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SUMMARY:Priority Health Innovation Challenge Series – WEBINAR
DESCRIPTION:Priority Health Innovation Challenge – Webinar Series\nCanadian Foundation for Healthcare Innovation\nSeptember 17\, 2020 \n9:00AM PST \n  \n  \nAre you leading improvements in access to mental health and addiction services or home and community care? Are you interested in learning from those who are? \n  \nJoin us for an open series of webinars delivered quarterly as part of the Priority Health Innovation Challenge to learn\, share and hear from experts on areas of quality improvement and themes related to mental health and addiction services and home and community care. \n  \nParticipants to this series may join without the obligation of signing up to the challenge. However\, the incentive to join is this: Up to $400\,000 in awards will recognize measurable impact and reward success in moving the dial on one or more of 12 common indicators and increasing the number of patients reached. Webinars for Priority Health Innovation Challenge are open to the public. \n  \nFor more information and to register for the event: \nhttps://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/WhatWeDo/on-call/priority-health-innovation-challenge-webinar-series
URL:https://phabc.org/event/priority-health-innovation-challenge-series-webinar-2/
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SUMMARY:Should packed lunches be in the past? Evidence to inform a national school food program - WEBINAR
DESCRIPTION:Canadian Nutrition Society\nShould Packed Lunches be in the Past?\nEvidence to Inform a National School Food Program\nThursday\, September 17\, 2020\n9:00AM – 10:00AM PT\nTo register\, CLICK HERE\n  \n  \nSpeakers: Claire Tugault-Lafleur\, PhD\, RD and Dr. Rachel Engler-Stringer\, PhD \nThis webinar will explore current school food related research in Canada\, highlighting factors affecting children’s dietary quality during the school day and discuss findings related to a pilot universal school lunch program intervention in the province of Saskatchewan. Implications for a Canadian national school lunch program will be discussed. \n  \n  \nLearning Objectives: \nFollowing this webinar\, participants should be able to: \n1. Explain how lunch-time food source and eating location relates to children’s diet quality within the school context. \n2. Describe which sociodemographic predictors are associated with children’s likelihood of missing lunch on school days. \n3. Understand the objectives of an ongoing universal curriculum-integrated school lunch program study*. \n4. Discuss next steps related to a federally funded school food program. \n*may include preliminary results\, but to be determined \n  \n\n\nAbout the Speakers\nClaire Tugault-Lafleur PhD\, RD is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Colombia (UBC). Her research focuses on understanding the social determinants of dietary intakes and behaviours of children in school settings. Other research interests include nutrition and physical activity practices and policies of early year providers and their linkage to children’s diet outcomes in childcare settings. Dr. Tugault-Lafleur holds a doctorate degree in human nutrition from UBC\, and a Master’s in geography from McGill University. \nDr. Rachel Engler-Stringer PhD\, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan\, in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Her research interests include community nutrition\, food insecurity\, food environments\, food access and health promotion. She is currently Principal Investigator of newly CIHR-funded study on the process of implementation and impacts of a curriculum-integrated school lunch program. \nTo register\, CLICK HERE
URL:https://phabc.org/event/should-packed-lunches-be-in-the-past-evidence-to-inform-a-national-school-food-program-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Aging & Social Change Conference
DESCRIPTION:Aging & Social Change Conference\nTenth Interdisciplinary Conference\nAging Societies: Extended Working Lives and Discrimination Against Older Workers\nSeptember 24-25\, 2020\nUBC Robson Square\nVancouver\, BC\n\n  \n\n\nThe Economic Outlook of an Aging Society\n\n\nThe growth in the older population is a relatively new phenomenon that began during the second half of the twentieth century\, first in developed countries and more recently across developing countries as well. It is grounded in two recent developments: a reduction in birthrate and developments in medical science that have significantly increased life expectancy. \n\n\nGenerally\, men aged sixty-five and women aged sixty are classified as older people. In the richer\, more developed countries\, by 2050 about 30 percent of the population will be over the age of sixty years. A declining working population will have to create the income\, wealth\, and tax revenues needed to support the economic needs of the rising number of retired people\, and this is likely to have enormous financial and political consequences. By 2050\, the ratio of working people to those over age sixty-five in the United States will be about 3:1. This will have major implications for Social Security taxes and retirement planning. As a consequence of the large numbers retiring from the labor force\, Social Security and other retirement systems will require re-organization. Key challenges include the financing of public pensions\, health care costs of the aged\, and long-term care. Other significant issues include changes in labor\, immigration\, and family policies. There will also be a rising risk of retiree poverty for millions of people\, especially for those who have been unable to save enough through their pension and retirement plans \nEconomic growth\, taxation\, consumption\, investments\, and the welfare system will all impact society across all age groups. The public sector will undergo new stresses\, as will free market systems and economic growth. In this context\, the world economy will demand increased cooperation of governments to resolve socioeconomic and political problems and to assist state and local communities in providing adequate services for the older citizens. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\nPublic Health\, Public Policy\, and Government and Community Practices\n\n\nEven with all the changes the aging population will bring\, the aging phenomenon can be seen as a success for current public health policies – policies that are increasing the physical health\, psychological and social wellbeing\, and the cognitive and functional abilities of older people. \n\n\nOpportunities for active aging abound\, grounded in better health and longer work participation and security. Active aging programs are allowing people to realize their potential for extended physical\, social\, and mental well-being throughout their life course. These developments may significantly enhance the quality of life for people as they age. For continued success\, our future public health policies and institutions will have to assume a leadership role\, creating initiatives for the aged that apply both to individuals and population groups. Education programs must be initiated\, work policies regarding age must adapt\, and health promotion must be at the forefront. Such programs will position the growing\, global aged community to continue to be productive\, independent participants in life and the new world demographics. There is much knowledge about aging that can be applied\, but societies have a record of responding slowly to crisis. Now is the time to prepare for the changes that will face all global societies in the coming decades. