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Concurrent Session Details
Please note that in the schedule of Concurrent Sessions, the author identified is that of the person who submitted the abstract, and may not necessarily represent co-presenters.
NOTE: Many of these presentations are over 1 MB in size and may take several minutes to download. They are all in PDF format: to read them you need Adobe Reader installed on your computer.
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denotes one session: either a workshop or panel presentation |
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denotes one session with either three or four 20-minute oral presentations |
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denotes three 5-minute poster presentations within a 20 minute time slot |
Monday November 2 |
10:45 am – 12:00 pm |
Concurrent Session 1
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Introduction of Panel [PDF]
Dick H. Ito, Ontario Association of Public Health Dentistry; Peter Cooney, Health Canada;
Catherine Gillies, Thunder Bay District Board of Health;
Christopher Mackie, Hamilton Public Health Services;
Abhay Tadwalkar, Toronto Water;
Na-Koshie Lamptey, Community Medicine Resident;
Stephanie Gordon, Niagara Region Public Health
At least 8 challenges to community water fluoridation have occurred in Ontario. The issues surrounding fluoridation and the best ways to handle a challenge will be discussed. |
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The Kingston Gets Active Grade 5 and Grade 10 Community Physical Activity Pass Programs
Carolyn M. Hureau, Lucie Lévesque - Queen’s University;
Lara Paterson - KFL&A Public Health and Limestone District School Board; Katie Faloon - Public Health Agency of Canada
This session will provide information about how to implement and evaluate your own Community Physical Activity Pass program. Research results and the importance of the community-research partnership will be discussed. |
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Beata Pach - MOHLTC and Ontario Public Health Librarians
The workshop will provide hands-on demonstration on: how to “translate” a research question into searchable terms; how to find systematic reviews within OPHS search results or by using PubMed tools; best sources of high quality studies; and how to match practice questions to available evidence (Evidence-based Public Health logic model). |
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Suzette E. Taggart - KFL&A Public Health
Motiv8 is an interdisciplinary and cross-team initiative to assist families to eat well and get fit. Motiv8 uses strategies to increase awareness and motivation, build skills, and create supportive environments. |
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Charlene E. Gunn-Hagerman, Debbie Hinton - York Region Public Health
In York Region, the partnership between Public Health and the School Boards is moving comprehensive school health forward. Come learn how this partnership is operationalized and sustained. |
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Public Health Collaboration with Student Nutrition Programs: Program Coordinators’ Perspectives
Renata Valaitis, Rhona Hanning - University of Waterloo
This presentation will report on a study involving one region’s student nutrition programs to determine how health units could develop stronger collaborations with them. |
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Diane Shrott - Toronto Public Health
The methodology used to identify nutritionally at risk pregnant women will provide insight for anyone wanting to develop evidence-based, best practice eligibility tools for targeted populations. |
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Norman Giesbrecht - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Hoi Ki Ding, Shawna Scale, Connie Uetrecht - Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance; Rebecca Truscott, Jose Mangles, Ghada Khoraych - Cancer Care Ontario; Danielle Paterson, Gillian Bromfield - Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario
This presentation examines the transfer of learnings and successes from tobacco control and other risk factor areas to the fields of unhealthy weights, unhealthy eating, physical inactivity and high-risk alcohol consumption. |
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Erica Phipps - Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health & Environment; Kathleen Cooper - Canadian Environmental Law Association; Jacquelyn Micallef - Alzheimer Society Ontario
This presentation will address the links between early environmental exposures to toxic chemicals and the development of chronic disease, and associated opportunities for integrated prevention. |
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Public Health and Primary Care Collaboration:
Moving Research into Key Messages for Public
Health Practitioners and Managers
Ruta K. Valaitis, Maureen Dobbins, Linda O’Mara, Patricia Austin, Sally Binks - McMaster University
In this workshop, participants will hear research results and formulate key messages related to building public health and primary care collaborations from the data presented. |
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Monday November 2 |
2:00 – 3:00 pm |
Concurrent Session 2
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Patricia Sealy - Middlesex-London Health Unit; Sandra Bennett - Ministry of Health Promotion; Piotr Wilk, Charlene Beynon - Middlesex-London Health Unit; James Leake - University of Toronto; Ashley Hartford - Middlesex-London Health Unit
