Congratulations to the
2017 Ron de Burger Student Award Recipients!• Edrene Cabantog, a Master of Public Health in Environmental and Occupational Health student from Simon Fraser University, for
Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Extreme Heat Events Among Homeless Populations in BC’s Lower Mainland• Emily Denstedt, a Master of Public Health student from the University of Guelph, for
Echinococcus multilocularis as an emerging public health threat in Canada• Ken Diplock, a PhD student at the School of Public Health and Health Systems from the University of Waterloo, for
Application of behaviour change theories to food safety education in youth• Rachelle Janicki, a Master of Public Health student from the University of Guelph, for
Finding Headspace: A Knowledge Synthesis of the Effects of Urban Green Space on Mental HealthEIDM Casebook Entry: CO in Long-Term Care Facilities• In order to protect vulnerable populations in long-term care facilities from the risk of carbon monoxide exposure, a pilot program was created to establish a CO monitoring and response framework.
Read more about the implementation, evaluation and impact of this initiative in the NCC for Methods and Tools'
evidence-informed decision-making casebook.
Save the Date: eJournal Club on September 28• The next
NCCEH eJournal Club will take place at noon on Thursday September 28 to discuss the short paper:
Water Quality Survey of Splash Pads After a Waterborne Salmonellosis Outbreak (Clayton et al., 2017). Online registration will open in early September.
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