OCMOH Reports

Reports from the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health

• Tuberculosis in Alberta Surveillance Report 2005–2009  Sept. 2012 
• Waterpipe Smoking in Alberta  Feb. 2012
• Review of Deaths Occurring in Alberta During the 2009 Influenza Pandemic Jan. 2012
• Prescription Drug Misuse in Alberta: Everyone’s Problem  2011
• “You Are What You Eat” – Preventing the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children  2011
• Let's Talk About the Early Years – Early Childhood Development  2011
• The Syphilis Outbreak in Alberta  2010

Other reports of interest

• WiFi In Schools 2012

NASAC reports

In response to mounting evidence of both chronic (e.g., cancer, liver cirrhosis and other diseases and illnesses) and acute (e.g., alcohol poisoning, physical/verbal fights and accidents) alcohol-related harms the National Alcohol Strategy Advisory Committee developed the Low Risk Drinking Guidelines. The Guidelines were developed using the best available evidence and represent the first-ever pan-Canadian guidelines to educate Canadians by providing information on moderate use of alcohol.

• Alcohol and Health in Canada: A Summary of Evidence and Guidelines for Low-Risk Drinking 2010
• Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm in Canada: Toward a Culture of Moderation  NASAC Recommendations for a National Alcohol Strategy, 2007

Related websites

• Promoting low-risk alcohol drinking – Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse