About the Conference
Public Health:
Who’s at Risk? What’s at Stake?
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Ontario Public Health Association
The Voice of Public Health
Since 1949
Founded in 1949, the Ontario Public
Health Association (OPHA) is a voluntary, charitable,
non-profit association. OPHA is an organization of individuals
and constituent societies from various sectors and disciplines
that have an interest in improving the health of the
people of Ontario.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Ontario Public
Health Association is to provide leadership on issues
affecting the public’s health and to strengthen
the impact of people who are active in public and community
health throughout Ontario.
Our mission is achieved by providing education opportunities
and up-to-date information in community and public health,
access to local, provincial and multi-disciplinary community
health networks, mechanisms to seek and discuss issues
and views of members, issue identification and advocacy
with a province-wide perspective, and expertise and
consultation in public and community health.
For information on OPHA membership visit www.opha.on.ca.
Toronto Public Health
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Conference Goal
To provide a forum for profiling the leading developments and topical issues facing people
who are active in public and community health throughout Ontario.
Conference Objectives
Participants will benefit from learning that strengthens their ability to play an active role in
promoting a progressive public health agenda in Ontario.The conference will
- Enhance knowledge, enable information sharing and build capacity to assess,
manage and communicate risks to the health of the population.
- Examine current issues of organizational change and workforce pressures, reflecting
what is at stake as our public health system is reformed.
- Provide extensive opportunities for both structured and informal professional
development, networking and group meetings.
Conference Sub-Themes
The Program Planning Committee invites submissions of abstracts consistent with the
Conference Goal and Objectives and the following five Sub-themes:
- Working in a Health System under Reform
- Evidence Based Practice and the Precautionary Principle
- Emerging Issues in Public Health
- Populations at Risk
- Access, Equity and Social Justice
Disclosure
It is the goal of the Conference
Committee to ensure balance, independence, objectivity
and scientific rigour in all sessions of this conference.
All speakers are expected to disclose to the audience
any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may
have direct bearing on the subject matter of their presentations.
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