What are the features of different non-urgent
transportation models and what approaches may improve
use of non-urgent transportation in Ontario?...
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (hereafter
referred to as the Partnership) completed an
environmental scan in 2018 of cervical cancer screening
in Canada.(6) The scan found that organized cervical
cancer screening programs are available in most
provinces, with the exception of Quebec.(6) Organize...
There are growing concerns globally of the health and
social harms caused by alcohol.(1) The harmful use of
alcohol resulted in approximately three million deaths
worldwide in 2016 (5.3% of all deaths globally).(1)
Increases in the global burden of disease attributable to
alcohol highlight the importance...
Health systems are moving away from traditional
primary care (e.g., by increasingly shifting to group
practice and interprofessional teams rather than solo
practice primary-care providers), which is often siloed
and results in barriers to timely access to care.(1) The
Ministry of Health of British Columb...
The 14 jurisdictions include one federal/national/panCanadian jurisdiction, 10 provincial jurisdictions, and three
territorial jurisdictions. The first of these jurisdictions
includes both areas of federal government responsibility for
providing healthcare – most notably for Indigenous peoples,
militar...
Opioid addiction has emerged as a pressing publichealth challenge in recent years. From January 2016 to
March 2018 more than 8,000 opioid-related deaths were
recorded.(1) In 2018, the number of apparent opioidrelated deaths continues to rise, with more than 1,000
deaths in the first three months of the y...
Nurses have a long tradition of informally working in
expanded roles in rural and remote communities in
Canada (e.g., outpost nurses).(1; 2) The formalization of
the nurse practitioner role in Canada began in the mid1960s as a response to four interrelated factors: 1)
introduction of publicly funded heal...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is used “to describe
a broader spectrum of presentations and disabilities resulting
from alcohol exposure in utero.”(1) FASD affects fetal and
brain development and may result in limitations to any of an
individual’s: memory; sensory integration; social
commun...
Dementia is a complex condition and refers to
“progressive brain syndromes which affect memory,
thinking, behavior and emotion.”(1) While the
experience of dementia is different for each person, it
eventually progresses to an individual not being able to
care for themselves and requiring assistance w...
The environment in which children are growing up
today is very different than that of previous generations.
There has been tremendous innovation in how society
operates, with the rapid expansion of technology,
globalization of businesses, new careers and
opportunities, and increasingly diverse communitie...
