APHA Fact Sheets

This case study from the Western Public Health Casebook 2019 focuses on the importance of fostering and creating meaningful relationships with the Indigenous communities in Canada, a mandate of the Ontario Public Health Standards’ Health Equity Standard. Paul Green, the Health Equity Manager at Turtle Creek Public Health (TCPH), is worried that his organization is not meeting the Health Equity Standard when his coworkers ask for direction in working with local Indigenous communities. This case…

This report, published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on behalf of UN-Water, examines the ways in which climate change is affecting societies and water management in terms of adaptation and mitigation. Climate change is affecting the availability, quality and quantity of water for human needs, human rights to water and sanitation, and energy production. As climate change affects the water cycle, food security, human health, and economic development are also…

This case from the Western Public Health Casebook 2020 focuses on the complex risk communication problem of vaccine hesitancy. Lisa Walters, Public Health Consultant, has been working diligently to develop an effective risk communication message that targets vaccine-hesitant parents and addresses the core problem of framing. She is participating in a media interview, but doesn't feel prepared and worries her message will add to the negative media landscape on vaccines. However, her immunization team is having…