Collection of position papers and reports that includes those authored by alPHa and others that will be of particular interest to its members.
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HPO - Value of Local Health Promotion
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Administration
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2023-09-22
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September 2023 Health Promotion Ontario White Paper that outlines the value of health promotion (primary prevention) and asks that the complete range of health promotion programs outlined in the Ontario Public Health Standards be maintained.
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Healthy Rural Communities Toolkit
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Administration
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2015-02-19
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2014 Healthy Rural Communities Toolkit was developed as a Locally-Driven Collaborative Project funded by Public Health Ontario. This tool kit identifies land use and development strategies that can help to enhance the rural built environment and contribute to positive quality of life and health outcomes. The tool kit brings a rural lens to issues that are often viewed from an urban perspective. Numerous examples and innovative practices from across the province are profiled. This tool kit recognizes many characteristics associated with rural communities including a low density population, a declining population in some areas, aging citizens, youth out-migration, rural land uses and an economy that is significantly different from that of urban Ontario.
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Health Unit Language Service Survey Report
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2015-11-13
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November 2015 report by the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit Department of Epidemiology, Planning, Evaluation, and Quality. On August 17, 2015 the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) invited all Ontario health units to complete an online survey to assess the ways in which client’s language needs are being addressed. This survey is part of a larger project that will seek to direct the development of a WECHU-wide language service plan. The language service plan will include an outline of the delivery and implementation of language services offered at the health unit along with the identification of priority languages.
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GTHA MOH Health by Design Report
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2014-05-15
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May 2014 report by Drs. David Mowat, Ninh Tran, Charles Gardner and David McKeown, Improving Health by Design in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area.
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Final Report - Capacity Review Committee (2006)
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2018-01-11
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May 2006 final report of the Capacity Review Committee.
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Final alPHa Submission: Walkerton Inquiry
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Administration
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2013-05-29
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Position paper submitted to Walkerton Commission of Inquiry
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Expert Panel on Public Health Report 2017
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Administration
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2017-07-20
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July 20 2017 - Public Health within an Integrated Health System: Report of the Minister’s Expert Panel on Public Health, which provides advice on structural, organizational and governance changes for Ontario’s public health sector within a transformed health system.
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Expert Panel On Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak
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Administration
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2013-05-30
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October 2005 Final report of the expert panel, which serves as a report on progress in renewing public health in Ontario since the SARS outbreak
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Estimates On Cost Of Vaccine Coverage, Ontario
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Administration
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2012-10-31
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Estimates on costs of introducing group C meningitis, pneumococcal, varicella and adolescent pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines to the universal and routine childhhood schedule
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Environmental Health Information System Survey
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Administration
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2013-05-30
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Decemeber 2010 Abridged Report on a survey was sent to all health units’ environmental health departments to evaluate the data collection tools (Environmental Health Information Systems (EHISs), other software programs, and/or paper) being used by health units to collect information for various environmental health programs and business functions.
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Enviro Health Info System Survey (Full Report)
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Administration
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2013-05-30
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December 2010 Report on a survey was sent to all health units’ environmental health departments to evaluate the data collection tools (Environmental Health Information Systems (EHISs), other software programs, and/or paper) being used by health units to collect information for various environmental health programs and business functions.
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Dr. Samir Sinha - Living Longer, Living Well
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Administration
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2013-07-04
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January 8, 2013 Living Longer, Living Well. Highlights and key recommendations from the report submitted to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and the Minister Responsible for Seniors on recommendations to inform a Seniors Strategy for Ontario by Dr. Samir K. Sinha, Provincial Lead, Ontario's Seniors Strategy.
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Creating A Healthy School Nutrition Environment
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Administration
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2012-10-31
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March, 2004 report of the School Nutrition Workgroup Steering Committee
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CPHO Report - Climate Change & Public Health (ES)
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2022-10-26
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Executive Summary of the 2022 Annual Report of the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, which lays out a roadmap for the broader public health system in Canada to organize and mobilize around climate-health action. It provides concrete direction on how we can use our existing tools and knowledge, while also expanding them to meet new challenges that will come along with a changing climate.
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CPHO Report - Climate Change & Public Health
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2022-10-26
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2022 Annual Report of the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, which lays out a roadmap for the broader public health system in Canada to organize and mobilize around climate-health action. It provides concrete direction on how we can use our existing tools and knowledge, while also expanding them to meet new challenges that will come along with a changing climate.
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Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada
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2025-11-03
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October 2025 update (release 2.0) of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health's Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada document, which reflects the essential knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for effective public health practice in Canada. The 64 core competency statements are organized into 10 categories.
