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Antidepressant Skills at Work

Asthma in British Columbia

A new WorkSafeBC-CHSPR report examines the cumulative prevalence and incidence of new cases of asthma in children and the working-age population.

BC Firesmoke website

Canary Database: Animals as Sentinels of Human Environmental Health Hazards

  • Institution & Unit: Yale University School of Medicine >> Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • Resource Category: Websites of Interest
  • Resource Location: International

The Canary Database is a compilation of curated peer-reviewed research articles related to the use of animals as sentinels of human health hazards. This database contains information added by trained curators in addition to bibliographic records from MEDLINE and other well-known databases. The database includes studies of wildlife, companion, and livestock animals, where either the exposure or the health effect could be considered potentially relevant to human health.

Cryptococcus gattii Study website

Database of Knowledge Translation Information Resources

This online database is full of knowledge translation resources that have been selected based on their relevance to research in environmental and occupational health and health policy. The articles and other resources will be helpful for researchers writing grant proposals, designing field work strategies, and developing effective communication strategies to share their findings with a diverse range of stakeholders. This database will help researchers to develop knowledge translation and communications plans targeted at the audience(s) most in need of their research findings.

Depression & Work Function: Bridging the Gap Between Mental Health Care & the Workplace

Environmental Health News

Environmental Health News aggregates links to articles in the world press about environmental health, with daily updates. Topics carried include a broad array of issues in environmental health, including: chemical contamination, water quantity and quality, air pollution, sewage, Mad Cow disease, and genetic engineering, etc. as well as climate change and biodiversity stories with a health dimension.

Environmental Stewardship

Visit AFN’s Environmental Stewardship page to keep up to date on initiatives.

Healthy Work Environments: Best Practice Guidelines

RNAO’s Healthy Work Environment Best Practice Guideline program has released its first guideline, Developing and Sustaining Nursing Leadership. This is one of a series of six Best Practice Guidelines on Healthy Work Environments developed by the nursing community to date. The aim of these guidelines is to provide the best available evidence to support the creation of healthy and thriving work environments.

National Consortium on Aboriginal and Rural Public Health Education

Recognizing a lack of Public Health Education and training for the rural / remote and / or Aboriginal communities, four universities and a medical school have come together to take a collaborative approach in filling this gap. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Lakehead University, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, and University of Northern British Columbia, all contribute their specialty and together they offer students choices and options with a focus on Aboriginal and Rural Public health education.

National Environmental Health Association Online University

The NEHA Online University is your trusted source of environmental health and related training and educational information. The university is currently featuring Avian and Pandemic Flu awareness and preventive measures training.

Pandemic Influenza Preparedness website

Proceedings of the First American Conference on Human Vibration

Sawmill Study website

Social Equity

  • Institution: Canadian Network on Environment, Health, and Social Equity (CNEHSE)
  • Resource Category: Websites of Interest
  • Resource Location: Canada

The Canadian Network on Environment, Health, and Social Equity (CNEHSE), is a grassroots initiative of over 70 (and growing) representatives from community, government, and academic sectors. Our purpose is simple, but ambitious: we are committed to work together to place environmental inequity front and centre on Canadian environment and health research and policy agendas. Despite increasing national attention to the threat of environmental risks and hazards on human health, there remains little public knowledge of or policy focus on their disproportionate impacts on socially disadvantaged groups. As a consequence of discrimination based on aboriginal status, poverty, gender, and age, vulnerable Canadians bear the greatest burden of environmental harm and yet are often left at the margins of health, social, and economic policies toward the environment. This imbalance points to the notion of injustice and undermines Canadian values of human dignity and social equity. Strategies to address environmental inequities are just now coming to the forefront of research, policy development, and community and global action agendas. It is time for Canada to take lead role. The Canadian Network on Environment, Health and Social Equity aims to take this lead role in promoting healthy environments for all through collaborative research, policy and action.

The 30-30 lightning rule

Environment Canada has been actively promoting the 30-30 lightning rule for the past number of years. If there is 30 seconds or less between the flash of lightning and the rumble of thunder, you should seek the best shelter available. The second, and equally important, part of this rule is that you should remain in that shelter for a full 30 minutes after the last flash of lightning or rumble of thunder since lightning can travel from the back end of the storm for a number of kilometres. Remember, even though skies may begin to clear in the wake of a thunderstorm, lightning is still a threat for a full 30 minutes after that last flash or rumble. If no solidly constructed building is available for shelter, a metal-topped car or truck will provide lightning protection provided you are not touching anything metal inside the vehicle. If caught outside away from buildings or vehicles, you should avoid tall objects such as trees or light standards and things like metal fences. You should seek a low-lying area and crouch down on the balls of your feet to minimize contact with the ground.

The Interprovincial Directory of Researchers

A new Canadian online research resource has been launched, thanks to a joint effort between research support agencies in Quebec and British Columbia. The Interprovincial Directory of Researchers has been created by Québec’s three research funding agencies – le Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec, le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies, le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture – and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR), British Columbia’s support agency for health research.

ToxSeek: Metasearch and clustering engine for environmental health and toxicology

ToxSeek is a meta-search and clustering engine that enables simultaneous searching of many different toxicology and environmental health information resources. ToxSeek uses natural language processing and artificial intelligence to retrieve, integrate, rank, and present search results as coherent and dynamic sets. ToxSeek’s “results clustering” feature helps users to more easily identify particular concepts. These clusters are created from what is retrieved in the original query, and can be useful in uncovering a specific concept or focus for more in-depth searching.

Using Census Data for Health Research

The UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research is pleased to announce the launch of Using Census Data for Health Research—a gateway and FAQ for health researchers, university students, health authority staff, and others. This online resource looks at sources of Canadian census data, how health system and census geographies compare, linking and combining data, and points to resources and examples of research using census data. We hope it serves as a useful introduction and valuable ongoing reference for health researchers interested in tapping the potential of census data.

Last updated October 20, 2008