Purpose: To summarize evidence on the effectiveness of public health interventions
regarding food safety at restaurants, institutions, homes and other community-based settings. …

In the summer of 1999, the incidence of Salmonella enterica serotype Infantis infections in
Alberta rose dramatically. Subsequent laboratory and epidemiological investigations …

Background: An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection was identified in the spring
of 1998, with a 7-fold increase in the number of laboratory-confirmed E. coli O157:H7 cases …

Background Health systems in Canada and elsewhere are at a crossroads of reform in response
to rising economic and societal pressures. The Quadruple Aim advocates for: improving …

The concept of social capital shows great promise for its potential to influence individual and
population health. Yet challenges persist in defining and measuring social capital, and little …

Acute gastrointestinal illness is an important public-health issue worldwide. Burden-of-illness
studies have not previously been conducted in Cuba. The objective of the study was to …

The incidence of suicide among the populations of the Northwest Territories (NWT) is notably
higher than in the rest of Canada. A comparison of three five-year time periods between …

Social capital has shown potential for its ability to improve physical and mental health, although
findings about social capital’s impact in rural areas have been less promising. The aim …

What can nurse scientists learn from Rorty in the development of a philosophical foundation?
Indeed, Rorty in his 1989 text entitled Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity tantalizes the …

We report an outbreak of trichinosis from the consumption of locally processed, cold smoked
wild boar meat of a domestically reared animal from a farm in Dufferin County, Ontario. …