…health agency has demonstrated the ability to perform cooperative activities with network partners. This ability may be demonstrated, for instance, during real or simulated emergencies. Protocols in place to allow…
…treatment. Evidence indicates that the provision of incentives to individuals requiring treatment for active TB or LTBI – for instance foods, money, celebrations, etc. – enhance treatment acceptance and completion…
…levels, cultural safety, availability of on-line technology, and other population-level specifics. Education includes community actions that strengthen and draw from community resilience. 35. The public health agency dedicates time for…
…the relative ease with which it is transmitted to other hosts. A droplet spread disease, for instance, is more infectious than one spread by direct contact. The characteristics of the portals of exit and…
…experienced child abuse (35%), witnessed family violence (33%), experienced financial instability (61%) and/or used social assistance (56%), substandard housing (32%), underemployment (69%), and had education of less than grade 10…
In the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic context, there has been increasing attention to correctional facilities and other congregate settings as catalysts for infectious disease transmission. It is well known that…
…A small, but growing body of research suggests that school closures as a public health measure can deepen social and economic disparities. For instance, school closures have been found to…
…instance, estimates for future years were generally discounted at a rate of 3%. This means that a year of life saved next calendar year is worth 97% of a year of…
…se préparer à la COVID-19? Dr Strang: À l’instar des autres secteurs de la santé, celui des soins de longue durée fait actuellement des préparatifs détaillés. L’objectif principal est d’empêcher…
…en ce qui concerne l’instauration de mesures appropriées pour mettre un frein à la propagation avant qu’elle ne s’étende réellement. Je pense que nous sommes dans une très bonne position,…
…limitation of our small-population approach is the relative instability of results due to stochastic variability. We have somewhat overcome this latter limitation through performance of large numbers of simulations. The…
Executive Summary Across Canada, among all respondents there was a concern regarding the transmission of influenza viruses among host species and recognition of the bidirectional transmission of viruses between humans and swine….