Cantonese-style barbecue meat food safety in Vancouver Coastal Health

Piloting the CANRISK tool in Vancouver Coastal Health.

INTRODUCTION Vancouver Coastal Health Authority's Healthy Living Program implemented this pilot study to test and validate the Canadian Diabetes Risk Assessment Questionnaire (CANRISK) developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada as a screening tool for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes. Key objectives were to test the feasibility and acceptability of screening urban ...

Balancing equity issues in health systems: the example of Vancouver Coastal Health.

Introduction Canada’s public health system is committed to providing necessary healthcare services to all Canadians. This principle is so simple – as well as morally and practically appealing – that it has become embedded as a fundamental part of what it means to be Canadian. It is, of course, much more complex to follow through on the principle than to support its philosophy. An ideal world wo...

Food Safety in the Meat Industry: A Regulatory Quagmire

Toxoplasma gondii in Meat and Food Safety Implications – A Review

Nevertheless, there are many reasons for foodborne disease remaining a global public health challenge. As some diseases are controlled, others emerge as new threats. New agents of risk have occupied the ecological niche of those on which control pressure has been exerted, replacing the previous ones. The proportions of the population who are elderly, immunosuppressed or otherwise disproportiona...

Food Safety and Intertemporally Nonseparable Preferences in U.S. Meat Consumption

A consumer life­cycle demand system is constructed to investigate the presence of ra­ tional habits and effects of food safety information on U.S. meat consumption. Based on previous studies, information on meat recalls and media coverage of food safety events is used to measure consumer perception of meat quality. At quarterly frequen­ cies, U.S. meat demand is found to be intertemporally nons...