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Preventing harm through emergency preparedness, surveillance, health impact assessments and risk management and communication.

Community Impacts of Fuel Spills: a Case Study from BC’s Northern Coast

Topics: Chemical Agents, Contaminants and Hazards, Health Impact Assessment, Indigenous Environmental Health, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis
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…
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Environmental Health Surveillance Workshop

Topics: Practices and Procedures, Surveillance
Presentations:IntroductionTom Kosatsky, BCCDCEnvironmental Health Surveillance in Canada NowEric Lavigne, PHACNational Environmental Public Health Tracking: Environmental Health Surveillance in the U…
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Flint Water Crisis: Can It Happen in Canada?

Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Chemical Agents, Drinking Water, Surveillance, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis, Water
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) 82nd Annual National Educational ConferenceIn January 2016 a US federal state of emergency was declared in Flint Michigan due to elevated lead…
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Health Impact Assessment in Environmental Health: Methods, Tools and Policy Change

Topics: Practices and Procedures, Surveillance, Risk Analysis
Abstract:Health impact assessment (HIA) is usually defined as a combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, a program or a project can be judged or evaluated on the basis of its…
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Health Impact Assessments

Topics: Health Impact Assessment, Practices and Procedures
A health impact assessment (HIA) is a process that strategically evaluates the potential effect on health of a policy, plan or project. The assessment generally takes place in a series of steps, each…
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Monitoring Health Impacts of Climate Change: A GIS Application to Display Real-Time Surveillance of Environmental Data and Health Outcomes Combined with Demographic Information

Topics: Climate Change, Practices and Procedures, Surveillance
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…
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Public Health Surveillance of Housing Conditions: Recent Data From Montreal and Thoughts on Improving Impacts on Policy

Topics: Built Environment, Practices and Procedures, Surveillance
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…
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Putting Health in Environmental Assessment

Topics: Surveillance, Health Impact Assessment, Practices and Procedures
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors National Conference 2015This panel was designed to provide public health inspectors with a basic understanding of the inclusion of health in…
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