The Nova Scotia Health Survey 1995 was a collaborative effort among many individuals, researchers, and scientists across Nova Scotia and Canada. Planning, budgeting, and decision-making were managed by a Steering Committee. Members of the Steering Committee were:
David MacLean
Co-Principal Investigator, NSHS95 and
Principal Investigator,
Heart Health Nova Scotia
Head, Department of Community
Health and Epidemiology
Dalhousie University
Jeffrey Scott,
Co-Principal Investigator, NSHS95 and
Chief Medical Officer of Health
Nova Scotia Department of Health
Hope Beanlands
Coordinator Communicable Disease
Prevention and Control
Public Health&Health Promotion
Operations and Regional Support Branch
Nova Scotia Department of Health
Anne Cogdon
Project Officer
Heart Health Nova Scotia
Karina Davidson
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Psychology and
Community Health and Epidemiology
Dalhousie University
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama
David Elliott
Medical Consultant
Health Information&Evaluation
Strategic Planning&
Policy Development Branch
Nova Scotia Department of Health
Jane Farquharson
Program Coordinator
Heart Health Nova Scotia
Robert Hood
Research Coordinator
Heart Health Nova Scotia
Bonita LeBlance
Nurse Manager
School Health Program
Public Health Services, Central Region
Nova Scotia Department of Health
Terry Mills
Program Evaluation Analyst
Health Information and Evaluation
Strategic Planning and Policy Development branch
Nova Scotia Department of Health
Hermann Wolf
Professor, Physiology and Biophysics and
Principal Investigator
Halifax County MONICA Project (WHO)
Faculty of Medicine
Dalhousie University
George Kephart
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health
and Epidemiology
Dalhousie University
Prior to implementing the survey, the content and methodology were critiqued by a panel of leading scientists at a Critical Review Session. Before releasing the survey report, the methods, results and conclusions were reviewed by a Scientific Data Interpretation Committee. Our thanks to members of these panels for their guidance and constructive comments.
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Dr. John Farquhar, Ph.D. Chair 2 Scientific Data Interpretation Committee Director, Stanford Centre for Research Stanford Medical School Stanford University |
Dr. Ann-Louise Assaf 1 Associate Professor (Rsch) School of Medicine Brown University |
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Dr. Gilles Dagenais 2 Professeur et Président Département de Médecine Université de Montréal |
Dr. George Fodor 1,2 University of Ottawa Heart Institute Ottawa Civic Hospital |
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Jane Irvine, Ph.D. 1,2 Department of Psychology Departments of Psychiatry& Behavioral Science Toronto General Hospital |
Tom Lassater, Ph.D. 2 Assoc. Director and Professor of Community Health (Rsch) Division of Health Education School of Medicine Brown University |
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Dr. Brian O'Connor 2 Medical Officer of Health North Shore Health Department North Vancouver Co-Principal Investigator British Columbia Heart Health Program |
Dr. Shaun Peck 2
Deputy Provincial Health Officer Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors British Columbia |
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Dr. Sylvie Stachenko 2 Director, Preventive Health Services Division Health Services and Promotion Branch Health Canada |
Mr. Russell Wilkins 1 Senior Analyst Occupational and Environmental Health Research Canadian Centre for Health Information Statistics Canada |
1 Member of Critical Review Panel
2 Member of Scientific Data Interpretation
Committee
Consultants to the Critical Review Panel and Scientific Data Interpretation Committee
Phillip Connelly
Director of the Core Lipid Laboratory
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario
Mukund Nargundkar
Assistant Director, Special Survey Methods Subdivision
Statistics Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
The Steering Committee gratefully acknowledges Dr. Andres Petrasovits, Chief, Cardiovascular Disease Unit, Disease Prevention Division, Health Canada for his advice and encouragement throughout the project's planning and design, and interpretation of the survey results.
Public Health Nurses from the Nova Scotia Department of Health carried out the field work for the survey. The Steering Committee recognizes and applauds the incredible effort, tenacity, and professionalism of these nurses as they contacted and interviewed the survey respondents. The field staff included:
| Karen Blanchard | Joan Ingraham | Linda Sampson |
| Linda Dieltgens | Cathy Johnson | Debbie Sarson |
| Suzanne Downie | Marsha LeBlanc | Linda Tatlock |
| Roberta Earle | Barbara Lindthaler | Nicole Wallot |
| Annette Fougere | Diana MacDonald | Jean White |
| Faye Fraser | Anne MacKenzie | Elsie Whitehouse |
| Shauna MacDonald Grant | S. Ann MacKenzie | Joanne Wood Landry |
| Sharon Griffen | Joan Mikkelson | Mary Rose Wong |
| Sheila Hamilton | Barbara O'Brien | Barb Young |
| Mary Hyland | Mary Power |
Regional coordination duties were undertaken by nurse managers Heather Christian, Dianne Vaughan, Lynn Berger, Linda Tatlock, and Bonita LeBlanc. A significant contribution to the overall coordination of the field work was made by Bonita LeBlanc, Department of Health Field Coordinator. Acknowledgement is also extended to the community hospitals and health centres who provided clinic facilities and support for blood collection and anthropometric measurements.
Along with members of the Steering Committee, several people contributed significantly to the writing and editing of this report. The first draft was written by Cathy Simpson, editing was completed by Barbara MacKeigan. Ongoing writing and editing was undertaken by Rob Hood, Jane Farquharson, Anne Cogdon and Barbara MacKeigan with invaluable secretarial support by Tina Bakari. Our appreciation is also extended to Barb Lacy and Pan Andreou for running the statistics for the survey data.
In particular, the Steering Committee extends a special thanks to the residents of Nova Scotia who took the time to share valuable information about themselves and their health.