Population Health Promotion - Public Health

This team works with community agencies and AHS partners to address ongoing and emerging health concerns within the community.

Our community work focuses on:

• youth substance use (nicotine, cannabis)
• financial strain
• home-based injuries (older adult falls, fire prevention, infant & toddler home safety, poison prevention
• risky behaviour (youth risky behaviour, risky play for children, suicide prevention)
• traffic safety (distracted driving, pedestrian safety, active transportation, helmet use, child safety seats)

Services provided include:

• Partnership development and community development facilitation
• Workshops for families with young children
• home safety
• child safety seats
• Workshops for professionals
• family support workers and health care providers to help professionals recognize safety risks in the home and support parents in creating safe spaces for their children
• child safety seat workshops for agency staff