This report provides an assessment of the risks of climate change to the health of Canadians and to the health care system, and of adaptation options. Led by Health Canada, it was released 2022.
This webinar features the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, PEACH Health Ontario, CASCADES, and Nourish welcoming speakers Elísabet H. Brynjarsdóttir and Lindi Close, master’s graduates of UBC, who present on the integration of plant-rich menus within hospitals and long-term care centres. It also features Marianne Katusin, Director of Support Services at Halton Healthcare, who speaks about the process of integrating plant-based choices into hospital menus, and Hayley Lapalme, Co-Executive Director of Nourish, who discusses Nourish’s new Planetary Health Menus climate program designed to help institutions reduce their food-related emissions.
This document comprises a comprehensive standard set for Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services. It will be accompanied by documents that operationalize the standards and provide concrete measurable elements, against which performance can be measured.
The International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (HPH) works towards incorporating the concepts, values, strategies and standards or indicators of health promotion into the organizational structure and culture of hospitals and health services. HPH aims to better health by improving the quality of health care, the relationship between hospitals and/or health services, the community and the environment, and the conditions for and satisfaction of patients, relatives and staff.