This research assessed parental perceptions of CINOT, including awareness of the program, impact on children’s health, parental satisfaction, and barriers/facilitators that may affect access. |
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Donna Bowes - Halton Region Health Department;
Heather McConnell - RNAO
Focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration, this presentation will highlight the outcomes of a collaborative partnership between the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) and Halton Region’s Health Department (HRHD). |
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Rosita Johnson - Middlesex-London Health Unit
Effective health outcomes for a community require intentional communication, collaboration and partnership focused on common goals & priorities. |
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Debbie Sheehan - City of Hamilton Public Health Services
The Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based program of intensive prenatal and infancy home visiting provided by nurses to young, low-income, first-time pregnant women. |
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Having a Baby Day – Joining Forces: The Hospital, Health Unit and High Schools
Erica Zarins, Heather Bywaters - Middlesex-London Health Unit
A day-long event to promote safer sex, healthy pregnancies, healthy birth outcomes and preparation for parenthood. |
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Bonnie L Wooten - Middlesex London Health Unit
Shaken Baby Syndrome is a form of violent infant abuse. This presentation will highlight one public health unit’s approach to prevention and reduction of SBS. |
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Youth Net Hamilton: What We Learned About Stigma and Youth Mental Health Promotion
Linda O’Mara - McMaster University; Daina Mueller;
Lorraine Gyrstra - City of Hamilton Public Health Services
A randomized control trial examined the effectiveness of Youth Net Hamilton, a mental health promotion program in decreasing stigma with high school youth. |
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Joshua Poynter, Lisa Kelliher - Middlesex-London Health Unit
In collaboration with local youth, sexual health resources were developed that were relevant to our target population. The primary focus was a web-based game, titled Adventures in Sex City. |
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Sheila J. Hansen - Thunder Bay District Health Unit
Thunder Bay District Health Unit has led a multi-agency community wide mobilization project on youth suicide prevention and acute response. Sheila Hansen RN and youth will present this unique model. |
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Jackie Leroux, Robert Coughlin, Melissa De Jesus -
Toronto Public Health
The Walk into Health Pedometer Lending Program is intended to motivate individuals to begin and maintain walking activities. A program overview and evaluation results will be presented. |
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Janine M. Monahan - KFL&A Public Health;
Lara Patterson - Limestone District School Board
KFL&A Public Health and LDSB developed a unique partnership and will provide an example of how public health and education can overcome challenges to work together to promote the health of school age children. |
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Building Physically Active Communities - Lawrence Allen Walking & Cycling Study
Jennifer Hyland - City of Toronto Transportation Services; Melissa De Jesus - Toronto Public Health; Pauline Craig - City of Toronto Planning Division; Jackie Leroux - Toronto Public Health
Community consultations and walking/cycling audits were conducted in one of Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods to identify barriers to walking/cycling and provide a framework for future consultations. |
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Collaboration for Successful Implementation
Jacqueline Whittingham - Hastings & Prince Edward Counties Health Unit
This presentation outlines the interdisciplinary collaboration between two health unit departments and external partnerships between Family Health Teams and a Community Health Centre. |
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Anne M. Sochan - University of Ottawa
Public health practitioners and scientists are extensively involved in international global health efforts that hinge on the effectiveness of intercultural and interdisciplinary relationship building. |
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Angela J. Garrison, Yvonne Andrade - Peel Public Health
Peel Public Health’s Baby Friendly journey started in 2004. This presentation presents relevant theories of change and the strategies used to address the people and processes to implement best practice. |
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Aimee Linkewich - Thunder Bay District Health Unit;
Caroline Ball - City of Hamilton Public Health Services;
Sue Bickle - HKPR Health Unit; Jacqueline Aldred, Maureen Cava, Nancy Day - Toronto Public Health; Connie Uetrecht, Tina Wadham - Ontario Public Health Association
This presentation will introduce public health professionals to the concept and implications of competency-based performance management, provide an overview of the “contents of the competency based performance management toolbox” and position the framework as a necessary next-step innovation in enhancing public health practice. |
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Monday November 2 |
3:30 – 5:00 pm |
Roundtable Innovation Session
or Panel Presentations
Session details are listed below.
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Tuesday November 3 |
9:40 – 10:40 am |
Concurrent Session 3
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Alicia R. Lowe, Cathy Loik - Toronto Public Health
To find working solutions to the Toronto Bed Bug Problem by liaising with a number of community agencies and organizations and interdepartmental divisions to implement best practice solutions. |
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Larry Hershfield - Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto; Kathie Clark - McMaster Universtiy; Nina Jetha - Public Health Agency of Canada
Developing evidence informed public health program plans? Our practical tool helps you strengthen partnerships, utilize existing knowledge and integrate reliable sources of the best available evidence. |
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Sudha Sabanadesan - Toronto Public Health; Mark Payne - York Region Public Health; Kyle Wivcharuk - Peel Public Health
Discussion of a working model for knowledge exchange and collaboration amongst health units using specialist teams to build capacity for advocacy and policy development in environmental health. |
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Paula Robeson - McMaster University; Sue Fernane,
Adele Lane - Peel Public Health
A collaborative project at Peel Public Health involving tailored, practice-based mentorship by an external knowledge broker resulted in individual skill development and enhanced organizational capacity related to evidence-informed decision making. |
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Knowledge Exchange Collaborative to Build Community and Public Health Capacity
Jane M Underwood - McMaster University; David L. Mowat - Peel Public Health; Andrea O Baumann - McMaster University; Carla J. Troy - Public Health Agency of Canada
A multidisciplinary team including senior decision makers; experienced and new researchers; representing 4 provinces/federal governments collaborated on research and knowledge exchange implementation. |
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Chris J. Bowes - North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
This presentation will focus on the formalized request management tool for internal program requests relating to research, evaluation, surveillance, and knowledge dissemination within the NBPSDHU. This process has been developed to improve decision-making and enhance accountability of the research program. |
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Achieving Equity In Canadian Aboriginal Healthcare: The Case for a Formula Approach
Christopher W. Ashton, Denise L. Duffie-Ashton - Harbour Front Health Group
A gap in health status for Canada’s Aboriginal populations is evident. The case for a formula approach to guide equitable policy making is outlined. |
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Julie Maher - Ontario Women’s Health Network;
Sabrina Merali - Peel Public Health
Women’s Health Circles are an effective tool for promoting health among women facing health inequities. This model of service delivery facilitates the development of more appropriate & sensitive care. |
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Naushaba Degani, Arlene S. Bierman - St. Michael’s Hospital; Monika Krzyzanowska - Princess Margaret Hospital;
Liisa Jaakimainen - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Elizabeth Lin - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health;
Pat Campbell - Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario
Findings of inequities in health and health care in Ontario will be presented followed by dialogue on strategies for coordinating public health and health system interventions to foster health equity. |
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Christine Herrera, Dayna Albert - Ontario Public
Health Association
The Towards Evidence-Informed Practice Evaluation Tool and related capacity-building services will be presented. |
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Megan McIlroy, Ruth Cordukes - Region of Waterloo Public Health
The Region of Waterloo used an evidence and practice-based framework to review its prenatal health fairs.
This session will present some of the findings from the review and explore the challenges and successes of using such an approach to a population health strategy. |
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Yuka Nakamura, Michaela Hynie - York University
This paper will discuss how the notion of social inclusion could inform program evaluation frameworks. |
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Tuesday November 3 |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm |
Concurrent Session 4
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Claire Betker - National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health; Diane Bewick - Middlesex-London Health Unit; Audrey Danaher - A. Danaher Consulting; Adeline Falk-Rafael - York University; Joyce Fox - Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit; Yvette Laforet-Fliesser - University of Western Ontario;
Ruth Schofield; Jane Underwood - McMaster University
A Centre of Excellence for Public Health Nursing will be proposed to address challenges in all domains of practice. Dialogue with participants will explore ways
to strengthen public health nursing.
