuve); IWK Women’s and Children’s (Halifax); McMaster Children’s (Hamilton);</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>