CWHN has been working closely with Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of "Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol", on the new website National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
In particular (at the YouTube icon at the bottom of the page) you can watch several short video clips from our 2013 National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
To learn more about Ann Dowsett Johnson’s book, listen to her interview on CBC Sunday Edition with Michael Enright.
And check out girlswomenalcohol.org for information on the upcoming 2014 National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
- See more at: http://www.cwhn.ca/en/node/46143#sthash.ZPn1HUnu.dpuf
CWHN has been working closely with Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of "Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol", on the new website National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
In particular (at the YouTube icon at the bottom of the page) you can watch several short video clips from our 2013 National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
To learn more about Ann Dowsett Johnson’s book, listen to her interview on CBC Sunday Edition with Michael Enright.
And check out girlswomenalcohol.org for information on the upcoming 2014 National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
- See more at: http://www.cwhn.ca/en/node/46143#sthash.ZPn1HUnu.dpuf
This report presents the preliminary findings from focus groups with young women (18-24) held in Toronto, Ontario to discuss their understanding and realities related to alcohol and drinking, and the best ways to communicate the health impacts of drinking. The CWHN Girls, Women and Alcohol Focus Groups report was prepared with financial support from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) in March 2014 as part of ongoing work related to young women and drinking. Read the focus group report.
You could win a $50 coffee card by taking this 5 to 10-minute survey on drinking from the Canadian Women's Health Network:
For one young woman's story, watch: Chiara de Blasio Tells Her Story - YouTube video of daughter of the incoming Mayor of New York City (December 2013)
CWHN has been working closely with Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of "Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol," on the new website National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
In particular (at the YouTube icon at the bottom of the website home page) you can watch several short video clips from our 2013 National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
To learn more about Ann Dowsett Johnson’s book, listen to her interview on CBC Sunday Edition with Michael Enright.
And check out girlswomenalcohol.org for information on the upcoming 2014 National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol.
This CWHN webinar recording is now online! View the webinar here (53 minutes)
In this webinar, CWHN Executive Director Anne Rochon Ford interviews Ann Dowsett Johnston about her research, including questions and comments from viewers.
Presented by the Canadian Women’s Health Network and the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
Alcohol is a favourite drug for many people, and women may be having more problems with alcohol than many of us would like to think. Journalist Ann Dowsett Johnston spent a year talking with women, researchers and policy-makers to learn why women drink, and how alcohol affects us differently from men. The results are unsettling.
For more information about this issue, read Ann Dowsett Johnston's article
Women and Alcohol: To your health? published June 7, 2012 in CWHN’s Network magazine.
Related links:
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Blog: Girls, Women, Alcohol, and Pregnancy
Coalescing on Women and Substance Abuse: Linking Research, Practice and Policy
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health publications
Girls, Women and Alcohol: Making Informed Choices
Women and Alcohol: A Women’s Health Resource
Alcohol and Pregnancy - Best Start Resources
Recovering Love: Mothers, their families, drugs and alcohol - A film by Laura Sky
Taking Charge: Young women, alcohol & sexual assault - Parent Action on Drugs
Women and Alcohol: A Special Report by Ann Dowsett Johnston – The 2010-2011 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy (Series published in the Toronto Star) PDF attached below.
Toronto Star article, Alcohol one of Canada’s top health threats: Study discusses a new report by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health that identifies alcohol as one of the greatest public health threats in Canada. It also mentions CWHN’s Invitational Roundtable in Toronto on March 8, 2013 which was co-chaired by Anne Rochon Ford, CWHN’s executive director, and Atkinson Fellow Ann Dowsett Johnston. Read the column by Judith Timson in the Toronto Star What can be done about our binge-drinking girls? published March 14, 2013.
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