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Built Environment
Recognizing the health impacts of the natural and human-made surroundings in which we live, work, and play.
Workshops Presentations
Topics: Built Environment BC, Canada
Agenda
Presentations:
Overview of HBE and impacts on public healthLarry Frank, University of British Columbia
Healthy Canada by Design: Case StudiesAlice Miro, CLASP NationalHelena Swinkels, Fraser Health AuthorityClaire Gram, Vancouver Coastal HealthJani Urquhart, Vancouver Island Health Authority
Healthy Built Environment in the NetherlandsErna van Balen, NCCEH
NCCEH Healthy Built Environment...
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Presentations:
Toronto’s Response to Bed BugsRon de Burger & Tracy Leach, Toronto Public Health
Current Bed Bug TechnologiesTaz Stuart, TDTS Consulting
Bed Bug Management: Preliminary Survey of Public Health Agencies in CanadaDaniel Fong, Mark Lysyshyn & Tom Kosatsky, NCCEH/BCCDC
Future Bed Bug TechnologiesTaz Stuart, TDTS Consulting
Bed bugs, Housing and Montreal Public HealthStéphane...
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Event
Mapping the Built Environment: Peel Public Health’s Healthy Development Mapping and Monitoring Project
Topics: Built Environment BC, Canada
The impact of the built environment on health and chronic disease outcomes is increasingly being recognized. The Region of Peel – Public Health has been at the forefront of collaborating with Regional and local municipal planning departments to create innovative approaches to entrenching health as an explicit consideration in the land use planning process. Successful implementation of public...
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Topics: Air, Built Environment, Children's Environmental Health, Drinking Water, Equity, Food, Indoor Air, Public Facilities, Radiation, Recreational Water BC, Canada
The annual conference is designed to help attendees learn new methods of fostering safe, healthy and inclusive communities by showcasing the latest work and research within the realm of public health and beyond. Some topics that will be discussed include: Violence prevention at the individual & societal level, health equity, health literacy, fostering healthy relationships, keeping...
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NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series - Public Health Surveillance of Housing Conditions: Recent Data From Montreal and Thoughts on Improving Impacts on Policy
The BCCDC/NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series provides an opportunity for learning and knowledge exchange on a variety of environmental health topics. The seminars can be attended in-person or online.
Speaker: Dr. David Kaiser, Specialist Physician, Montreal Public Health
Abstract: Housing conditions are a fundamental determinant of health and one of the core targets of public health...
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