Katie Dilworth, Community Health Nurses of Canada |
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Louise Sharpe- CFIA; Yvonne Whitfield, MOHLTC |
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Christopher McDougall - National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
An introduction & discussion of the ethics of TB control at the individual, community, and global levels, designed to show how moral concepts can be applied in public health practice and policy. |
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Exploring Health Promotion in a School Community
Allison N. Cleland - Lakehead University
In collaboration with the local district health unit, the author explored the role that a School Health Committee can play in enhancing health initiatives in a northern Ontario school community. |
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Christina Kroeker - SHAPES/Population Health Research Group; Joanne Beyers - Sudbury & District Health Unit;
Steve Manske - University of Waterloo; Elaine Murkin - Ottawa Public Health
We explore implications and recommendations for various stakeholders in the population/public health and education sectors regarding the design of future survey methods to facilitate knowledge exchange. |
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Healthy Schools Approach – A Collaborative Process
Colleen A Sigmundson - Halton Region Health Department
A service delivery model review enabled a collaborative process with school boards to implement the healthy school approach in pilot, elementary schools and also meet the needs of other schools. |
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Young Active & Healthy (YAH!)
Student Leadership Workshop
Cancelled |
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Jayne Caldwell - Toronto Public Health
A working group of community members and diverse service providers has developed an innovative, evidence-based service model for people experiencing crises related to substance use. |
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Your Health Matters. Understand Your Cancer Risk.
A Comprehensive Workplace Cancer Prevention and Screening Project
Nicole Robinson - Erie St. Clair Regional Cancer Program
Combining a personalized evidence-based health promotion strategy with an extensive research component and established collaborative partnerships, has resulted in a federally funded, innovative cancer prevention and screening project. |
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Collaboration Between Primary Care and Public Health: Lessons from Seventy Canadian Key Informants
Ruta K. Valaitis, Linda O’Mara, Patricia Austin,
Sally Binks - McMaster University
The presentation will focus on multi-disciplinary professionals’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in building and maintaining collaborations between primary care and public health. |
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Janice L. Piper, Marcia Mableson, Anne Ostrom, Sara Park, Sylvane Filice - Thunder Bay District Health Unit
Leaders working with low income children collaborated with public health to create sustainable after school cooking programs. Parents reported that children cooked more and tried new foods at home. |
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Jose Mangles - Cancer Care Ontario
Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), collaborating with public health and voluntary sector professionals, has developed an evidence-based obesity prevention guideline to be used by public health professionals in Ontario. |
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Integrating Smoking Cessation in Nursing Practice: Three Pilot Projects and The 2008-09 Smoking Cessation Project
Charlene Root - Middlesex-London Health Unit; Louise Wilson - Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit; Joyce Hodgins - Ottawa Public Health; Susan Trevisan - Thunder Bay District Health Unit; Judy Berkal - Toronto Public Health; Sheila John - Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
RNAO studied “Three Pilot Projects” expanding to five health units and Tobacco Control Area Networks to support integration of RNAO’s Smoking Cessation Best Practice Guideline in local health agencies. |
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Tuesday November 3 |
3:30 – 5:00 pm |
Concurrent Session 5
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Building for the Future: Implementing an Innovative Orientation Toolkit for New Hires to Public Health Nursing
Jane L. Simpson - Algoma Public Health and ANDSOOHA; Susan Kniahnicki - Algoma Public Health; Karen Quigley Hobbs - Region of Waterloo Public Heatlh
A workshop to assist leaders to implement the Orientation: Transition to Public Health Nursing toolkit. Peer leaders will provide lessons learned. Forty copies of the toolkit will be available. |
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Daniela Seskar-Hencic - Region of Waterloo Public Health; Dianne Patychuk - Steps to Equity; Karen MacCon - Toronto Public Health
