THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE DEBATE ABOUT THE NEED for mandatory serologic
testing of individuals who are the source of bloodborne pathogen exposures in health care …

Although in demand, there is only limited information available regarding the patterns of
mortality among Natives in Canada. Mortality rates for residents of Canadian Indian Reserves (…

A survey was conducted in fall 2001/spring 2002 to provide an update on the status of
undergraduate palliative medicine education in Canada. The survey identified that the majority of …

Background Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) have emerged to bridge the gap
between the learning of individual competencies and competence in real world practice. EPAs …

Background To effectively impact the significant population burden of injury, we completed a
situational assessment of injury prevention practice within a provincial public health system …

Objective:To assess public health nutrition practice within the public health system in Ontario,
Canada to identify provincial-wide needs for scientific and technical support.Design:A …

Purpose: Evaluate the incremental impact of environmental stairwell enhancements on stair
usage in addition to prompts. Design: Phased, nonrandomized, quasi-experimental …

Public health situations faced by family physicians and other primary care practitioners, such
as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and more recently H1N1, have resulted in an …

There is increasing recognition of the need to take a competency-based approach to public
health workforce development in Canada. This was a common message from a series of …

In Canada, in the last few years, there has been a very rapid expansion of programs and
schools of public health in response to several crises or emergency situations. Provincial and …