Index of Public Health Resources by Topic or Issue
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Environmental Health
Bulletin of the Canadian Network for Human Health and the Environment
Toxic Use Reduction Legislation Recommendations [PDF, 109kb], 2008
The Take Charge on Toxics campaign — a partnership including the Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Environmental Law Association, United Steelworkers, The Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition and OPHA committed to supporting the development of an environmental and occupational carcinogen use reduction strategy in Ontario — has developed a set of ten recommendations to be promoted in the process of creating toxic use reduction regulations.- Press Release [PDF]
- Key Messages [PDF]
- Canadian Cancer Society Factum [PDF]
Cancer and the Environment in Ontario: Gap Analysis on the Reduction of Environmental Carcinogens [PDF], OPHA Environmental Health Workgroup, July 20, 2007
Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease [PDF], World Health Organization, 2006
How much disease could be prevented through better management of our environment? The environment influences our health in many ways — through exposures to physical, chemical and biological risk factors, and through related changes in our behaviour in response to those factors. To answer this question, the available scientific evidence was summarized and more than 100 experts were consulted for their estimates of how much environmental risk factors contribute to the disease burden of 85 diseases.Child Health and the Environment: a Primer, Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE), November, 2005
School Buses, Air Pollution and Children's Health: Improving Children's Health and Local Air Quality by Reducing School Bus Emissions [PDF, 5.9MB], Kim Perrotta, Manager, OPHA Environmental Health Program, Ontario Public Health Association, November, 2005
Retrofitting Transit Buses to Reduce Air Emissions [PPT, 145kb]
Emission Reduction Options for Ontario School Buses (PDF, 465kb), October, 2005
Environmental Threats to Children: Understanding the Risks, Enabling Prevention (PDF, 1.0MB), Dr. David McKeown, Medical Officer of Health, Toronto Public Health, September, 2005
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Fuelling Clean Air: Municipal Fuel Purchasing Policies that Reduce Emissions Contributing to Poor Air Quality and Climate Change (PDF), Kim Perrotta, Air Quality Coordinator, Ontario Public Health Association, March, 2003
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Beyond Coal: Power, Public Health and the Environment (PDF), Kim Perrotta, OPHA Air Quality Coordinator, Ontario Public Health Association, November, 2002
last reviewed: October 2008
Ethnicity-related Health Impacts
- THRIVE: Tool for Health and Resilience In Vulnerable Environments, web-based tool, Prevention Insititute, October 2006
This tool is designed to help communities identify and foster factors in the community environment that will improve health outcomes and reduce disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities. The THRIVE tool guides users through an interactive process to prioritize health concerns for their communities and identify those factors that hold the most promise for improving health outcomes and reducing disparities.
last reviewed: October 2008
Evidence-Informed Practice
Towards Evidence-Informed Practice, a project of the Heart Health Resource Centre at OPHA, was created to help practitioners increase their use of evidence in health promotion programming. They are working toward this goal by developing tools and resources, and providing consultation and networking opportunities.
Visit their web site at http://teip.hhrc.netNational Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools focuses on improving access to and use of evidence-based methods and tools for stakeholders involved in policy making, program decision making, practice, and research in Canada.
Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Portal provides services and supports needed to better incorporate evidence into program and policy decisions related to health promotion and chronic disease prevention.
- www.health-evidence.ca is a free, searchable online registry, of published research evidence, in the form of systematic reviews, evaluating public health interventions. This registry houses over 1,100 reviews and is updated quarterly. All reviews on health-evidence.ca have been assessed for methodological quality to help you quickly find the best research evidence available to support the decisions you make. Health-evidence.ca has been a go-to resource for Canadian public health decision makers since its launch in 2005.
last reviewed: July 2010
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