Participants will use a case study method to learn how to use this tool that integrates epidemiology, research, program evaluation and community engagement in addressing health inequities. |
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Donna K. Ciliska, Ann McKibbon - McMaster University
How do you find the best available research evidence in 5 minutes or less? This workshop will address search strategies to find pre-appraised and pre-synthesized research quickly. |
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Strengthening Partnerships in Times of Adversity
Donna J. Fraleigh - Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit
How the structure , uniformity and consistent language of the OPHS 2009 guided and supported our interdisciplinary team in facilitating the empowerment of a school community during a time of need. |
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Mark Payne - York Region Public Health; Josephine Archbold - City of Toronto; Naomi Kasman - MOHLTC
This presentation will discuss the pros and cons of an inter-agency and multidisciplinary collaboration effort using the development of consistent fish consumption advice as an example. |
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Colleen H. Nisbet, Anne Bialachowski, Grace Volkening, Isabelle Langman, Madeleine Ashcroft, Nora Boyd - Regional Infection Control Networks
This abstract describes one of the most comprehensive infection control surveys conducted in Ontario. The results of this survey were reported by region and health sector including public health. |
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Justin Hall, Spencer Moore - Queen’s University;
Alan Shiell - University of Calgary
This work assesses the influence of organizational jurisdiction, organizational attributes, and training opportunities on different measures of public health preparedness in the province of Alberta. |
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Karen Moynagh, Sue Gierszewski, Eileen Chuey,
Carol Di Bon - Halton Region Health Department
Information about breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity to age 12 months will be presented. This information was collected by telephone and electronically for a sample Halton mothers in 2007/2008. |
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Caroline C. Murphy, Catriona Mill, Jan Fordham,
Alice Gorman - Toronto Public Health
The presentation reviews the Homeless At-Risk Prenatal program evaluation and explores the influence of collaborative partnerships on the delivery of public health services to homeless pregnant women. |
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Claire Betker, Hope Beanlands, Anna MacLeod, Margo Greenwood - National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
The objectives of this interactive presentation are to: describe the Early Child Development forum; share lessons learned and next steps; and, discuss the complexities of Early Child home visiting. |
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Dianne L. Busser, Sharon Thorne, Clare Coley, Susan Szozda, Lindsay Buffett, Melissa Pietrantonio, Agnes Elliott - City of Hamilton Public Health Services
The Canadian Nurse-Family Partnership homevisiting team discuss their experiences delivering this evidence based program to young, low-income, first-time mothers during the programs first year. |
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Wednesday November 4 |
8:15 – 9:45 am |
Concurrent Session 6
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Margaret Ann Wilkinson - University of Western Ontario
This session will report what, when, where and how Canadian copyright legislation affects the knowledge creation and dissemination activities of public
health professionals. |
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Alanna C. Leffley, Susan Shular - Grey Bruce Health Unit
In order to build surge capacity in the event of a large outbreak in Grey Bruce, health unit staff from multiple programs were trained to help with infectious disease investigations. |
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Client-Centred Care Satisfaction Survey: Seeking Feedback from Sexual Health Centre Clients
Susan E. O’Neill, Sandy Dupuis, Christine Diadamo, Andrea Selimi - Niagara Region Public Health Department
A review of data collection from 2500 exit surveys completed by clients from three sexual health centre locations across Niagara Region will be reviewed with the intent to modify/change practice. |
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Eunice Chong, Nancy LeMay, Nicole Ritz, Linda Blake-Evans - City of Hamilton Public Health Services
This project aims to identify best practices of HIV/STI prevention strategies for MSM and to assess the needs for implementing effective HIV/STI prevention strategies for MSM in Hamilton. |
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Ellen Chan - MOHLTC; Deborah J. Carr - County of Oxford; Sharon Dolman - MOHLTC
