Publications – Healthy living
Topics
- Childhood obesity
- Health and the environment
- Air quality
- Drinking water quality guidelines - Chemical and physical parameters
- Drinking water quality guidelines - Bacteriological and microbiological parameters
- Drinking water quality guidelines - Radiological parameters
- Environmental assessments
- Home and Garden Safety
- Water quality guidelines and guidance - Other
- Healthy pregnancy
- Immunization and vaccines
- Injury prevention
- Mental health and wellness
- Smoking and tobacco
- Substance abuse
Childhood obesity
Health and the environment
Air quality
- Addressing moisture and mould in your home
- Flood Cleanup: Keep in mind indoor air quality
- Guidance for Benzene in Residential Indoor Air
- Guidance for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in Residential Indoor Air
- Health Risks and Benefits Associated with the Use of 10% Ethanol-Blended Gasoline in Canada
- Human Health Risk Assessment for Biodiesel Production, Distribution and Use in Canada
- Human Health Risk Assessment for Sulphur Dioxide
- Human Health Risk Assessment for Coarse Particulate Matter
- Human Health Risk Assessment for Diesel Exhaust
- Human Health Risk Assessment for Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide
- New Brunswick Shale Gas Air Monitoring Study - Interim Report 01
- New Brunswick Shale Gas Air Monitoring Study - Interim Report 02
- Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline: Carbon Monoxide
- Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline: Formaldehyde
- Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline: Moulds
- Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline: Naphthalene
- Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline: Nitrogen Dioxide
- Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline: Ozone
- Residential Indoor Air Quality Guideline: Toluene
- Risk Assessment for the Combustion Products of Methylcyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl (MMT) In Gasoline
Drinking water quality guidelines - Chemical and physical parameters
- Aluminum
- Ammonia
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Asbestos
- Atrazine
- Azimphos-methyl
- Barium
- Benzene
- Benzo[a]pyrene
- Boron
- Bromate
- Bromoxynil
- Cadmium
- Calcium
- Carbaryl
- Carbofuran
- Carbon Tetrachloride
- Chloramines
- Chloride
- Chlorine
- Chlorite and Chlorate
- Chlorophenols
- Chlorpyrifos
- Chromium
- Colour
- Copper
- Cyanide
- Cyanobacterial toxins - Microcystin-LR
- Diazinon
- Dicamba
- Dichlorobenzenes
- Dichloroethane-1,2
- Dichloroethylene-1,1
- Dichloromethane
- Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-2,4
- Dichlofop-methyl
- Dimethoate
- Diquat
- Diuron
- Fluoride
- Formaldehyde
- Glyphosate
- Haloacetic acids
- Hardness
- Iron
- Lead
- Magnesium
- Malathion
- Manganese
- MCPA-2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic Acid
- Mercury
- MTBE-Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether
- Metolachlor
- Metribuzin
- Monochlorobenzene
- NDMA-N-Nitrosodimethylamine
- Nitrate and Nitrite
- NTA-Nitrilotriacetic Acid
- Odour
- Paraquat
- pH
- Phorate
- Picloram
- Selenium
- Silver
- Simazine
- Sodium
- Sulphate
- Sulphide
- Taste
- Temperature
- Turbifos
- Tetrachloroethylene
- Toluene, Ethylbenzene and the Xylenes
- Total dissolved solids
- Trichloroethylene
- Trifluralin
- Trihalomethanes
- Turbidity
- Uranium
- Vinyl chloride
- Zinc
Drinking water quality guidelines - Bacteriological and microbiological parameters
Drinking water quality guidelines - Radiological parameters
Environmental assessments
Water quality guidelines and guidance - Other
- Controlling corrosion in drinking water distribution systems
- Chloral hydrate
- Domestic reclaimed water for use in toilet and urinal flushing
- Issuing and rescinding boil water advisories in Canadian drinking water supplies
- Issuing and rescinding drinking water avoidance advisories in emergency situations
- Potassium from water softeners
- Recreational water quality
- Safe drinking water in areas of federal jurisdiction
Home and Garden Safety
Healthy pregnancy
Immunization and vaccines
- Not Just For Kids. An Adult Guide to Vaccination
- Teens, meet Vaccines
- Update on the Use of Herpes Zoster Vaccine
- Update on Pertussis Vaccination in Pregnancy
- Update on Quadrivalent Meningococcal Vaccines available in Canada
- Update on the recommended Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine immunization schedule
- Re-Immunization with Polysaccharide 23-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine (Pneu-P-23)
