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Recognizing the health impacts of the natural and human-made surroundings in which we live, work, and play.

Building Safe & Inclusive Communities: The Public Health Approach

Topics: Built Environment, Children's Environmental Health, Drinking Water, Equity, Food, Indoor Air, Public Facilities, Radiation, Recreational Water
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…
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Conversation series: From risk to resilience: A health equity approach to pandemic preparedness, response and recovery

Topics: Built Environment, COVID-19, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response, Equity
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH), Office of the Chief PHO of Canada This 5-part conversation series is anchored in findings from the chief public health officer (CPHO…
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COVID-19 Precautions for Multi-unit Residential Buildings

Topics: Built Environment, Contaminants and Hazards, COVID-19, Indoor Air, Infectious Diseases, Practices and Procedures
The transmission of COVID-19, which occurs primarily through close contact with an infected person, has made it necessary for large proportions of the world’s population to self-isolate in their…
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Make our communities healthier with better air quality during and post-pandemic: CANUE

Topics: Built Environment, COVID-19, Infectious Diseases, Outdoor Air
The abrupt change in our lives brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic is and will continue to affect us all deeply.  There are obvious changes of limited movement and social interaction with many…
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NCCEH Ron de Burger Student Award Winners for 2018

Topics: Built Environment, Contaminants and Hazards
Presentation 1: Exploring the Relationship between the Built Environment and Social Isolation and Loneliness: Implications for Public Policy Summary: Purported to be as much of a risk factor for…
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Regrettable replacements: The case of chemical flame retardants

Topics: Built Environment, Chemical Agents, Contaminants and Hazards
In the 1970s, fire regulations began requiring the addition of chemical flame retardants (CFRs) to a variety of consumer products. Now, we find these compounds in products as diverse as cell phones,…
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Sicker, Fatter, Poorer

Topics: Built Environment, Contaminants and Hazards, Indoor Air, Outdoor Air
Dr. Leonardo Trasande a pediatrician, professor, and world-renowned researcher, will tell us a story of how our everyday surroundings are making us sicker, fatter, and poorer.  He uncovers evidence…
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Summer is coming: Wildfire smoke + COVID-19

Topics: Built Environment, Contaminants and Hazards, COVID-19, Outdoor Air
It is meant as an ominous threat when characters in the popular Game of Thrones series utter “winter is coming”, and I feel the same way about the summer of 2020. The catastrophic wildfire seasons of…
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The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC)

Topics: Indigenous Environmental Health, Built Environment, Biological Agents, Cannabis, Children's Environmental Health, Contaminants and Hazards, Drinking Water, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response, Surveillance, Equity, Food, Indoor Air, Personal Service Establishments, Practices and Procedures, Radiation, Recreational Water, Tobacco Reduction, Water
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When hand washing is not handy: Cautions for hand sanitizer use

Topics: Built Environment, Contaminants and Hazards, COVID-19, Infectious Diseases
Washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is the most effective strategy for removing the COVID-19 virus from hands. In some situations, hand sanitizers can be used as a substitute if…
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