We describe the epidemiology of a 2008 mumps outbreak in Oxford County and surrounding communities to inform future outbreak investigation and management in similar communities. |
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Christine Herrera, Dayna Albert, Pam Kinzie - Ontario Public Health Association
The Towards Evidence-Informed Practice Framework - integration of the 3 tools and an illustration of their connection to improving health promotion and disease prevention practices will be presented. |
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Riley Crotta, Katrice Edgar, Colleen Van Berkel - City of Hamilton Public Health Services; Ruth Schofield - McMaster University
An overview of the development process, preliminary evaluation results and lessons learned from the pilot of an innovative, interactive workshop and online learning resource in Hamilton, Ontario. |
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Jane Bellman - Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health; Marie Traynor - KFL&A Public Health
Work of the Pan Canadian Task Force on Public Health Nutrition Practice includes a situational assessment and national consultation leading to recommendations to strengthen the practice of dietitians in public health nutrition. |
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Caroline A. Ball, Elena Goldblatt, Elizabeth Richardson,
Ryen Agnew, Vicki Edwards, Susan Harding-Cruz, Cindy Spong, Deirdre Querney, Colleen Van Berkel - City of
Hamilton Public Health Services
An innovative workshop-based learning approach is described for introducing the Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada Release 1.0 to a diverse workforce within a local public health unit. |
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Developing Pan-Canadian Discipline-Specific Competencies for Health Promoters:
Progress & Next Steps
Marco Ghassemi - Peel Public Health
This session will provide an overview of the work carried out to date by Health Promotion Ontario on the development of discipline-specific competencies for health promoters. |
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Nadia Stokvis - Public Health Agency of Canada - Ontario/Nunavut Region; Lisa Leger; A.M (Tig) Shafto; Susan Squires; Lisa Jensen
To collaboratively augment public health human resource capacity across Canada by creating new public health positions in non-federal offices and championing professional development opportunities. |
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Angus Dawson - Toronto Public Health; Connie L. Uetrecht - Ontario Public Health Association; Katie Dilworth - Toronto Public Health
This workshop will increase capacity of public health professionals in ethical decision making. |
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Jo Ann L Tober - Brant County Health Unit; Ruta Valaitis - McMaster University; Christina Rajsic - Brant County Health Unit
The CASN Public Health Subcommittee developed a survey to identify the level of competency with the Community Health Nursing Standards expected of baccalaureate nursing students upon graduation. |
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Students Teach Us? Preceptorship – A Professional Development Model
Karen Jenkins - Middlesex-London Health Unit
This phenomenological study uncovers an understanding of public health nurse preceptors’ experience of learning within a preceptor-student relationship. |
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Re-Design of Performance Appraisal Tool
for Public Health Nurses
Marie Jakubowski, Bonnie Hewitt - Halton Region Health Department
Halton Region Health Department re-designed performance appraisal tool used by nurses to ensure reflection on changes in practice expectations from OPHS, CCHNS and CNO. |
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Community Services Collaboration When Working
with Recent Immigrants – A Prerequisite to Systemic Cultural Competency
Sandy Isaacs - Public Health Agency of Canada
Delegates will acquire concepts of organizational ecology and its application to community service organizations, cultural competency as a systemic agenda, and collaborative practices as means of promoting and supporting the public health of newcomers to Canada. |
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Monday November 2 |
3:30 – 5:00 pm |
Showcasing Innovation at the New “Roundtables”
Roundtable sharing sessions focus on innovative practical applications, processes, and collaborations that selected authors as “Table Leaders” will share in a semi-structured way. Attendees will move among themed tables in the large conference room to hear from peers and colleagues about work carried out in their communities. The Roundtable Session is 90 minutes – participants visit up to three tables, each for 25 minutes (15 minutes for the brief overview, and 10 minutes of lively exchange of ideas and information among table participants). Participants have five minutes to move to your next topic choice. Bring a supply of business cards!
