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Prince Edward Island Heart Health Dissemination Research Project: establishing a sustainable community mobilization
R White1, T Mitchell, E Gyorfi-Dyke
1PEI Department of Health and Social Services, P.O. Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8. REWHITE@gow.pe.ca
Promotion & Education
|October 27, 2001
Abstract:
This paper provides an overview of the Prince Edward Island Heart Health Program (PEIHHP) Dissemination Research Project. Prince Edward Island (PEI) is a small province in the Atlantic region of Canada with a population of 137,980. The Island's economy is dependent on the fishery, agriculture, and tourism industries. Although unemployment rates are high (14.4%), Prince Edward Island has the lowest poverty rate in the country at 15.2%, high levels of social support (86%), and the second lowest rate of high chronic stress (Report on the Health of Canadians, 1996, 1999).