Public Health Update

e-bulletin for physicians and nurse practitioners

June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day, coinciding with the summer solstice. This time is significant for many Indigenous groups and communities as a time to celebrate their culture and heritage.
June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. This month encourages us all to reflect and honour the history, legacy, resilience and cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
This is also a time to recognize the vast contributions of Indigenous Peoples to community health and wellbeing. In doing so it is important to recognize the barriers to health encountered by First Nations, Inuit and Métis due to the ongoing impact of colonialism, anti-indigenous racism and the intergenerational harms of the residential school system.

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is offering a new bilingual promotional poster that connects patients to prenatal and parenting videos on the Parenting in Ottawa website.
The poster is available in both printed and digital formats and features a QR code that links patients directly to the OPH YouTube Infant Health Series videos.
Download digital (PDF) copies of the bilingual poster and display it in your waiting room for patients to access the videos from their personal devices. Printed copies are also available for ordering by emailing: Genevieve.mosher@ottawa.ca.

Online, accredited self-assessment program (Section 3) from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Average completion time is 4 hours. Target Audience: Physicians, residents, other healthcare providers
Program
Registration: You will need a Royal College membership to login. Request an RCID for My Learning, at no cost.

Measles, Public Health Ontario (PHO). Landing page includes links to weekly epidemiological summary (updated on Thursdays), and resources.
Measles Webpage for Health Care Providers, Ottawa Public Health (OPH). Includes information on the assessment and management of suspect measles cases.
Adult Immunization Record, Immunize Canada. Recently updated, two-page resource.
“It might be gloves. It’s always hand hygiene”, theme and resources for World Hand Hygiene Day, May 5th, 2025, Public Health Ontario (PHO)
How primary care providers can support immigrant and refugee TB clients, Recorded webinar, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Tuberculosis in Ontario: epidemiological summary (April 2025), Public Health Ontario (PHO).
HeatSMART Study: Spots Still Available. Join a new Health Canada-funded research study assessing a tool to help physicians and nurse practitioners (NPS) protect at-risk groups from extreme heat. info@cpin-rcip.com