- Update on the Use of Pneumococcal Vaccines: Addition of Asthma as a High-Risk Condition
- A Parent's Guide to Vaccination
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2016 - Q1
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2015 - Q1
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2015 - Q2
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2015 - Q3
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2015 - Q4
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2014 - Q1
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2014 - Q2
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2014 - Q3
- Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) 2014 - Q4
- Canadian Consensus Statement on Proposed Standards for Bar Codes on Vaccine Products
- Canadian Immunization Guide
- Immunization and vaccine awareness materials
- Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals
- NACI Opinion on LAIV Effectiveness in Young Children
- National Standards for Immunization Coverage Assessment: Recommendations from the Canadian Immunization Registry Network
- National Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines for Immunization Providers - 2015
- Update on Measles-Mumps-Rubella-Varicella Vaccine and Febrile Seizures
- Updated Recommendations on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines: 9-valent HPV vaccine and clarification of minimum intervals between doses in the HPV immunization schedule
- Statement on Rotavirus Vaccines and Intussusception
- Update on the Recommended use of Hepatitis A Vaccine
- Updated recommendations for the use of varicella zoster immune globulin (VarIg) for the prevention of varicella in at-risk patients
- Vaccine Coverage in Canadian Children: Results from the 2013 childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey (cNICS)
- Varicella Proof of Immunity - 2015 Update
- Vaccination uptake in Canadian adults: Results from the 2014 adult National Immunization Coverage Survey (aNICS)
Injury prevention
Mental health and wellness
Improving your mental health
- Because life goes on …helping children and youth live with separation and divorce
- Coping with Emotional Reactions
- Measuring Positive Mental Health in Canada: Myths and Facts
- Measuring Positive Mental Health in Canada: Social support
- The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada, 2014: Public Health in the Future
- What's Wrong with Spanking?
Mental Illness
Suicide prevention
Smoking and tobacco
Avoid second-hand smoke
Quit smoking
Federal tobacco control strategy
Prevent smoking
Smoking and tobacco use data
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) - 2011
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2011 - Summary
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2011 - Tables
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey - Historical Tables 1999 -2011
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2012
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2012 - Summary
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2012 - Tables
- Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) - Smoking Prevalence 1999 - 2012
- Federal and Provincial/Territorial Tobacco Sales Data 2015
- Overview of Historical Data, 1999-2012
- Wholesale Sales Data: 1980-2014 - Canada
- Wholesale Sales Data: 1980-2014 - Provinces
- Youth Summary of results of the Youth Smoking Survey 2012-2013
- Youth Smoking Survey 2012-2013 - Supplementary Tables
Tobacco products and labelling
- Consultation Summary: “Plain and Standardized Packaging” for Tobacco Products
- Annual Report on Compliance and Enforcement Activities (Tobacco Control), 2014–2015
- Aromatic Amines: Contribution to the Mutagenic Activity of Tobacco Smoke
- Biomarkers of Exposure
- Carcinogens in Tobacco Smoke
- Cigarette Ignition Propensity Regulations - Information Sheet
- Contraband Cigarettes: Tobacco Smoke Analysis
- Discount Cigarettes
- Health Labels for Cigarettes and Little Cigars
- Health Labels for Cigars, Pipe Tobacco and Other Tobacco Products
- Little Cigars... Big Concerns
- Mini Size Cigarettes: Smoke Emissions and Toxicity Analyses
- Nicotine and Its Major Metabolites as Biomarkers of Exposure to Tobacco
- NNALs: Measuring Exposure to a Tobacco-Specific Carcinogen
- Retailer Behaviour with Respect to Youth Access to Electronic Cigarettes and Promotion Web Summary
- Retailer Compliance Evaluation
- Super Slim Cigarettes
- Toolkit for responsible tobacco retailers - British Columbia
Substance abuse
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