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PEI Guidelines for the Management and Control of Pertussis
2016-05-05
This guideline provides information for Healthcare providers on the management of pertussis.
No Smoking Sign (Printable)
2016-04-21
Facility operators and households may print this "No Smoking" sign. The sign reads: "No Smoking including Tobacco and Electronic Smoking Devices".
Sign size, as presented, is 21.59 x 29.94 centimetres (8 1/2 x 11 inches).
Food Safety Training
2016-04-07
Food Safety Training is critical for public safety and protection.
The license holder for any PEI licensed food premises serving food is required to have successfully completed an approved food safety training program. In the licence holder’s absence, at least one employee who is present in the...
Healthy Islanders Healthy Communities 2015-2018 Strategic Plan
2016-03-17
PEI Department of Health and Wellness profiles a three-year strategic framework showing the vision, purpose, core values, and four strategic pillars each with a stated goal and priorities. English version (13 pages).
An Integrated Health System Review in PEI (2008). Executive Summary.
2016-03-17
An Integrated Health System Review in PEI.
A Call to Action:A Plan for Change. Executive Summary (2008). Report of an external system review which led to the reorganization of the provincial health care system and the two resulting entities, Department of Health and Wellness and Health PEI.
Chief Public Health Officers Report and Health Trends 2014
2016-03-17
The Prince Edward Island Chief Public Health Officer’s Report and Health Trends 2014 summarizes key health information from a variety of sources, both federal and provincial. The intent of the report is to examine health trends on PEI, describe Chief Public Health Office (CPHO) programs aimed at...
Pesticides and Human Health
2016-03-17
In 2014/2015, the Chief Public Health Office reviewed research conducted between 2004-2015 on the topic of pesticides and human health. The following questions and answers summarize the study’s purpose, methods, results and conclusions.
1. What was the purpose of the study?
The purpose of the...
Prince Edward Island Asthma Trends 2001- 2011
2016-03-11
A chronic disease affecting many adults and children in Prince Edward Island (PEI), asthma is the result of hyper-responsive airways leading to chronic airway inflammation and an abnormal narrowing of the airway. The disease is characterized by repeated episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath,...
Prince Edward Island COPD Trends 2001 - 2011
2016-03-11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD is a term for multiple chronic respiratory diseases that include chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Most people with COPD have both conditions, resulting in a chronic cough with mucus from the chronic bronchitis, and progressive destruction of the lungs...