Welcome to CPHA

The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is a national, independent, not-for-profit, voluntary association representing public health in Canada with links to the international public health community. CPHA’s members believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions which are necessary to achieve health for all Canadians.


Highlights

  • Government of Canada extends Federal Tobacco Control Strategy
    The Honourable Leona Agluqqak, Minister of Health, announced on March 25 the extension of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy for another year. This will allow for an evaluation of recent initiatives such as those to prevent youth from starting to smoke, and explore various approaches for future tobacco control in Canada. CPHA welcomes this news, as the FTCS was due to end on March 31. The Association will release an updated position paper on tobacco use and smoking in late April, and looks forward to providing input to the formulation of a renewed federal tobacco control strategy.
     
 
  • Public Health Experts help Canadians EAT SAFE!
    The Canadian Public Health Association has released EAT SAFE!, a new online resource that helps people minimize their personal risk from foodborne illness.

    The production of this resource targeted at higher-risk groups, their caregivers and the broader Canadian population was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
 
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  • Accredited e-learning course on Health Literacy
    You talk to your patients, but do they understand? The CMA presents a new accredited e-learning course that introduces you to the concept of health literacy. It gives an overview of current knowledge about the links between literacy and health outcomes. The goal is to help you understand how health literacy affects your own practice or work setting. The course teaches some practical tools and strategies to identify and address the health literacy needs of your patients/clients and the barriers that you may inadvertently create to patient/client understanding.
 
Link to the adult working group's resources
  • Health Literacy Resources – New Additions to the Portal
    This series of reports and fact sheets can be used to promote health and learning for adults in various settings such as the workplace, schools, health and community services. Specific information is provided on the impact of low levels of literacy skills on the health of particular adult groups including adults living with HIV/AIDS, immigrants and refugees and those living in remote communities.  The new resources were produced by the Adult Working Group of the Health & Learning Knowledge Centre.
 
link to Caring For You and Your Baby
  • Caring For You and Your Baby
    Caring For You and Your Baby is a practical guide for new mothers with babies from infancy through to toddler age. It provides information that can help keep you and your baby happy and healthy. This guide was developed by public health experts with a focus on raising healthy babies and protecting them from injury and illness. Caring For You and Your Baby is brought to you by the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) in partnership with Lysol®.
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