Reports and publications
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Reports and publications
Alphabetical index of reports and publications
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- Children and physical activity scenarios project - Evidence-based visions of the future
- 2009 Tracking Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada
- A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians - Marc Lalonde (1974)
- 1998/1999 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Surveillance Report
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- Aboriginal Head Start: Urban and Northern Initiative Principles and Guidelines
- Age-Friendly Communication: Facts, Tips and Ideas
- Age-Friendly Communities in Canada: Community Implementation Guide
- Age-Friendly Communities in Canada: Community Implementation Guide - Toolbox
- Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communities: A Guide
- Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Awareness of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 2006 Final Report
- An Integrated Protocol to Manage Health Care Workers Exposed to Bloodborne Pathogens
- Arthritis: Life with arthritis in Canada: A public health and personal challenge
- Assessment and Diagnosis of FASD Among Adults: A National and International Systematic Review
- A Parent's Guide to Vaccination
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- Because Life Goes On - Helping Children and Youth Live with Separation and Divorce
- Breast cancer
- Breast Cancer Screening Knowledge Exchange Virtual Event - “What We Heard” Summary Report
- Breastfeeding & Infant Nutrition
- Bringing Health to the Planning Table: A Profile of Promising Practices in Canada and Abroad
- Building a Global Framework to Address the Needs and Contributions of Older People in Emergencies
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- Chlamydia, gonorrhea and infectious syphilis in Canada, 2018: Infographic
- Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) (*)
- Canadian Cancer Statistics
- Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Canadian Immunization Guide, Evergreen Edition
- Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect - 2008 Major Findings
- Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) Annual Reports
- Canadian Integrated Surveillance Report for 1995 on Salmonella, Campylobacter and Pathogenic Escherichia coli
- Canadian National Report on Immunization
- Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan
- Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System Fact Sheets
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2009
- Case Definitions for Diseases Under National Surveillance (2000)
- Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention: Strategic Plan 2016–2019
- Cervical Cancer Screening in Canada: 1998 Surveillance Report
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Resource Links (CBRN)
- Chief Public Health Officer's Reports on the State of Public Health in Canada
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Maltreatment publications
- CHIRPP Injury Reports
- Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada (CDIC)(P)
- Classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Canada Quick Reference Guide 2007
- Classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Canada 2002
- Colorectal cancer
- Congenital Anomalies in Canada 2013: A Perinatal Health Surveillance Report
- Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance- An Integrated Action Plan for Canadians
- Coping with the Stress of Terrorism and Armed Conflict
- Crossing Sectors - Experiences in Intersectoral Action, Public Policy and Health
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- Framework for Diabetes in Canada
- Framework for Diabetes in Canada: Infographic
- Informing a Framework for Diabetes in Canada: Stakeholder Engagement Summary
- Supporting the advancement of the Framework for diabetes in Canada: Dialogues report
- Snapshot of Diabetes in Canada, 2023 (infographic)
- Diabetes in Canada in review, 2021
- Twenty Years of Diabetes surveillance using the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System
- Your Guide to Diabetes
- Diabetes in Canada : Facts and figures from a public health perspective (2011)
- Fast facts about Diabetes 2011 (PDF document, 265 KB)
- 2017-2020 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy: 2019-2020 Update
- 2017-2020 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy: 2018-2019 Update
- Departmental Plan - 2017-2018 Public Health Agency of Canada
- Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy 2017-2020
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- Early Primary School Outcomes associated with maternal use of alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy and with exposure to parent alcohol and tobacco use postnatally
- Eating Disorders in Teens - Information for Parents and Caregivers
- Economic Burden of Illness in Canada
- Elder Abuse
- Epilepsy in Canada
- Evaluation of the effect of Ontario's Universal Infuenza Immunization Program (UIIP)
- Evaluation of the Hepatitis C Prevention, Support and Research Program (1999-2006)
- Exploring the Link Between Work-Life Conflict and Demands on Canada's Health Care System - Report 3 (March 2004)
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- Canada's Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response Protocol (FIORP)
- Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines
- Family Violence publications
- Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile 2010 - prepared by Statistics Canada
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): A Framework for Action
- Fighting against forced labour and child labour in Supply Chains Act 2023-2024
- Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act 2024-2025
- FluWatch
- Folic acid use among pregnant women in Canada (2014)
- Foodbook Report
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- Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings
- Guidelines for the Control of Diphtheria in Canada
- Guidelines regarding departure from Canada of persons with suspected respiratory tuberculosis (TB), untreated active respiratory TB or partially treated active respiratory TB - (Version 2006.07.18)
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- Heart disease in Canada: Highlights from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System
- How Healthy are Canadians? A trend analysis of the health of Canadians from a healthy living and chronic disease perspective
- HSBC Infographic: Do Relationships Matter to the Health of Canada's Youth?
- Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy in Canada
- Health Behaviour in School-aged Children in Canada: Focus on Relationships
- Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: Trends Report 1990-2010
- Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada (HPCDP)
- Healthy Aging in Canada: A New Vision, A Vital Investment—A Discussion Brief
- Healthy settings for young people in Canada
- Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada, 2009 Tracking
- Heart disease in Canada
- Hepatitis B: Get the Facts. You can have it and not know it.
- Hepatitis C: Get the facts. You can have it and not know it.
- Hepatitis C - Prevention and Control: A Public Health Consensus
- Human Antimicrobial Drug Use Report 2012/2013
- The Human Face of Mental Health and Mental Illness in Canada 2006
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- If You Fall or Witness a Fall, Do You Know What to Do?
- Infection Control Guideline Series
- Infection Control Guidelines - Hand Washing, Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care
- Inventory of HIV Incidence and Prevalence Studies in Canada: August 2006
- Inventory of Injury Data Sources and Surveillance Activities
- Investing In Prevention - The Economic Perspective
- It's Your Health - Diseases
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- Laboratory Evidence of Human Viral and Selected Non-viral Infections in Canada 1989 to 1996
- Leading Causes of Death and Hospitalization in Canada (2004)
- Learning from SARS - Renewal of Public Health in Canada
- Life and Breath: Respiratory Disease in Canada
- Lung cancer
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- Mapping Connections: An understanding of neurological conditions in Canada
- Mood and anxiety disorders in Canada
- MES results, along with some of the latest research and recommendations.
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- National Asbestos Inventory: Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada buildings
- National Consensus Conference on Pertussis
- National Consensus on Guidelines for Establishment of a Post-Exposure Notification Protocol for Emergency Responders
- National Immunization Strategy - Final Report 2003
- A National Directory of Services and Programs for Men Who are or Have Been Victims of Violence 2008 (PDF document - 638.87 KB - 60 pages)
- National Inventory of Treatment Programs for Child Sexual Abuse Offenders, 2002 (PDF document - 186.13 KB - 52 pages)
- National Immunization Strategy: Final Report 2003 A Report from the F/P/T Advisory Committee on Population Health and Health Security (ACPHHS) to the Conference of F/P/T Deputy Ministers of Health
- Naylor Report - Learning from SARS - Renewal of Public Health in Canada
- Not Just For Kids. An Adult Guide to Vaccination
- A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians (1974 - Marc Lalonde)
- Nutrition Tips for People with Hepatitis C: Helping You Feel Your Best! Dealing with Discomforts
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- Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada - Report on Program Performance in 2005 and 2006
- Obesity in Canada: A joint report from the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (2011)
- Obesity in Canada - Snapshot (2009)
- On the Road to Age-Friendly Communities (Brochure)
- Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada - Report on Program Performance in 2003 and 2004
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- Public Health Agency of Canada 2017-18 Fees Report
- Peer Helper Initiatives for Out-of-the-Mainstream Youth: A Report and Compendium
- Persistent Diarrhea in The Returned Traveller
- Perinatal Health Indicators for Canada - 2013
- Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Health Care
- Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Canada
- Preventing the Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens in Health Care and Public Service Settings
- Proceedings of the Consensus Conference on Infected Health Care Workers: Risk for Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens
- Proceedings of the National Consensus Conference on Tuberculosis - December 3-5, 1997
- Proceedings of the National Varicella Consensus Conference: Montreal, Quebec, May 5-7, 1999
- Programmatic Guidelines for Screening for Cancer of the Cervix in Canada (PDF document - 534.21 KB - 39 pages)
- Psychological Abuse: A Discussion Paper
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- Report from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System: Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Canada, 2016