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A Walkable Communities Social Marketing Campaign: Building on Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers
Kendra S. Willard, Karen Moynagh - Halton Region
Health Department
This roundtable shares the results of a Central West Ontario survey about walkable communities. The findings informed the development of a social marketing campaign called iCANwalk. |
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Alcohol Policy: Connecting Research and Practice
Samantha Cukier - South Shore South West Annapolis Valley District Health Authorities; Dan Steeves - Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection
Alcohol policies are among the most effective strategies to reduce harmful patterns of drinking. To this end, Nova Scotia’s Alcohol Strategy has identified and actioned key policy initiatives. |
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Be a Breast Friend Salon Project
Faye C. Parascandalo - City of Hamilton Public Health Services
The Be a Breast Friend salon project is an innovative project that promotes breast cancer screening to women through their hair stylists. |
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Best Practice Recommendations for Reportable STI Case Management and Contract Tracing
Rita Shahin - Toronto Public Health; Karen Verhoeve - Region of Waterloo Public Health; Carol Woods - Algoma Public Health
This roundtable will focus on the process undertaken to develop STI best practice recommendations for Ontario. |
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EatRight Ontario: Building a Healthier Future
for all Ontarians
Rita N. Barbieri - Dietitians of Canada with The Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
EatRight Ontario, a new face in the health service delivery landscape offers Ontarians and healthcare providers free access to registered dietitians providing evidence-based nutrition advice. |
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Evaluation of a Pilot Health Promotion Intervention Targeting Employees’ Health Behaviours:
The Motiv8 Workplace Series
Abby L. Smith - KFL&A Public Health/ Queen’s University
This study used the RE-AIM framework to determine
the effectiveness of the Motiv8 Workplace Series
on improving employees’ physical activity and
eating behaviours. |
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Getting the Word Out–OPEN WIDE
Elizabeth A. McIntosh - Brant County Health Unit; Victoria
Leck - Oxford County Public Health and Emergency Service
OPEN WIDE is a multi-year, province wide, health promotion campaign. Lessons learned, partnerships, challenges and rewards of intersectorial collaboration will be discussed. |
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Impact of Barriers on Delivery of Public Health Services
Bonnie L. Wooten, Susan L. Hall, Lee Robins - Middlesex London Health Unit
Using a case study and with a focus on the determinants of health, this roundtable will highlight an exercise designed to teach Public Health professionals on interdisciplinary teams about the barriers faced by vulnerable families in the process of accessing services to improve health status. |
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Innovative Collaborative Approach to Creating Asthma Friendly School Environments
Rebecca C. Lewis - Halton Region Health Department; Catherine A. Snider - Durham Region Health Department
The Public Health School Asthma Project, funded by the Government of Ontario is a four pillar approach aimed at improving the health of school-aged children through creating asthma friendly environments. |
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Rosita Johnson - Middlesex-London Health Unit
This roundtable will present a tool, which enables meaningful integration between departments in a single organization, and/or between multiple organizations. |
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Local Health Units and Evaluators Partnering:
A School-based Fruit and Vegetable Program
Charlene E. Beynon - Middlesex-London Health Unit;
Meizi He - University of Texas at San Antonio
Local health units and PHRED evaluators collaborated on a qualitative evaluation of children’s perceptions of the Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program. |
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Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice
Lori A. Martin, Lori M. Iltgen –
Durham Region Health Department
Working on the principle that food availability and accessibility are important predictors of food intake, Durham Region Public Health Nurses, Nutritionist, Community Partners and Municipal Recreational Facilities created ‘Healthy Choice Menus’ for concession stands. |
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Motiv8 Workplace Series
Joe Baldock - KFL&A Public Health
Learn about the challenges faced and the solutions found in the development and implementation of a program that promotes physical activity and healthy eating in workplaces. |
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Optimizing Evidence-based Guidelines for Falls and Osteoporosis Through Collaborative Partnership
Carol Woods - Algoma Public Health; Patricia M. Ciaschini - Algoma District Medical Group
A randomized study to determine if a multidisciplinary community-based care program optimizes the implementation of evidence-based protocols in clients at high risk for falls and osteoporosis. |
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Physical Activity at Daycare:
Issues, Challenges and Perspectives
Melissa Van Zandvoort - Research Associate;
Trish Tucker - Middlesex-London Health Unit; Shauna M. Burke, Jennifer D. Irwin - University of Western Ontario
This roundtable session will present barriers and facilitators to engaging preschoolers in physical activity at daycare, which were identified in focus groups with YMCA childcare providers in London. |
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Practicing What We Preach: Role-Modeling Healthy Eating Practices While Conducting Health Unit Business
Renée Gaudet - Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
The experience of developing and evaluating a healthy eating policy will highlight staff training and the policy effectiveness at improving food choices and reducing trans fat levels in foods. |
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Public Health Early Child Home Visiting: A Scan of What is Happening in Canada and Elsewhere
Claire Betker, Bonnie Hamilton, Karen Weir, Hope Beanlands, Anna MacLeod - National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
This roundtable discussion will highlight the process used to conduct the inventory, the results, lessons learned and next steps in analysis and knowledge translation. |
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Spark Together for Healthy Kids
Karen Donaldson-Howden, Sharon Brodovsky - Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Spark Together for Healthy Kids (TFHK) the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario’s response to the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. |
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Steps to Building A Successful Liaison Role
Bonnie L. Wooten - Middlesex London Health Unit
Very little data is available on the role of Liaison.
