AB Public Health
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Alberta Public Health Association
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☀️ Promoting & protecting the health of the public through advocacy, partnerships and education.
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https://www.apha.ab.ca/ 27-02-2015 05:53:04
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7 in 10 men don't know they can check themselves for testicular cancer. Protip: You can. It's something #Movember is MOving to change because early detection leads to better outcomes Read our Men's Health study done in partnership w Movember Canada forumpoll.com/post/2899/mens… #Mo
Today is World Diabetes Day. My character, Ella Piccolo on Big Top Academy has diabetes which helped me learn more about the disease. Here’s a vlog where Ella goes through some true & false questions about diabetes.World Diabetes Day @diabetescanada #bigtopacademy #worlddiabetesday #diabetes
Apply now for a grant from the 2019 Bell Let's Talk Community Fund. $2 million now available to registered charities leading mental health care initiatives in their local communities bit.ly/2VKIbHq
"Why Big Pharma distrust is fueling the anti-vaxxer movement" usatoday.com/story/news/hea… by Jayne O'Donnell w Paul Offit Study: "perceptions of the profit motive generate distrust" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27909947 My take: "Vaccines, public trust & my hate mail" policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/nove…
You are invited to attend the 2019 Campus Alberta Health Outcomes and Public Health | Annual Provincial Forum. June 10, 10 a.m-5 p.m. University of Alberta North Campus- Telus International Centre. Register HERE: surveymonkey.com/r/CampusAB2019 #abhealth #abpublichealth
Conservative Senators working to block bill that restricts food and drink ads aimed at children by Susan Krashinsky Robertson Bill Curry theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… via The Globe and Mail #BillS228 #Marketing2Kids
Although promising, evidence suggests that personalized medicine (& perhaps personalized anything) does not result in meaningful behaviour change. Great critiques by Timothy Caulfield #CampusAB2019
I’m tremendously disappointed that Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives are working with Pamela Wallin to overturn the will of the elected House and put Canadian kids at risk of obesity and chronic diseases. Our children deserve better. thestar.com/opinion/editor… via @torontostar