Reports Developed by PHPC

This report, prepared from the perspective of public health physicians, provides recommendations for rebuilding, resourcing and re-imagining our public health systems in the wake of COVID-19. 

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This document contains a summary scan of selected HPV resources available from each of the Canadian provinces and territories (P/T). This resource is part of the Solutions to Increase Youth HPV Immunizations in Canada project led by Urban Public Health Network (UPHN) and Public Health Physicians of Canada (PHPC), and funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC).

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This document contains a brief summary scan of vaccine passport policies from each of the Canadian provinces & territories. It is important to note that each P/T’s information may vary depending on the epidemiological context & the outbreak situation in that jurisdiction. This is also a rapidly evolving issue and this information was gathered in late September 2021, sections may have changed.

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The Public Health Physicians of Canada (PHPC) is seeking ways to support public health physicians who are experiencing an impact on their emotional and psychological well-being as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have compiled a varied list of resources that we hope are helpful.

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This 3-page document  may also be useful for non-public health senior decision makers and colleagues.  It provides a quick overview of case and contact management, including why it is important, its limitations and resources and skills required to do it effectively.

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In collaboration with Public Health Physicians of Canada, NAO has produced a study of COVID-19 case and contact management strategies in the Canadian context.  It outlines how case and contact management is an essential component of a comprehensive response strategy to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Such work is complicated by various factors, including staffing issues, imperfect technologies, and protecting population subgroups rendered particularly vulnerable to poorer COVID-19 outcomes. This rapid review describes the case and contact management strategies that have been deployed in jurisdictions across Canada to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies the challenges involved in carrying out this public health effort.

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This document contains a brief summary scan of back-to-school policies and recommendations from each of the Canadian provinces and territories. It is important to note that each P/T’s information may vary depending on the epidemiological context and the outbreak situation in that jurisdiction.

This document contains a brief summary scan of non-medical mask recommendations from each of the Canadian provinces and territories. It is important to note that each P/T’s information may vary depending on the epidemiological context and the outbreak situation in that jurisdiction.

This document contains a quick summary scan of visitation policies among long-term care (LTC) facilities from each of the Canadian provinces and territories (P/T) as of June 18, 2020. A summary table is provided, followed by more detailed information about each jurisdiction’s policies. It is important to note that each P/T’s information would be expected to vary depending on the epidemiological context and the outbreak situation in that jurisdiction. 

This document contains a quick summary scan of the data reported within public COVID-19 dashboards from each of the Canadian provinces and territories. A summary table is provided, followed by examples of unique features of some dashboards. This information is subject to change but was gathered in mid June 2020.

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 This is work that began as a resident initiative several years ago and elements will be out-of-date. We hope it will be of use to residents, public health physicians, and others however – including furthering the goals of the public health system as an object of research and understanding how changes to our public health structures impact our abilities to improve health outcomes and decrease inequities.