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Child and Youth Health

Growth and development during childhood strongly influences health across the rest of an individual’s life. Healthy child development is a complex interplay between genetics, physical, family, social and environmental factors. Several public health programs and policies in areas such as nutrition, immunization and injury prevention are aimed at children and are often delivered in schools.

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Research

A scoping review of the published and grey literature identified a number of parenting measurement tools and indicators to use in public health practice.

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Updated 16 May 2025

Evidence Brief

Overview of evidence on the impacts of food neutrality (or food bias) on school-aged children and youth.

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Published 9 Oct 2024

Focus On

Barriers and facilitators, best practices and frameworks for engaging families in school settings are presented to support public health practitioners and others working in schools in the area of comprehensive health promotion programming.

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Published 9 Sep 2024

Focus On

Provides information on the current role of public health in conducting developmental surveillance and screening of developmental delays and other conditions in children 0-6 years.

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Published 1 Aug 2024

 

Event

PHO Webinar: Engaging Policymakers on the Commercial Determinants of Health: Lessons from Global Tobacco Control

This Public Health Ontario (PHO) webinar focuses on lessons for effective policy engagement on the CDOH drawn from experiences at the global, national and local levels.

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Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention

hpcdip@oahpp.ca

Updated 18 Feb 2025
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