OPHA News

OPHA's 2012-2013 Membership Drive Is now Open. Join us for the first time or renew your membership to receive OPHA's member benefits.

Latest Events:

• SAVE THE DATE - Health Promotion Annual Conference: Building Connections between Promoting Health and the Social Determinants of Health - September 27 [PDF]
• 2012 Fall Forum on eHealth Innovations in Public Health registration to start late May, early June.
• OPHA and its collaborators are delighted to be announcing that it will be hosting its 2012 Fall Forum.  This year's theme is:  "eHealth Innovations in Public Health", and is in keeping with this year's OPHA/PHO/alPHa TOPHC theme ("staying ahead of the curve").  We have an exciting line-up of speakers, panels, and workshops lined up including:  OntarioMD, PANORAMA, Public Health Ontario, EMRs, and health information analytics to name a few.  OPHA and its collaborating partners (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Algoma Public Health Unit, Public Health Ontario, Region of Waterloo Pubilc Health, and Toronto Public Health) are excited to be providing a platform that will encourage dialogue, exchange and visioning of eHealth in public health in Ontario.  So mark your calendars - the event is set for October 23, 2012 in Toronto.  Registration and Program details to follow in the coming weeks - stay tuned.  Discounted registration prices will be offered for OPHA members - so if you are not yet a member or have not renewed your membership, do so now by following this link - Membership. Inquiries please contact:  Magdalena Wasilewska at rassistant@opha.on.ca

 

Latest OPHA News and Issues:

• Registration Now Open for OPHA's Health and the Built Environment Spring Webinar Series. For more details on each webinar and to register for one or all of the sessions, click here.

• Webinar Announcement: "Engaging Priority Populations," July 16, 2012 @ noon. For complete details, click here.

• OPHA's April newsletter is now available. Updates on OPHA's work groups, the NRC and OPHA's 2012-2013 Membership Drive.

• Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Marketing Unveiled, a report from the Association pour la santé publique du Québec, in partnership with OPHA and 3 others, is now available in English:

  • Volume I: The Product

  • Volume II:The Price

  • Volume III: Summary: Distribution

• "OPHA Concerned about Missed Opportunities in 2012 Ontario Budget". Read OPHA's Response to the 2012 Provincial Budget.
• On March 16, 2012, OPHA and alPHa submitted a joint response to the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario. Our response highlighted that any change to the way social assistance is disbursed in Ontario should have as its objective to reduce poverty and secure a decent income for those seeking social assistance in the province. Our complete response is now available.
• Read what OPHA has been up to lately. The winter edition of our newsletter is now available.
• Announcement: Transition of Alcohol Policy Network (APN) to Public Health Ontario [Read More]
• OPHA to Divest of HC Link [Read More] [Joint HC Link and OPHA Announcement]
• Media Release: Ontario Public Health Association Welcomes the Drummond Commission’s Recommendation to Focus on Prevention [Read More]
• Media Release: Ontario Public Health Association Welcomes Provincial Health Action Plan [Read more]
• OPHA Final Annual Report 2010–11 [PDF]

Latest General News and Issues:

• New Public Health Ontario and Cancer Care Ontario Report Taking Action to Prevent Chronic Disease: Recommendations for a Healthier Ontario now available.

• Another Successful Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity Forum! The Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) held the ninth annual Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity forum, which brought together experts from across Ontario to tackle pressing questions about preventing alcohol-related harms.This year’s event attracted nearly 90 participants and was held on Monday, February 27 and Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at the Novotel North York Hotel. [Read More]. Download all presentations and related information shared at the forum here.

• OCDPA Advocacy Update - Better Health is Worth 0.5%. Ontario is facing an urgent healthcare crisis [Read more]

• Fewer Ontario teens are smoking cigarettes than ever before -- good news that is tempered by continuing concerns around binge drinking, and driving while under the influence of cannabis by latest CAMH study. Click here for more info
  

Other Events

• 3rd Annual Hot Topics for Those Working with Pregnant Families Workshop to Be Held on Friday, May 4, 2012 in Kitchener. Click here for complete details.

• Chronic Diseases Are Taking Toll on Canadians: Canada ranks 10th in population health among 17 countries in The Conference Board of Canada’s 2012 Health Report Card.

• Dr. David Butler-Jones responds to CPCHE-OCDPA collaboration [PDF] on the links between early environmental exposures and major chronic diseases. Read more about the collaboration here.

• The Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health was adopted on October 21 at the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health. Click here to read more.