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Connecting the Dots: Child / Youth Mental Health Link
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2013-07-12
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July 10 2013 report, Connecting the Dots: How Ontario Public Health Units are Addressing Child and Youth Mental Health. Final report of the research study conducted by CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre, Public Health Ontario and Toronto Public Health.
Mental health is a key component of overall health and well being. However, the role of public health in mental health in Ontario has not been well-described. For instance, the Ontario Public Health Standards lack an explicit mandate to address mental health despite the obvious links with our core business of preventing illness and promoting health.
The purpose of this research study was to understand how Ontario’s 36 public health units address and promote mental health in children and youth.
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Comparison Of alPHa / CRC Recommendations
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Administration
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2013-05-30
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2006 Side-by-side comparison of the recommendations in the Final Report of the Capacity Review Committee with those found in alPHa's major position papers on public health system capacity.
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COMOH Vaccine Advocacy Paper
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2012-10-30
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alPHa / COMOH position paper advocating the inclusion of four new vaccines in Ontario's publicly insured routine and universal schedule
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COMOH Submission - Capacity Review Committee
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2013-05-29
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2005 Position Paper of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health presented to the Capacity Review Committee, June 2005
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COMOH Response To The Final Report Of The CRC
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2012-10-30
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The response of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health to the Final Report of the Capacity Review Committee
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COMOH Position - Road Safety
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2018-11-29
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November 2016
Canada has had progressive reductions in road traffic collisions (RTCs) since the 1970s as a result of concerted efforts by both government and organizations outside of government. RTCs, however, remain a leading cause of unintentional injury and death for Canadian children, youth and young adults. Given the preventable nature of RTCs, a shift in Canada’s present road safety paradigm is required. A review of effective interventions in preventing RTC fatalities and injuries is presented, along with public health’s recommendations for action moving forward.
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COMOH Position - HIV Case Management
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2018-01-17
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April 19 2017 (updated January 17 2018) - Guidelines developed by the COMOH HIV Case Management Working Group for a public health approach to HIV case management to ensure that follow-up is undertaken to ensure that an individual with HIV receives appropriate counselling and medical care for their own health and to reduce the risk of transmission to others in the community.
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COMOH Evaluation - COVID-19 First Wave Response
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2020-09-16
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September 1, 2020 COMOH Report: PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM EVALUATION AND LESSONS FROM THE FIRST PEAK OF COVID-19:
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COMOH DHC Response - PH Modernization
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2020-02-11
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February 10, 2020 submission by the COMOH Digital Health Steering Committee to the Public Health Modernization consultation.
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COMOH Consensus Statement on Tobacco Control
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2012-10-30
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Statement calling for legislation of 100% smoke-free public and work places; a $10 per-carton increase in tobacco taxes and provincial funding for enforcement and public education activities
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CMOH Annual Report 2023 - Substance Use
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2024-04-02
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March 28, 2024 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (2023), entitled "Balancing Act: An All-of-Society Approach to Substance Use and Harms", which emphasizes work to be done in the areas of tobacco/vape, alcohol, cannabis, and opioids.
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CMOH Annual Report 2022 - Being Ready
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2023-03-08
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2022 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Being Ready: Ensuring Public Health Preparedness for Infectious Outbreaks and Pandemics.
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CMOH Annual Report 2016: Improving the Odds
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2018-03-02
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February 28 2018 - 2016 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Improving the Odds: Championing Health Equity in Ontario.
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CIHI Report - Treatment of Cavities in Preschool
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2013-10-18
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2013 CIHI report of the prevalence and cost of treating preventable dental caries in children 1 - 5.
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Children Count: Healthy Living Module Toolkit
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2020-01-20
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January 10, 2020: The Children Count Pilot Study Project: Healthy Living Module Toolkit and full report has been finalized and distributed as a guide for school boards and health units to work together towards the development of robust questions addressing local child health needs. This work provides an effective model for capturing local data for child and youth health to inform planning, partnership and evaluation.
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Capacity Review Committee - Interim Report
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2013-05-30
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2005 Interim report of the Capacity Review Committee
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Cadre stratégique et boîte à outils
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2013-05-30
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2011 Un groupe de travail multisectoriel provincial est codirigé par les RLISS et les bureaux de santé publique. Ce groupe a créé un cadre de gestion intégrée pour la prévention des chutes aux échelles locale et provinciale en vue d’adopter une approche uniforme concernant la prévention des chutes dans toute la province.
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Basic Income Guarantee - Backgrounder
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2015-10-07
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August 2015 backgrounder was prepared to support resolutions on the issue of a basic income guarantee (BIG), being submitted to the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) and the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA).
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ASPHIO Response-PH Modernization Discussion Paper
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Administration
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2020-02-06
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February 5, 2020 ASPHIO submission to the PH Modernization consultation.
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