• Governance/ Intergovernmental Relations Governance/ Intergovernmental Relations Public health policy development is fundamentally an intergovernmental activity given the ability of public health threats to cross borders. Effective intergovernmental relations are therefore critical to the development of successful public health policy.
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  • Social Media/Web 2.0 and Public Health Social Media/Web 2.0 and Public Health
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  • Smoking Smoking
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  • Risk Communication and Public Health Risk Communication and Public Health
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  • International Health Regulations International Health Regulations
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  • Immunization Immunization Universal vaccination programs have been central components of public health programs around the world. In Canada all provinces have instituted public childhood vaccination programs for measles, mumps and rubella, hemophilus influenza B, and diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and polio.
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  • Pandemic Preparedness/ Global Health Security Pandemic Preparedness/ Global Health Security The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza outbreak highlighted the critical importance of our public health system and in particular health surveillance. This outbreak affected populations around the world and occupied significant public health resources
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  • Blood Policy Blood Policy Blood safety was thrust in to the spotlight as a consequence of the tragic transfusion transmission of hepatitis C and HIV to thousands of transfusion recipients. Many lessons can be learned from the Canadian blood systems response to this tragedy.
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Welcome to public health policy, a key source of information on public health policy in Canada and the international sphere.

What is Public Health?

Public health is an often under-recognized component of our health system, yet most improvements in life expectancy and other key markers of healthy populations are the result of effective public health programs.

Ongoing Research

This section is where details and documentation for related ongoing research projects undertaken by Dr. Wilson and his collaborators can be located.

Social Media and Public Health

Complementary and alternative medicine have created some public health concerns due to the potential for non evidence-based practice and the potential harm associated with their use.

Highlights

  • Securing the public health realm: re-envisioning Canada’s role in the new century

    20 Jul 2010

    “Canada should formulate a foreign and domestic policy focused on establishing health security at national and international levels. Like the mission in Afghanistan this policy will involve taking action abroad to tackle security risks at their source. Doing so will help protect the lives of those in the countries affected as well as provide protection [...]

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Research Themes and Methodologies

Research Themes And Methodologies To assist policy makers in developing public health policy, techniques need to be developed to better understand

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