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\nHealth\, Wellness\, and Aging\n\n\nHealth promotes productivity\, and the opportunity to be productive encourages good health. A productive aged society would be a positive gain for society as a whole as well as for the aged individuals. \n\n\nThe health of older people is improving over time. Recent generations have a lower disease occurrence and fewer health problems. Older people can live vigorous and more active lives until a much older age than in the past. Current intensive biomedical anti-aging interventions are helping to extend the health and productivity of human life. For instance\, research has shown that a daily active fitness program will not only maintain physical health and cognitive abilities but can enhance physical and mental abilities. With encouragement and the need to be productive\, older people can continue to be economic contributors\, to the advantage of both the individual and the larger community and society. \nPopulation aging also poses a great challenge for health-care systems world-wide. As the proportion of the aged populations of nations increase\, so can the occurrence of disability\, frailty\, and chronic diseases including Alzheimer’s\, cancer\, cardiovascular\, and cerebral diseases. The demand for health services increases as people age. It has been estimated that nearly 60 percent of a person’s health costs occur in the year before their death. As the population ages\, the expenses of health care will increase\, especially for the care of those with chronic ailments and diseases. Planning for these future demographics and the demands on both individuals and society needs to be proactive–not retroactive\, when the situation reaches crisis proportions. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\nSocial and Cultural Aspects of Aging\n\n\nThere is a societal obligation to understand how the needs and abilities of individuals can change with age and create programs\, strategies\, and sensibilities to aid this growing segment of population and society. \n\n\nMore people than ever are spending a significant amount of their lives in a non-work environment. These numbers will grow at a quickening pace. Living in a society where social lives are structured around work and its organization\, how can we cope with a situation in which a large and now ever-growing segment of the population is leaving the domain of formally organized work? Will this new paradigm create a new structure of social inequality? Will we witness the growth of a new affluence divide between age-defined welfare classes and production-based classes? Will age become an increasingly acute differentiator of poverty juxtaposed with productivity and achievement for the producer class? \nWith the current retirement structure\, large shifts from the working population into retirement can be anticipated\, often at the expense of the potential contributions of the aged to social well-being. Not only is the ratio of the older to younger adults increasing but also the proportion of well-educated\, healthy\, and economically secure adults who are entering old age and who have the ability to continue to make significant contributions\, but whose opportunities to do so may be limited. Concern over this growing disconnect between aged abilities\, and the roles they are expected to fill\, suggests we need urgent social policy reform. How can social policy increase the productivity of the aged and reduce the social and financial burden of supporting a growing older population? We need to develop better methods and strategies to integrate and keep aged citizens members of productive society. This leads to a key question: How will the large population of aged be able to live and function independently\, carrying out activities and tasks essential to an acceptable quality of life? \nAging is marked by changes in physiology and psychological functioning\, accompanied by difficulties in adjusting to new social conditions and everyday technologies. It also involves lost abilities such as visual acuity or physical impairment. There is a societal obligation to understand how the needs and abilities of individuals can change with age and create programs\, strategies\, and sensibilities to aid this growing segment of population and society. To maintain a positive self-image\, the aged person must develop new interests\, roles\, and relationships to replace those that have become diminished or lost. Society should not demand declining involvement of its aging members. Rather\, we should take measures to avoid the injustices of aging by continuing to apply the same norms to old age as it does to other ages in the negotiation of variables such as ethnicity\, gender\, lifestyle\, and socioeconomic status. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \nFor More Information\nhttps://agingandsocialchange.com/2020-conference
URL:https://phabc.org/event/aging-social-change-conference/
LOCATION:UBC Robson Square Campus\, 800 Robson Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Tools for Organizational Learning and Capacity
DESCRIPTION:To support learning and capacity building for health equity action\, the NCCDH has developed a suite of evidence-informed online learning tools. These tools also respond to a growing need for free\, virtual and bilingual training materials on the social determinants of health and health equity. \nIndividual practitioners can use these tools to build their own knowledge and meet disciplinary competency requirements. Public health organizations can use these resources as part of learning and training programs. \nThis webinar will provide a brief overview of five NCCDH online learning resources\, including their distinct audiences and functions\, and engage participants in large and small group interaction. \nFor more information and to register for this webinar go HERE.
URL:https://phabc.org/event/webinar-tools-for-organizational-learning-and-capacity/
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Risks and Precautions for the Performing Arts
DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the performing arts causing major changes in how musicians and performers practice and rehearse\, as well as bringing many live performances to a halt. With progressive reopening of various sectors\, it is important to have an understanding of the key risks and appropriate precautions for minimizing risk. These can help with safer resumption of performing arts activities for those that work or volunteer in the sector\, and for audiences attending performances. \nThis presentation will review current understanding of the key risks associated with the performing arts sector\, and the precautions for minimizing risks of COVID-19 transmission in various settings. This presentation will be of interest to environmental and public health professionals developing guidance and recommendations for safe resumption of performing arts activities as well as those working in the sector. \nPresenter:  \nDr. Juliette O’Keeffe joined the NCCEH team based at the BC Centre for Disease Control in 2018 as an Environmental Health Knowledge Translation Scientist working to synthesize research across a range of environmental health issues to inform practitioners and policy makers. Her previous experience includes delivering environmental and public health research for industry\, government\, and policy-makers in Scotland. She holds degrees in Environmental Biology\, Energy and Environmental Management and a PhD in Environmental Science.
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