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The Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy: implementation of a population-based osteoporosis action plan in Canada

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In the last decade, there have been a number of action plans published to highlight the importance of preventing osteoporosis and related fractures. In the province of Ontario Canada, the Ministry of Health provided funding for the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy. The goal is to reduce morbidity, mortality, and costs from osteoporosis and related fractures through an integrated and comprehensive approach aimed at health promotion and disease management. This paper describes the components of the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy and progress on implementation efforts as of March 2009. There are five main components: health promotion; bone mineral density testing, access, and quality; postfracture care; professional education; and research and evaluation. Responsibility for implementation of the initiatives within the components is shared across a number of professional and patient organizations and academic teaching hospitals with osteoporosis researchers. The lessons learned from each phase of the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy provides a tremendous opportunity to inform other jurisdictions embarking on implementing similar large-scale bone health initiatives.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Ministry of Health in Ontario for their support of the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy. Dr. Susan Jaglal holds the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Chair at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gillian Hawker holds the F.M. Hill Chair in Academic Women’s Medicine. Dr. Alexandra Papiaoannou holds the Eli Lilly Canada Research Chair in Osteoporosis.

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  1. Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, 160-500 University Ave, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V7, Canada

    S. B. Jaglal & C. Cameron

  2. Medicine and Rheumatology, Women’s College Hospital and University of Toronto, 76 Grenville St, Room 815, Toronto, ON, M5S 1B2, Canada

    G. Hawker

  3. Negotiations and Accountability Management Division/Acute Services and Chronic Disease Unit, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, 1075 Bay St. Suite 601, Toronto, ON, M5S 2B1, Canada

    J. Canavan

  4. Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 1WB, Canada

    D. Beaton

  5. Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, 55 Queen St. E, Suite 800, Toronto, ON, M5C 1R6, Canada

    E. Bogoch

  6. Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy, Osteoporosis Canada, 1090 Don Mills Rd, Suite 310, Toronto, ON, M3C 3R6, Canada

    R. Jain

  7. Division of Geriatrics/Department of Medicine, McMaster University, 563 Sanatorium Rd, Building 74, Hamilton, ON, L9C 7N4, Canada

    A. Papaioannou

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Jaglal, S.B., Hawker, G., Cameron, C. et al. The Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy: implementation of a population-based osteoporosis action plan in Canada. Osteoporos Int 21, 903–908 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-010-1206-5

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