This roundtable will demonstrate one approach to analyzing and preparing the ground work for building
a successful liaison role in Public Health. |
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The Development of an Intervention for Minority
Males in an Urban Setting
Wafa Nuradin, Samiya Abdi - University of Waterloo
Description of an evidence-based youth initiative for marginalized and racialized Somali males residing in Toronto, Ontario. |
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The Effects of Social Connectedness on the Resilience of Street-Involved Youth
Kimberly Garcia, Kristin Cleverley, Sean Kidd - McMaster University
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of social connectedness on the resilience of street-involved youth in Hamilton, Ontario. |
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The Health Equity “Mapping” Project: Guiding the Sudbury & District Health Unit’s Approach to Social Inequities in Health
Stephanie Lefebvre - Sudbury & District Health Unit
A research project to better understand the scope of local activities related to health inequities and to assess their potential impact on the health of priority populations. |
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The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on the Primary Health Care Experiences of Canadians with Chronic Conditions
Shilpi Majumder, Lisa Maslove, Ivan Ip - Health Council of Canada
This report investigates the extent to which health and social inequities experienced by Canadians with chronic conditions are related to perceived quality of care and self-management of conditions. |
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Daniela Seskar-Hencic, Donna Garstin - Region of Waterloo Public Health
This planning framework follows the Population Health Assessment and Surveillance Protocol and emphasizes how using various data sources in the situational assessment contributes to program planning that addresses health inequities. |
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Ben Rempel - The Ontario Public Health Association
This roundtable aims to provide participants with an opportunity to learn about the proposed process of this project, the work that has been done thus far on the project and to inform next steps. |
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Panel 1 |
Emergency Preparedness
Connie Verhaeghe - City of Hamilton Public Health Services (moderator); Elizabeth Richardson and Julie Emili - City of Hamilton Public Health Services; David McCann - Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
Implementing an incident management system (IMS) within a municipality for a response to a public health emergency has its challenges. Engaging the labs, hospitals, community physicians, CCAC, LTCH and city departments early in the planning process could lead to an unified response and the continuity of essential services within your agency. Understanding the model, responsibilities, situation reports and the command structure is essential for an effective public health response to an emergency impacting the health of a community. |
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Panel 2 |
H1N1 Update
Chris Mackie - City of Hamilton Public Health Services (moderator); Monir Taha - Halton Region Health Department; Doug Sider - Niagara Region Public Health Department (Part-time basis) and Physician Consultant, OAHPP; Bryna Warshawsky - Middlesex-London Health Unit
In response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic, the Ontario government and the municipalities have established emergency preparedness plans to deal with a possible outbreak within the community. Speakers from this panel session will share their experiences on the operational processes of H1N1 emergency preparedness plans implemented in their organizations, the challenges they faced when implementing the plans, and the lessons they learned from the process. |
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