PHABC is proud to co-sponsor: Children, Youth and Equity in Northern BC What is Health Inequity? Health inequity is when some groups of people carry an unequal burden of illness and disease in comparison to others that is seen as unfair and unjust. Why is it important? It impacts everyone in our community, especially those...

This online event will be offered at no charge. More details to come. www.icid.com

What are gay men hearing and saying about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)? How are they making sense of this information? Is it changing their sexual behaviours? What are the implications for public health practice? ‘Resonance’ is a community-based research project that asked gay men and their service providers what they understood about this new HIV prevention...

Registration https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7983957822254494722 Register with our Virtual Immunization Community for updates and slides Moderator: Dr. Joel Kettner, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FRCPC Medical Director, International Centre for Infectious Diseases; Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba Disease outbreaks and vaccine coverage: How does Canada measure up?   Dr. Julie Bettinger, PhD, MPH Associate Professor in Pediatrics, University...

CRFAIR, in collaboration with the Young Agrarians, has another great Farmer2Farmer conference lined up for you this year. >> Register Here << In addition to the keynote panel that will address the theme with exciting examples of farmers working together for success, we're thrilled to let you know about the amazing set of workshops we...

The focus of this webinar is to provide a high-level overview of the manual and to help teams/groups to start thinking about how they will apply the manual to assess retail food environments in their community or region. Teams will take what they learn from this part and begin thinking through how they can implement...

Injury Syndromics: Modernization of the CHIRPP injury surveillance system  Register and more information at: https://cdpac.webex.com/mw3000/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=cdpac This webinar will review the process undertaken by the Public Health Agency of Canada to modernize the CHIRPP (Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program) injury and poisoning surveillance system. The CHIRPP has been transformed into e-CHIRPP with the ultimate...

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies 2016 Over the last 20 years there has been an explosion in research in areas of child development, child welfare, infant mental health, and family support. The 2016 conference will continue to lead the field to improve skill development, practice and systems. View the brochure: http://interprofessional.ubc.ca/HealthyMothersHealthyBabies2016/hmhbbrochure.pdf Learn more about registration: http://interprofessional.ubc.ca/HealthyMothersHealthyBabies2016/registration.asp...

Hosted by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health Frameworks are often used to visually represent complex ideas or concepts. Numerous frameworks exist to help explain the relationship between the social determinants and health experiences and outcomes. The Canadian Council on the Social Determinants of Health, a multi sectoral council commissioned a review of...

A three-part webinar series on lead and public health The drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan has raised public health concerns about lead exposure, the U.S. water supply infrastructure and the authority to enforce safe and sanitary conditions. Join the leadership of the American Public Health Association in a webinar series about the impact of...

Continuing the conversations from the Changing the Menu National School Food Conference, this webinar is an opportunity to continue to work together to change the menu for school food in Canada. This webinar session will provide an opportunity to learn about: - Role of policy to support changing the menu - Policy development for sustainability...

The focus of this webinar is to discuss any challenges that might have arisen, the knowledge translation component of the manual, and additional resources available to communities. Register and more info at: cdpac  

iCON is an exciting initiative that promotes communication between community members and health professionals across the province through interactive public health forums on chronic disease prevention and management as well as the dissemination of culturally-relevant patient educational materials. Please visit www.iconproject.org for more information. This interactive forum will bring together community members, health professionals, and...