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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 Promotion in the Context of Health Protection

Topics: Equity, Food, Practices and Procedures, Tobacco Reduction
Presentations:Introductions and purpose of the workshopMona Shum, NCCEHWhat is Health Promotion in the context of Health Protection?Audrey Campbell, University of British ColumbiaA Collaborative…
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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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