- Responding to an Infectious Disease Outbreak: Progress Between SARS and Pandemic Influenza H1N1
- Reducing Health Disparities - Roles of the Health Sector: Discussion Paper (December 2004)
- Recommendations for the Screening and Prevention of Tuberculosis in Patients with HIV and the Screening for HIV in Tuberculosis Patients and Their Contacts
- Report from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System: Mental Illness in Canada, 2015
- Report of the Xenotransplantation Surveillance Workshop: Infection Control Database and Sample Archiving
- A Report on Mental Illnesses in Canada
- Report on Plans and Priorities Public Health Agency of Canada
- Responding to Stressful Events
- Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Health Care: Revision of Isolation and Precaution Techniques (1999)
- Roll-Up Report of Prevention & Community-Based Support Regional Projects - Funded/In Progress 2000-2001 (June, 2005)
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- Report on sexually transmitted infections in Canada, 2017
- Executive Summary - Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada: 2009
- (The) Safe Living Guide—A Guide to Home Safety for Seniors
- Seasonal Influenza - Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Healthcare Workers in Acute Care and Long-term Care Settings (2010)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada
- Accelerating our response: Government of Canada five-year action plan on sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections [2019]
- Brief Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada: 2007
- Brief Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections in Canada: 2006
- 2004 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance Report. CCDR Supplement May 2007; 33S1
- 2002 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance Report. CCDR Supplement June 2005;31S2.
- 1998/1999 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Surveillance Report. CCDC October 2000; 26S6.
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Canada: 1996 Surveillance Report (with Preliminary 1997 Data). CCDC May 1999;25S1
- Sleep Apnea: What is the Impact of Sleep Apnea on Canadians?
- Statement on Combination Vaccines Against Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B (1999)
- Statement on High-Altitude Illnesses
- Statement on Influenza Vaccination For The 2003-2004 Season
- Statement on Influenza Vaccination For The 2002-2003 Season
- Statement on Influenza Vaccination For The 2001-2002 Season
- Statement on Influenza Vaccination For The 2000-2001 Season
- Statement on Influenza Vaccination For The 1999-2000 Season
- Statement on Influenza Vaccination For The 1998-1999 Season
- Statement on Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
- Statement on Meningococcal Vaccination for Travellers (1999)
- Statement on Oral Cholera Vaccination
- Statement on Recommended use of Varicella Virus Vaccine (1999)
- STD Epi Updates
- Street Youth in Canada - Findings from Enhanced Surveillance of Canadian Street Youth, 1999-2003 March 2006 (June 2006) Street Youth in Canada E-SYS Quick Facts: (August 2006)
- Stroke in Canada (2016)
- Stroke in Canada: Highlights from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System
- Summary Report National Forum on the FASD Diagnostic Guidelines (2006)
- Supplementary Statement on Hepatitis Prevention - Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B Combination Vaccine for Children (1999)
- Surveillance Report (with Preliminary 1997 Data) (1999)
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- Teens, meet Vaccines
- Tracking Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada - Stroke Highlights 2011
- The Case of ActNowBC in British Columbia, Canada (2009)
- Towards a Healthier Canada - 2015 Progress Report on Advancing the Federal / Provincial / Territorial Framework on Healthy Weights
- Towards a Healthier Canada - 2013 Progress Report on Advancing the Federal / Provincial / Territorial Framework on Healthy Weights
- Tracking Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada (2009)
- Travel Health Advisories
- Trends in the Health of Canadian Youth
- Tuberculosis Fact Sheets
- Tuberculosis in Canada 2012
- Tuberculosis in Canada 2007
- Tuberculosis in Canada - 2006
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- 'Waiting for a Diagnosis After an Abnormal Breast Screen in Canada' (PDF document - 744.40 KB - 49 pages)
- What to Do After a Fall... (Poster)
- MES.
- What We Have Learned : Key Canadian FASD Awareness Campaigns
- Work-Life Conflict in Canada in the New Millennium A Status Report : Final Report October 2003