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POSITION
Effective poulation-based public health interventions aimed at preventing disease and promoting health depend on reliable data on population health. These data serve to monitor patterns and identify emerging trends in health status, which in turn inform the planning of programs and services to address identified needs, including the identification of appropriate roles within the capacity of boards of health and opportunities for collaboration with partners.
RESOLUTIONS
A07-9, Cancer Care Ontario Support for Boards of Health
A07-8, Ontario Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
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A07-8, Ontario Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
alPHa urges the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to establish an Ontario congenital anomaly surveillance system by working in partnership with the Ontario Ministries of Children and Youth Services, Government Services (Office of the Registrar General) and Health Promotion, and members of SPWG including those from the Niday Perinatal System, the Ontario Maternal Multiple Marker Screening Database, and the Fetal Alert Network.
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October 31, 2007
Letter written to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care introducing this and several other resolutions passed at the 2007 alPHa AGM. Please click here to read.
November 7 2007
Letter written to the Chair of the Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance Network informing her of the resolution. Please click here to read. |
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A07-9, Cancer Care Ontario Support for Boards of Health
alPHa urges Cancer Care Ontario to develop the following:
a clear process whereby boards of health may obtain timely data for areas smaller than the health unit level; mechanisms and/or workshops to train public health epidemiologists on cancer analysis techniques; and a forum by which boards of health and CCO can share findings and data quality issues.
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