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Press Release
CEC hosts national conference on “PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES IN ETHNOCULTURAL COMMUNITIES”
Ottawa, October 7, 2003 – The Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC) is hosting a national conference to launch a community-based model and culturally appropriate educational and promotional information on type 2 diabetes.
The conference will be held on Friday, November 7, 2003, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Momiji Health Care Society Centre, 3555 Kingston Road, Scarborough, Ontario. It will provide a forum for raising awareness of type 2 diabetes and sharing culturally appropriate educational and promotional materials out of health projects sponsored by the CEC and funded by Health Canada.
The information produced from these projects include multilingual brochures on physical activity and type 2 diabetes and posters on healthy living, a type 2 diabetes primary prevention model for high-risk ethnocultural groups, and a CD Rom with a list of raw and prepared foods for 10 ethnic groups.
Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, appears to be more common among Asian, Black and Hispanic populations than other ethnic groups. Research by the CEC has found that a large number of older adults from many ethnic populations have type 2 diabetes.
The event will be attended by more than 100 delegates and resource persons drawn from the three groups under study and other communities, nurses, doctors and educators specializing in the area of diabetes, dietitians, health care agencies, and officials from government, the private sector and non-governmental agencies and institutions.
“We hope that these deliberations will lead to better understanding of and respect for the challenges faced by those who have or are at risk of getting type 2 diabetes, as well as health care and other stakeholders involved in the prevention and management of the disease,” says Art Hagopian, President of the CEC.
The CEC, established in 1980, is Canada’s premier advocacy body on multiculturalism and the country’s only coalition of ethnocultural umbrella organizations. Since its inception, it has addressed a wide range of issues and initiatives including sponsorship of a series of community related health projects leading to a wealth of experience and expertise, and development of a strong network of health care providers and ethnocultural seniors across Canada. -30- For more information, please contact: Tel: (613) 230-3867 Fax: (613) 230-805 E-mail: cec@web.ca |
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