Child and Youth Health

A toolkit to support school boards and public health units to collect child and youth health and well-being information (the Healthy Living Module) in a partnership model, for collaborative action.
In 2017, the Children Count Pilot Study Project Team set out to explore the feasibility of coordinated monitoring and assessment of child and youth health, utilizing the school climate survey, to address local health data gaps. Six school board and public health unit pairings piloted the Healthy Living Module as part of the school board’s school climate survey in the 2018/19 academic year. The Healthy Living Module included 17 questions on mental health, healthy eating, and physical activity.

A report on immunization coverage in Windsor and Essex County Public Schools for the 2018-2019 school year, including exemption rates.

Ontario needs a coordinated and cost-effective system for measuring the health and well-being of children and youth. Such a system will enable stakeholders at all levels (local, regional and provincial) to effectively measure the health and well-being of our kids, and in turn, the return on investment in relevant programs.

Des chercheurs des bureaux de santé de l’Ontario ont cerné des lacunes importantes relativement aux données sur la santé chez les enfants d’âge scolaire et les jeunes de l’Ontario. Ces constatations découlent d’un projet de recherche échelonné sur un an qui avait pour but d’examiner le besoin d’avoir accès à des données de qualité pour surveiller la santé des enfants et des jeunes en Ontario. Cette étude a été financée par Santé publique Ontario dans le cadre du programme Projets locaux et menée à bien par des professionnels de la santé publique et d’autres experts dans le domaine de l’évaluation de la santé des enfants et des jeunes. Aujourd’hui, ils rendent leurs constations publiques dans un rapport intitulé Les enfants sont importants.

Researchers from Ontario public health units have identified important gaps in health data for Ontario’s school age children and youth. The findings are the result of a year-long research project examining the need for quality data to monitor the health of children and youth in the province of Ontario. The study was funded by Public Health Ontario as part of the Locally Driven Collaborative Projects (LDCP) program, and organized by public health professionals and other experts in the area of child and youth health assessment. Today they have released their findings in a final report called Children Count.

The Children Count Pilot Study Project

In 2017, the Children Count Pilot Study Project Team set out to explore the feasibility of coordinated monitoring and assessment of child and youth health, utilizing the school climate survey, to address local health data gaps. Six school board and public health unit pairings piloted the Healthy Living Module as part of the school board’s school climate survey in the 2018/19 academic year. The Healthy Living Module included 17 questions on mental health, healthy eating, and physical activity.

Les enfants sont importants : Évaluation des lacunes en matière de surveillance de la santé des enfants et des jeunes pour les bureaux de santé de l'Ontario

Des chercheurs des bureaux de santé de l’Ontario ont cerné des lacunes importantes relativement aux données sur la santé chez les enfants d’âge scolaire et les jeunes de l’Ontario. Ces constatations découlent d’un projet de recherche échelonné sur un an qui avait pour but d’examiner le besoin d’avoir accès à des données de qualité pour surveiller la santé des enfants et des jeunes en Ontario. Cette étude a été financée par Santé publique Ontario dans le cadre du programme Projets locaux et menée à bien par des professionnels de la santé publique et d’autres experts dans le domaine de l’évaluation de la santé des enfants et des jeunes. Aujourd’hui, ils rendent leurs constations publiques dans un rapport intitulé Les enfants sont importants.

Children Count: Assessing child and youth surveillance gaps for Ontario public health units

Researchers from Ontario public health units have identified important gaps in health data for Ontario’s school age children and youth. The findings are the result of a year-long research project examining the need for quality data to monitor the health of children and youth in the province of Ontario. The study was funded by Public Health Ontario as part of the Locally Driven Collaborative Projects (LDCP) program, and organized by public health professionals and other experts in the area of child and youth health assessment. Today they have released their findings in a final report called Children Count.