ACICR 2007 -2008 Annual Report Addendum - Alberta Centre for ...

Pan Canadian Public Health Network – Injury Task Group
Background
The Pan Canadian Public Health Network was established in 2005 as a forum
to improve public health through intergovernmental collaboration. At the core
of the Network is the Public Health Council whose members are senior public
health and/or ministry of health officials representing the provinces and
territories, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada.
The Council reports to the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Conference of
Deputy Ministers of Health.
Six Expert Groups report to the Public Health Council and among them the
Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention and Control Expert Group (CDIPC EG)
is mandated to address injury-related issues in public health. This Expert
Group has now established the Injury Prevention and Control Task Group
(IPCTG) to assist with its work in injury prevention.
Goal
The mandate of the IPC TG is to provide expert opinion and advice to CDIPC
Expert Group, and through the Expert Group, to the Pan-Canadian Public
Health Network (PHN) to support Canadian injury prevention and control in
the following areas:
1. Surveillance
2. Knowledge Development & Exchange
3. Community-Based Programming
4. Public Information
5. Leadership, Coordination and Strategic Policy Development
6. Monitoring and Evaluation
Objectives 1. Review, identify and support collective work on injury prevention and
control and propose same to CDIPC EG for endorsement and support.
Collective work may take the form of national injury prevention and
control goals and priorities, best practices, reports, plans for action, and
others.
2. Follow CDIPC EG and PHN decisions and directives in their work.
Status
Have submitted a draft 2008/2009 work plan to the Chronic Disease and Injury
Prevention and Control Expert Group (CDIPC EG) for approval.
Partners & Sponsors • Atlantic Network for Injury Prevention
• British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit
• First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada
• IMPACT, The Injury Prevention Centre of Children's Hospital
• Iqaluit Department of Health and Social Services
• Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection
• Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Safe Communities
• Safe Kids Canada
• Saskatchewan Health
• SMARTRISK
• Think First
Contact
Ms. Kathy Belton, Associate Director
Phone: (780) 492-9762
Email: kathy.belton@ualberta.ca
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