Poster Presentations

1.

Prenatal education in Ontario - better practices

Highlights of a manual on good and promising practices in prenatal education produced by the Best Start Resource Centre.

Louise Choquette
Centre Ontarien d'information en prevention

2.

Developing evidence based screening tools for at-risk populations

The Healthiest Babies Possible Program developed criteria and a screening process to identify pregnant women at nutritional risk for Low Birth Weight.

Sherry Ovsenny, Caroline Cheng, Diane Shrott
Toronto Public Health

3.

None of us is as smart as all of us

Consistent and accurate messaging supported by current literature and observed practice facilitates breastfeeding success and promotes health.

Susan Gallagher, Martha Hackney, Jeanette Macdonald
Toronto Public Health

4.

An evaluation of an asset based comprehensive youth pilot project as implemented in four elementary schools in Toronto

Results of an evaluation of a youth engagement initiative using Comprehensive School Health within a strength based/resiliency framework.

Brenda Juby, Robert Coughlin
Toronto Public Health

5.

Tobacco Don’t Own Toronto: working with at-risk youth populations on tobacco control

Tobacco Don’t Own Toronto (TDOT) is a leadership program consisting of youth from Toronto Priority Neighbourhoods working on Tobacco Control.

Janvere Lyder, Gina Ing
Toronto Public Health

6.

Food and physical activity behaviour of grade six students in Waterloo Region

Diet, physical activity and weight profiles of Waterloo Region grade six students were obtained through a web-based survey and anthropometric measures.

Lindsay Hogsden
Region of Waterloo Public Health

7.

Helping teens to make healthy decisions about sex and relationships: a resource for educators

This poster will provide an overview of the creation and implementation of the Helping Teens resource.

Alice Balter
Peel Health

8.

Healthy bodyweight promotion for youth

This study will qualitatively assess overweight and obese adolescents' perceived barriers and facilitators to healthy bodyweight attainment.

Heather Clarke Thomas
Middlesex-London Health Unit

Jennifer Irwin
University of Western Ontario

9.

Vaccinating a homeless population in smaller urban centres

This poster will show that the vaccine blitz model, developed in large cities, was effective in reaching homeless people in smaller centres.

Chris Mackie
McMaster University

10.

Let’s Get Moving… For The Health Of It!
Physical activity policy and environmental scan

This project presents baseline results on the environmental and policy supports for physical activity in Northeastern Ontario.

Julie Vaillancourt, Angela McKague, Susan Snelling,
Sudbury & District Health Unit

11.

Alcohol and chronic disease: an Ontario perspective

Evidence and recommendations on the link between alcohol and chronic diseases, informing professional awareness, policy, and interventions.

Benjamin Rempel
Ontario Public Health Association

Norman Giesbrecht, Michael Roerecke
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

12.

A how-to for development of a large social marketing campaign: the “IntheKnowPeel.ca” experience

The development, implementation and evaluation of a large-scale, multi-phased sexual health social marketing campaign aimed at young adults in Peel.

Domenic Storti, Rosie Mishaiel
Peel Health

13.

Shaping the reform: child protection and public health in partnership

The largest of Ontario’s child protection and public health agencies created a strong partnership to enhance services to families during system reform.

Rhona Delisle, Queenie Broaderip
Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

Lorraine Telford
Toronto Public Health

1.

Building linkages between public health and secondary stroke clinics

A model for developing collaborative partnerships between public health and clinical practitioners involved in health promotion ultimately strengthens community-based chronic disease prevention.

Anne Lessio, Dayna Albert
Ontario Public Health Association

2.

From the inside out: risk communication failures during the SARS crisis

The presentation will highlight some of the risk communication failures that occurred during the SARS crisis in Toronto.

Mark Pajot
Peel Health

3.

Effectiveness of the Toronto Public Health school immunization assessment program

This poster will show that using school notices, with threat of suspension, was effective in stimulating vaccination in Toronto’s student population.

Michael Finkelstein, Vinita Dubey, Effie Gournis, Olayemi Kadri, Ammeta Mathur, Lil Persaud
Toronto Public Health

4.

Peel Works needle exchange program: a model for success in addressing HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C in injection drug users

Overview of a comprehensive program for injection drug users in Peel living with or at-risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and other bloodborne infections.

Domenic Storti, Danny Bilan, Clare Hay
Peel Health

5.

Toronto Public Health Dietetic Practice Council: A new professional practice structure

This poster will provide an overview of the TPH Dietetic Practice Council and outline the strengths it provides to public health dietetic professionals and public health organizations.

Tara Brown,Vida Stevens
Toronto Public Health

6.

Volunteers in public health emergencies

This poster addresses how to organize training programs for volunteers to assist public health units by preparing for emergencies based on local risks.

Gayle Riedl, Patricia Simone
Middlesex-London Health Unit

7.

STOP On The Road - public health units assist smokers through quit smoking workshops

Central East Region, Public Health Units participated in the Smoking Treatment for Ontario Patients (STOP) ‘On The Road’ Study distributing over 1000 units of quit smoking medication (NRT) to smokers.

Vito Chiefari
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit

8.

Epidemiologic investigation of an outbreak of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in a Toronto hemodialysis unit, 2006

An outbreak of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in a Toronto hospital hemodialysis program is described.

Anne Arthur, Irene Armstrong, Michael Finkelstein, Effie Gournis, Manisa Jiaravuthisan, Anna Miranda, Barbara Yaffe
Toronto Public Health

9.

Aligning the Nutrition Resource Centre programs with the Healthy Eating Active Living strategy to curb obesity and prevent chronic disease

Showcase of the Nutrition Resource Centre’s provincial programs and how they align with and support Healthy Eating Active Living strategies.

Jane Bellman/Cindy Scythes
Ontario Public Health Association

10.

Monitoring foods served in Toronto student nutrition programs

Toronto Public Health dietitians monitor foods served at student nutrition programs using nutrition analysis software.

Pamela Haines, Lesley Macaskill
Toronto Public Health

11.

Peer-based nutrition programs for diverse communities

This poster will enhance knowledge and provide information on successfully delivering nutrition education to diverse communities at risk.

Anjali Gopinath,Angela Forcythe
Toronto Public Health

12.

Oral health status of children in “Our Kids” neighbourhoods in Halton Region

Oral health of children in “Our Kids” neighbourhoods in Halton Region is compared to other health and social indicators.

Robert Hawkins
Halton Region Health Department

13.

Longitudinal assessment of the effectiveness of anticipatory guidance on the oral health status of children

The long-term effectiveness of a ‘Baby Oral Healthanticipatory guidance’ oral health promotion model will be desribed.

Gajanan Kulkarni, Lynn Porangannel
University of Toronto

14.

The Smiling Project

This project builds capacity among an immigrant population by developing workbooks on dental health with the participants that they then present back to the community.

Rachel Farahbakhsh
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health