Briefing Notes

OPHA offers story ideas and synopses of current topics and emerging issues in public health on which OPHA’s subject matter experts and officially designated OPHA representatives are available for comment, or to provide context or explanations.

As the “Voice of Public Health” in Ontario, OPHA strongly encourages the provincial parties to renew their commitment to ensuring that the environments we live in are planned, built and governed in accordance with core public health foundations. In preparation for the upcoming 2011 provincial election, key issues were identified and recommendations were developed [PDF] with a system-wide and systematic perspective.

Public Health Primer for Provincial Candidates [Word doc] - July, 2007
– excellent resource explaining the basics; defines public health, puts it in context; in a Q&A format
– Word doc allows copy/pasting into own briefing documents


Alcohol Policy

Environmental Health

Violence Prevention