Northern B.C. Man Challenge Aims to Improve Health of Men
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 @ 3:50 AM
Prince George, B.C.- Men’s Health is the focus of a new website set up by Northern Health.
Called “Northern BC Man Challenge” it is located at men.northernhealth.ca. “The website is structured to provide health information in a unique format specifically designed for men in Northern BC,” said NH Men’s Health Coordinator Brandon Grant. “For example, men will be able to submit health related questions to a medical health officer who will respond through blogs on the questions and topic areas raised.”
The “Northern BC Man Challenge” website is part of a larger men’s health strategy. The men’s health consultations, which took place in 2010, led to a report on men’s health by Medical Health Officer Dr. David Bowering in November 2010. This report provided the recommendations for a strategy to address the issues related to poor health among men, and the launch of the website is one step in a process to begin to inform and educate men about their choices.
“We know that men in Northern BC are not accessing health services in a proactive manner,” said Dr. David Bowering, former Chief Medical Officer for NH (currently the NW Medical Health Officer) and author of the Men’s Health Report. “This is especially concerning since these men have shorter life expectancies and poorer health outcomes than women and men in other areas of BC.”
Key components of the men’s health site include:
- Healthy recipes
- Health quizzes
- Tips on getting active
- “Ask Dr. B” – a blog by Dr. David Bowering
- Monthly contests
- Facts and statistics around men’s health
- Stories and testimonials from real Northern men
The men’s health program invites anyone interested in helping to improve the health of Northern BC men to share their stories, provide pictures of active living, and most importantly, learn more about their health by visiting this website.
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“Northern BC men to share their stories, provide pictures of active living”
Pictures and stories, eh. I thought that was what sites such as facebook and twitter were all about.
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