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NCCEH eNews - September 2016
 
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Toward Health Equity: Practical Actions for Public Health Inspectors

NCCEH, the NCC for Determinants of Health, and the BC Centre for Disease Control have collaborated to produce a framework and accompanying user guide to help environmental public health practitioners identify potential actions regarding the social determinants of health and health equity. The framework outlines ten considerations to help practitioners identify how equity work relates to their role and how they can begin to take action. The user guide highlights potential points of influence for frontline staff, managers, and educators. Together, these new tools support reflective practice, collaboration, and action toward equity-integrated environmental public health. 
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Equity Stories from Public Health Inspectors

Building on a pilot study report released in 2015, the NCC for Determinants of Health has assembled three stories from public health inspectors who are addressing health equity in the field. These examples celebrate the diverse skills and approaches that environmental public health practitioners can apply to this issue. Each story represents an example of action that can be taken at a different level of public health practice.

Equity and Environmental Public Health Handbook

The BC Centre for Disease Control added new resources to the Handbook in June. Facilitators and Barriers to Equity-Integrated EPH Practice shows how health equity has been integrated with environmental public health practice in different places and highlights individual and organizational factors that can support equity in practice. A new report about how to leverage policy, as well as four short, action-oriented resources, are also scheduled for release next week.
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Announcements

Environmental Health Needs Assessment Survey
• The NCCEH is looking for your input to help us anticipate emerging environmental health issues, identify knowledge gaps relevant to your practice, and determine the most effective means of presenting our information products. Click here to view a summary of our recent needs assessment for northern Canada.

Featured Event
• BCCDC Environmental Health Seminar Series - Climate change adaptation in public health: Over 10 years of progress in Quebec (Sept 27)

Public Consultation on Climate Change Strategies
• With the help of Islanders, the Prince Edward Island government is developing new climate change strategies that will protect the Island’s environment and lead to a more sustainable and economically robust future.

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Upcoming Events

• CIPHI BC Branch - Enteric Outbreak Toolkit (Sept 22)
• UBC School of Population and Public Health - Well water arsenic: Cancer risk and cancer prevention (Sept 23)
• CIPHI National Educational Conference 2016 - Innovation Beyond Inspection (Sept 25-28)
• BCCDC Environmental Health Seminar Series - Climate change adaptation in public health: Over 10 years of progress in Quebec (Sept 27)
• Indoor Air Quality Association - Vancouver Chapter Meeting (Sept 28)
• CIPHI Ontario Branch - 2016 Annual Conference: Embracing the Future (Oct 2-5)
• CIPHI NB Branch - 2016 Annual Educational Session (Oct 12-14)
• CIPHI BC Branch - Earthquake Hazard and Public Health Inspectors in the BC Emergency Management System (Oct 26)
• American Public Health Association - Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health (Oct 29-Nov 2)
• National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy - Online Education Course: HIA Step by Step (registration deadline: Jan 9)
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Recent Publications

Air
• Critical Review of Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Exposure
• An assessment of the health and safety implications of coal transport through Oakland
• Outil d’aide à l’interprétation de rapports d’investigation de la contamination fongique

Built Environment
• Neighbourhood walkability, daily steps and utilitarian walking in Canadian adults
• Neighborhood walkability and body mass index trajectories: longitudinal study of Canadians
• Neighborhood greenspace and health in a large urban center
• Car free cities: pathway to healthy urban living

Climate
• Effects of climate and climate change on vectors and vector-borne diseases: ticks are different
• Public health system response to extreme weather events

Contaminants and Hazards
• Results of the OCMOH Action Plan on glyphosate
• Buffer zone considerations for mining development in proximity to human populations
• Sleep disturbance from road traffic, railways, airplanes and from total environmental noise levels in Montreal
• Emissions from electronic cigarettes: Key parameters affecting the release of harmful chemicals

Food
• Sea salt production: Risk assessment of sea salt production from marine waters
• Raw diet foods: Raw food handling to limit existing hazards
• Sushi safety: Sushi rice acidification

Practices and Procedures
• More than just numbers: Exploring the concept of “burden of disease”
• Creating change in government to address the social determinants of health: how can efforts be improved?
• Safety of tattoos and permanent make-up: final report
• Environmental burden of cancer in Ontario

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