Tag: Prevention

Activate Health: Why #PublicHealthMatters

In light of Public Health Week recently, in this month’s Activate Health blog post, we talk about why #PublicHealthMatters more than ever for us, for you, and for everyone.

Newsletter #38: December 2022

This month, we’re talking all things holiday safety and injury prevention. Click over to read our last newsletter of 2022!

A TikTok tutorial, data discussion, and a Big Banana: The 2022 Canadian Injury Prevention Conference

The BCCDC Foundation was pleased to be sponsor of the 2022 Canadian Injury Prevention Conference. In this guest blog post, read about the highlights of the conference, and the positive impact it will make for British Columbians.

The Impact of Activate Health in 2021-22

Through Activate Health, we call on you to be a health ambassador for your community! Last year, through our blog posts, we wove many Activate Health principles into the conversation. Read on for highlights of some of our most impactful messages last year, and why they are very much still relevant to the health, resiliency, and recovery of our province today.

Decoding Public Health Infographics and Downloads

Here you’ll find downloadable infographics from our Decoding Public Health series.

Decoding Public Health: Other Resources

Looking for other information not covered here? Check out these other great resources!

Prevention 101: Decoding Public Health

In our Prevention 101 blog post, we share examples on how and why prevention works. Plus, five ways we can use our individual actions and voices to move towards a new way of thinking.

Injuries are preventable – no, really!

In this guest post, Megan Oakey, Provincial Manager for Injury Prevention at the BC Centre for Disease Control, talks about why and how injuries happen, and how we can prevent them in the first place.

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Activate Health: A Battle Cry for BC

A new year, a new way to think about health. 20x20x20: 2020, 20 days, 20 ways to Activate Health.