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Identifying health priorities in sea level rise adaptation planning
April 11, 2023
Photo credit: Tuktoyaktuk, NWT Credit: Dept of Environment and Natural Resources, GNWT (with permission) This report is part 4 of 4 from the NCCEH/CLIMAtlantic “Sea level rise and public health…
Community-based adaptation approaches to sea level rise and health
March 15, 2023
Photo credit: Ville de Belle-Baie, New Brunswick. Credit Pascal Chiasson (2020), with permission This report is part 3 of 4 from the NCCEH/CLIMAtlantic “Sea level rise and public health implications…
Canadian green spaces during COVID-19: Public health benefits and planning for resilience
March 16, 2022
Key Messages Canadian green spaces saw marked changes in visitation during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. These included city parks and provincial and national parks, as well as informal…
COVID-19 precautions for multi-unit residential buildings
March 31, 2020
Introduction Multi-unit residential buildings bring together tens to hundreds of people within the same building envelope and in contact with the same common areas. In contrast to those living in…
Artificial turf: Contributions and limits of health research in decision making
November 13, 2019
Artificial turf continues to elicit public health concern as a potential risk to children’s health, which has prompted research investment to generate better and more comprehensive risk assessments.…
Green Space and Mental Health: Pathways, Impacts and Gaps
March 25, 2015
Around the globe, mental health disorders are a significant and growing cause of ill health and early death, with the burden of such diseases increasing by more than a third between 1990 and 2010.…
Effective Indoor Air Interventions
January 13, 2015
Canadians typically spend about 90% of their time indoors. Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) resulting from biological and chemical exposures is associated with the development of acute and chronic…
Cardiovascular Health, Traffic-related Air Pollution and Noise: Are associations mutually confounded? A systematic review
July 14, 2013
This review assessed the confounding effect of one traffic-related exposure (noise or air pollutants) on the association between the other exposure and cardiovascular outcomes. A systematic review…
[ARCHIVED] Health Effects from Mould Exposure in Indoor Environments - revised
July 14, 2012
[This content has been archived. We archive content that is dated 10 years or older or content with rapidly evolving evidence or guidance that is now out of date (e.g., COVID-19). If you have…
Wind Turbines and Health - revised
February 14, 2013
Noise and Low Frequency Sound The sound level associated with wind turbines at common residential setbacks is not sufficient to damage hearing, but may lead to annoyance and sleep disturbance.…