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The Indigenous health research monitoring bulletin focuses on public health issues relevant to prevention and promotion for professionals and workers providing health care to Indigenous peoples of all ages. The bulletin’s topics are selected according to our Indigenous partners’ interests and are reviewed from time to time.

Indigenous Health Research Monitoring, October 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social repercussions have highlighted the social and health inequalities that make Indigenous communities particularly vulnerable to the pandemic and its impacts.

The Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) conducted a training project with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) from January to December 2019 in the regions where Lyme disease (LD) is a growing public health issue. The objective was to train Lyme disease prevention ambassadors through a cascade training approach (training trainers).

Science Watch : Tobacco Control, Volume 10, Issue 2, September 2020

These recommendations and procedures apply to the analytical tests performed by the Centre de toxicologie du Québec (CTQ) as part of epidemiologic research and surveys. They deal with the preparation and sending of hair samples. When collecting a hair strand, the CTQ recommends to use the template designed for that purpose. It is a cardboard booklet where you should staple the hair sample.

These recommendations and procedures apply to the analytical tests performed by the CTQ as part of epidemiological research and population surveys. They deal with the preparation and sending of plasma or serum samples.

These recommendations and procedures apply to the analytical tests performed by the Centre de toxicologie du Québec (CTQ) as part of epidemiological research and surveys.