Knowledge review

Écrit présentant une synthèse des connaissances scientifiques disponibles sur une question pertinente à la santé publique. Il contient et rend compte des résultats d’une démarche explicite pour identifier les études scientifiques pertinentes à la question examinée, évaluer la qualité de ces études, en extraire les données, formuler des conclusions et les analyser.

Tools and Methods for Integrating Health into Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Policies and Strategies

This paper presents the results of a scoping review of the literature on existing tools and methods for integrating health concerns into climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and strategies. It is intended for public health actors who may be involved in the development of such policies and strategies. It may also be of interest to other actors who would like to further integrate the health dimension into their actions aimed at combating climate change.

The review of the…

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Current state of knowledge on parents’ social isolation and loneliness from pregnancy to the end of early childhood: definitions, measuring instruments, extent, and associated factors

This review provides a portrait of our current knowledge on parents’ social isolation and loneliness during the perinatal and early childhood period. This document informs public health actors working with parents and their families on various aspects of these two phenomena. A scoping review was carried out to identify: 1) the definitions of social isolation and loneliness, as well as the distinction with certain related concepts; 2) the main instruments used to measure social isolation…

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Social and Psychological Dimensions of Mining Activities and Impacts on Quality of Life

Industry and government interest in Quebec mineral development, particularly in the region targeted by the Plan Nord, is leading public health actors to study development activities and their repercussions on health. To help the public health network better understand the health repercussions of mining activities, a review of the literature has been carried out. This review documents nuisance impacts on quality of life, as well as the psychological and social effects on individuals…

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Cognitive Health, a New Target for Healthy Aging

Population aging is occurring particularly rapidly in Québec. Moreover, cognitive impairments increase with advancing age and become a more significant source of disability as seniors age. Cognitive impairments adversely affect the exercise of such mental functions as memory, judgment, attention, learning capacity and the ability to solve problems, and such impairment can have a significant impact on the ability to remain autonomous and on quality of life. The main types of cognitive…

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Portrait of zoonoses prioritized by Quebec’s observatory on zoonoses and climate change adaptation in 2015

In Québec, like elsewhere in the world, diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans (zoonoses), which account for about 60% of diseases communicable to humans, are currently emerging. The complex dynamics of zoonoses can be affected by climate change. In response to this complexity, the Observatoire initiated a zoonosis prioritization approach in 2015 in the context of climate change. This approach allowed it to develop a portrait of zoonoses that will serve as the basis for…
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Knowledge Synthesis of Relevant Spheres of Action for Promoting the Mental Health of Young Adults

The Institut national de santé publique du Québec has been mandated to prepare a knowledge synthesis for the Direction générale de la santé publique of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux on reference points underpinning actions to enhance mental health, on life situations encountered during the passage to adulthood and the resources that can have a positive effect on the mental health, and on the relevant spheres of action to promote mental health in young adults. To do this,…

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Assessment of the Health Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields

This report is based on an analysis of scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals and on expert reports by recognized national and international health organizations. Sources of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) are varied and increasingly prevalent. Public exposure to RF-EMFs comes from two types of sources: Local (near-field) sources These are sources to which people are exposed at very short distances, namely less than a few centimetres from…
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The Built Environment Around Schools and the Lifestyle Habits of Young People: State of Knowledge and Québec Overview

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Most scientific studies show meaningful connections between the characteristics of the built environment and the eating habits, physical activity and body weight of young people. The factor that appears to be most closely associated with students' weight and eating habits is the density of convenience stores and fast food restaurants in the vicinity of the school. The characteristics of the built environment that have the greatest influence on physical…
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Conditions for Success of Actions to Promote Total Child Development: State of Knowledge

The purpose of the Joint Intervention Initiative for Early Childhood Development (JIIECD) is to support the development of the children of Québec, improve their school readiness and enhance their success in school. The first phase involves conducting the Québec Survey of Child Development in Kindergarten (QSCDK). The second phase consists of implementing actions that may support child development on the basis of the results obtained in the first phase. Several partners are collaborating in…

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Expedited knowledge synthesis on factors affecting implementation of integrated services networks for the elderly: the experts' viewpoint

This document summarizes the main observations delivered by the experts on the implementation processes involved for RSIPAs, thus constituting a part of the expedited knowledge synthesis we realised on this subject. We grouped the comments under six themes: a general appreciation of the model (even if this aspects extended beyond the object of the synthesis), questions related to the general governing of the system (at the ministerial level), those concerning appropriation at the local level…

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