Canada Health Day highlights the importance of public health in the well-being of all Canadians. Read below for research with a public health focus.
Alcohol impacts health: A rapid review of the evidence
From the Region of Peel
• This rapid review examines the evidence on the health impacts of different levels of alcohol consumption.
Access at https://www.peelregion.ca/health/library/pdf/Alcohol_Impacts_Health.pdf
Connecting the Dots: How Ontario Public Health Units are Addressing Child and Youth Mental Health
From CAMH, Public Health Ontario and Toronto Public Health
• A survey of all 36 health units in Ontario in order to describe the range of child and youth mental health activities, initiatives, services and programming occurring in Ontario public health units.
Access at http://www.camh.ca/en/hospital/about_camh/provincial_systems_support_program/Documents/Connecting the Dots Summary.pdf
Fractured Care: Public Health Opportunities in Ontario’s Correctional Institutions
From the John Howard Society of Ontario
• The aim of this paper is to start a discussion about the administration of health services in Ontario’s correctional institutions.
Access at http://johnhoward.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Fractured-Care-Final.pdf
Defining a Population Mental Health Framework for Public Health
From the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
• This strategy document points toward a renewed perspective in order to keep people from becoming mentally ill and to improve the mental health status of the whole population.
Access at http://www.ncchpp.ca/docs/2014_SanteMentale_EN.pdf
Improving the Health of Canadians: Exploring Positive Mental Health
From the Canadian Institute for Health Information
• This report explores the concept of positive mental health by looking at mental health as distinct from mental illness and at positive mental health as a component of overall health and mental health. Promotion
Access at https://www.cihi.ca/en/improving_health_canadians_en.pdf
Mental Health Promotion: Let’s Start Speaking the Same Language
From the Region of Waterloo Public Health & Emergency Services
• The purpose of this report is to define mental health, review mental health promotion concepts and theories, and highlight effective mental health promotion interventions.
Access at http://chd.region.waterloo.on.ca/en/researchResourcesPublications/resources/MentalHealthPromotion_Report.p
Opening Eyes, Opening Minds: The Ontario Burden of Mental Illness and Addictions Report
From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Public Health Ontario
• This report examines the burden of mental illness and addictions in Ontario.
Access at https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/eRepository/Opening_Eyes_Report_En_2012.pdf
Racialization and Health Inequities in Toronto
From Toronto Public Health
• This research report examines Toronto level data to explore racialization and health inequities.
Access at http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-62904.pdf