The Public Health Association of BC congratulates Sarah Dyer on her new role as Community Wellbeing Specialist at BC Healthy Communities, where she will be overseeing the Age-Friendly Communities/Healthy Aging…
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World Mental Health Day: Working Together to Prevent Suicide
Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide. Join us, on 10 October, in “40 seconds of action” to raise awareness of the scale of suicide around the world…
The Health Literate Organization: An Overview of the HLHO-10
In 2012, Cindy Brach and colleagues published a discussion paper describing the 10 attributes of a health literate health care organization. In 2015, Chris Kowalski and colleagues published a new…
Introducing the national Coalition for Healthy School Food
Canada is ranked 37th of 41 countries on providing healthy food for kids, yet today we remain the only G7 nation without a federally funded school food program. The Coalition…
Handle with Care: Preserving Antibiotics Now and Into the Future
Last month, the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada released her 2019 spotlight report: Handle with Care: Preserving Antibiotics Now and Into the Future. They are seeking your input to…
Summer School 2019: Thank you to everyone involved & Presentations available online now!
PHABC, SPHA, MPHA, YPHCoP and PHAC present the 10th annual public health summer school Simplifying Complexity: Public Health Approaches & Practice in Complex Systems July 4th & 5th, 2019 …