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Fact sheets and Resources

 

Appendix 1

Website resources
Ontario Ministry of Health's website posts Vaccine fact sheets in English and several other languages.

 

Appendix 3

 

Facts of Lice

If you find a needle be careful!

 

 

Appendix 4

 

Car Seat Safety Fact Sheets

 

Chinese

Farsi

Punjabi

Russian

Tamil

Urdu

 

Playground safety

Playgrounds – danger of strangulation

 

Outdoor environments

West Nile virus – protect yourself and your family

A healthy lawn a healthy family – Reduce the use of pesticides brochure

Smog Alert 

If you think idling is harmless…think again!

Ontario Ministry of Environment's Smog and Your Health resources (released in June 2005)

 
Indoor environments
 

Sun safety

Sunsense

Fortune Teller: A fun resource for primary school

Website resources

 

Ontario Ministry of Environment's Air Quality website

www.airqualityontario.com provides current Air Quality Index readings and air quality forecasts, as well as information on what to do when a smog alert is issued. You can also subscribe to the ministry's Smog Alert Network and receive free automatic emails whenever a smog alert issued and terminated.

 

The GTA Clean Air website.

Your One-Stop for information on Clean Air and Climate Change

www.cleanairpartnership.org

 

20/20 The Way to Clean Air Planner Guide

www.toronto.ca/health/2020/2020_planner.htm

 

Canadian Dermatology Association

Sun Safety information for daycares

A comprehensive Sun safety program for daycares

www.dermatology.ca

 

Canadian Paediatric Society
Facts about sun exposure

What should parents do?

www.caringforkids.cps.ca/keepkidssafe/Sun.htm

 

Environment Canada:  Sun Safety Information Guide for School

Posters and Guides

www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/education/uvindex/resources/sunsavvyresourcepage_e.html

  

Health Canada: Ultraviolet Radiation From the Sun

www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html

Then go to A-Z index. Click "U". Search under "UVR from the Sun"

 

Health Canada: Sunscreens

www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html

Then go to A-Z index. Click "S". Search under "Sunscreen"

 

The World Health Organisation

Protecting Children from Ultraviolet Radiation

www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs261/en/

 

York University

Ontario EcoSchools. School Ground Greening Guide: Designing for Shade

www.yorku.ca/fes/community/

 

Canadian Cancer Society 

www.cancer.ca/Canada-wide/Prevention/Use SunSense.aspx 

 

Appendix 6

 

Feeding

The ABCs of fruit juice; also available in Chinese and Tamil

Choking prevention tips

Finger foods; also available in Chinese and Tamil

Canada's Food Guide 

  

 

Appendix 9

 

Development and screening

The first years last forever (booklet)

Nipissing District Developmental Screening website

Red Flags Guide

 

Website resources

Canadian Institute of Child Health Resources and Publications

Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMP)

Invest in kids

 

 

Appendix 10

 

Abuse

Jewish Family and child services

York Region CAS

 

 

 
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