Interventions

The Best Practices Section of the Portal is a searchable list of chronic disease prevention and health promotion interventions which provides program planners and public health practitioners with easy and immediate access to successful public health programs, interventions and policies that have been evaluated and have the potential to be adapted and used.

Featured Interventions

• Intervention targeting multiple risk factors for falls in seniors residing in long-term care facilities

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  The first step of the intervention was to assess all residents for fall risk. A resident was classified as at higher risk of falling if he or she stopped walking when talking to an accompanying person, walked more slowly when …

• KiVa™ Antibullying Program

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  KiVa™ is an evidence-based program to prevent bullying and to tackle the cases of bullying effectively. KiVa includes both universal and indicated actions. The universal actions, such as the KiVa curriculum (student lessons and online games), are directed at all …

• Tsi Tionkwatention A’non:wara Rason:ne (“My Home on Turtle Island” Youth Lodge)

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  Community residential facility for youth in need between the ages of 12 and 18; that operates on a seven day, 24 hour basis. Tsi Tionkwatention A’no:wara Rason:ne (Sounds like gee djo gwa den djo a no wa la la soon …