You are here
Canada
Document
Our HeatAdvice project was about the advice provided to the public for protection against heat-related illness. The potential impact of elevated temperatures on mortality and morbidity are severe. Every year, hospitalizations and deaths in numbers well above average, occur during and just after days of extreme heat, particularly in vulnerable populations.
HeatAdvice was developed by the NCCEH...
View Full Article This summary provides current evidence on the effect iveness of a variety of described heat interventions by highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each. The authors argue that in the absence of a formal evaluation of effectiveness, and given the limited evaluations of interventions so far accomplished, it is difficult to present a complete review on this topic. The authors also caution...
View Full Article
Workshops Presentations
Warmer Day Mortality in Yellowknife and Whitehorse: Are There Already Demonstrable Climate Change Impacts?
International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH) 14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
View Full Article
Topics: Aboriginal Environmental Health, Climate NS, Canada
Presentations:
Inuit Environment and Health: One Issue under Climate ChangeOnalee Randell, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
Prescription for a Healthy Canada: Towards a National Environmental Health Strategy David Boyd, Trudeau Scholar at the University of British Columbia (UBC)
Environmental Sustainability and Impacts on Health: Building an AgendaRay Copes, NCCEH
Workshop Report
View Full ArticleEvent
Part of the Year of Climate Change and Health webinar series, this fourth installment will highlight the lung and heart health impacts of air pollution exposure in a changing climate. Brought to you by APHA, the American Lung Association, the Global Health Climate and Health Alliance, the U.S. Climate and Health Alliance, the Planetary Health Alliance and the Medical Society Consortium on...
View Full Article
Public Health Ontario (PHO) - Enjoy the sun safely: Protect your skin, protect your eyes: The updated recommended core content for sun safety
Topics: Climate, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis General, Canada
This presentation describes the updated recommended core content for sun safety messages in Canada. It will review the evidence and process used to achieve consensus on key facts and recommended protective action statements (e.g., shade, clothing, sunscreen and eye protection) for public education. It is based on a paper published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health (2016; vol 107, no 4-5...
View Full Article
American Public Health Association (APHA) - Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications and Guidance
Join ecoAmerica, Climate for Health, Dr. Susan Clayton (Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology, College of Wooster) and Dr. Howard Kurtzman (acting executive director of the American Psychological Association's Science Directorate) for a free webinar highlighting the insights found in this report. Participants can expect to:
Discover and better understand the links between physical impact,...
View Full Article
Public Health Ontario (PHO) et al. - The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC) 2017: Global challenges. Local solutions.
Topics: Aboriginal Environmental Health, Built Environment, Contaminants and Hazards, Children's Environmental Health, Climate, Communicable & Infectious Diseases, Emergency Preparedness, Equity, Food, Practices and Procedures, Tobacco Reduction ON, Canada
The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC) is hosted jointly by Public Health Ontario, the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), and the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa).
TOPHC is your opportunity to connect with health professionals from Ontario and beyond to share knowledge and develop skills related to public health. For three days in March we will explore this year’s...
View Full Article
National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) - Communicating the Risk of Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate
What are effective means available to public health practitioners in communicating risk of infectious diseases to the public? When a new outbreak emerges, how can public health convey facts and risks accurately to the public and to policy makers? How are risks interpreted by various audiences?
These are examples of some of the questions that public health professionals may grapple with during a...
View Full Article