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General Resources
The following resources have been compiled to provide public health practitioners with practical tools that support understanding of the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS) and facilitate program planning and delivery.
Describes the authority for the Ontario Public Health Standards and the incorporated protocols and their respective relationships with the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
Includes key terms used throughout the OPHS (the OPHS Glossary is distinct from glossaries included in specific protocols).
For each standard, provides the relationships between the requirements, board of health outcomes, societal outcomes, and goals.
A tool for conducting predetermined literature searches (through PubMed) on topic areas relevant to the requirements.
How to cite the OPHS, associated Protocols and other resources.
A guide from the Ontario Public Health Libraries Association on the basics for critically appraising research.
A guide to assist boards of health in the provision of French language public health programs and services to French-speaking residents of communities within their jurisdiction.
Cross-cutting PDF reports that breakdown the components of the OPHS (e.g., lists of goals, board of health outcomes), and show the linkages across the standards and protocols by identifying which OPHS requirements and protocols are relevant for various dimensions (e.g., settings and populations).
A chart comparing the requirements of the 2008 OPHS and the 1997 MHPSG.
Includes links to public health organizations and resources in Ontario, Canada and internationally.
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