Western Public Health Casebook 2018: Cases from the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health

Authors

Gerald McKinley (ed)
Western University
Shannon L Sibbald (ed)
Western University

Synopsis

The Master of Public Health Program (MPH) at Western University is a 12 month full-time program that incorporates a 12-week practicum. The MPH Program curriculum includes innovations such as case-method learning, Brown Bag seminars, Integrative Workshops, field trips and career counselling. The Brown Bag seminars allow the students to hear from, interact and network with practitioners from the field. The faculty of the MPH Program are drawn from various Faculties across campus, and represent a broad range of disciplines pertinent to public health.

Western’s MPH Program relies extensively on the case based/experiential method of learning. The Program aims to deliver 60% of pedagogic material using the case-based approach – a unique feature not found in other MPH Programs worldwide. The case method of learning is not about the traditional lecture-style classroom setting, but is about the student being an active part of the learning experience, which means learning by doing. It introduces complex and often ambiguous real-world scenarios into the classroom, forcing students to think and make decisions sometimes with incomplete and inaccurate data.

Chapters

  • Preface
    Amardeep Thind
    PDF
  • Acknowledgements
    Gerald McKinley, Shannon L Sibbald
    PDF
  • Introduction
    David Jones (Butler-Jones)
    PDF
  • CASE 1
    Mobilizing Knowledge into Action: Best Practices in Responding to Urgent Refugee Health and Resettlement Service Needs
    Shannon L Sibbald, Meriem Benlamri, Yogendra Shakya
    PDF
  • CASE 2
    Good Food Box: Generative Relationships and Scenario Planning in Public Health
    Amardeep Thind, Andrew Butti, Amy Campbell, Jessica Love
    PDF
  • CASE 3
    “School, Interrupted”
    Shannon L Sibbald, Elizabeth Dent
    PDF
  • CASE 4
    Big Comfy Couch: The Implementation of an LGBTQ2S+ Safe and Positive Space Within a Public Health Unit
    Shannon L Sibbald, Natalie Dupuis, Louise Gagné, Samara Lewis
    PDF
  • CASE 5
    Making Oral Health Care More Palatable
    Gerald McKinley, Mark Gera, Lindsey Farias, Edesiri Udoh
    PDF
  • CASE 6
    On the Road to Change: The Difficulties of Evaluating Social Marketing Campaigns in Public Health
    Patricia Johnpillai, Pamela Fuselli, Valerie Smith, Scott Watson, Mark Speechley
    PDF
  • CASE 7
    Local Climate Change Adaptation: Developing a Communication Strategy for Rural Populations
    Amardeep Thind, Mark Speechley, Jaelyn Kloepfer, Fatih Sekercioglu
    PDF
  • CASE 8
    “I Know You Want It”: Preventing Sexual Aggression in Bars
    Mark Speechley, Justin Lui, Samantha Wells
    PDF
  • CASE 9
    Managing Expectations: Lyme Disease
    Nitin Mohan, Michel Deilgat, Ava John-Baptiste
    PDF
  • CASE 10
    Middlesex-London’s Public Health Emergency: HIV in People Who Inject Drugs
    Daniel E. Murcia Monroy, Tamara Thompson, Amanda Terry
    PDF
  • CASE 11
    Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights: A Key Step in Achieving Gender Equality in Pakistan
    Amardeep Thind, Shiza Sheikh, Fawad Akbari
    PDF
  • CASE 12
    Housing and Health: A Human Rights Approach to Wellbeing
    Amardeep Thind, Amanda Steger, Johanna Macdonald
    PDF
  • CASE 13
    The Abokobi Open Dump
    Amardeep Thind, Matthew Tersigni, Reginald Quansah
    PDF
  • CASE 14
    Rural Residence and Associated Health Disparities: The Case of Chatham-Kent
    Gerald McKinley, Kate Turner, Stanley Ing, Laura Zettler
    PDF
  • CASE 15
    Going Beyond the Wheel Chair Ramp: Public Health Sudbury & Districts’ Plan to Become Accessible to All
    Mark Speechley, Akshay Varghese, Laurel O’Gorman, Joelle Martel, David Groulx
    PDF
  • CASE 16
    Don’t Miss the Bus
    Ava John-Baptiste
    PDF
  • CASE 17
    Can Hospitals do Health Promotion? Making Hospitals a Place for both Care and Health through Health Promotion
    Shannon L Sibbald, J. Ross Graham
    PDF
  • Integrative Workshops
    PDF

Author Biographies

Gerald McKinley, Western University

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health
Western University
London, Canada

Shannon L Sibbald, Western University

Assistant Professor
School of Health Studies
Department of Family Medicine
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health
Western University
London, Canada

Amardeep Thind, Western University

Director
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health

David Jones (Butler-Jones), Health Canada

MD, MHSc, LLD(hc), FCFPC, FRCPC, FACPM
Senior Medical Officer and Atlantic Region Medical Officer for the First Nations and Inuit Health Division, Health Canada

Meriem Benlamri, Western University

HBSc, MSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Yogendra Shakya, Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services

PhD (Senior Research Scientist, Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services)

Andrew Butti, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Amy Campbell, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

BASc (Community Health Promoter, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit)

Jessica Love, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

RD (Registered Dietitian, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit)

Elizabeth Dent, Western University

BSc, BSoSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Natalie Dupuis, Western University

HBSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Louise Gagné, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

BASc, MSc (Manager, Planning, Evaluation & Communication Services, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit)

Samara Lewis, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

BASc, MPH (Public Health Nurse Specialist, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit)

Mark Gera, Western University

BA, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Lindsey Farias, WellFort Community Health Services

CDA (Manager, Health n’ Smiles, WellFort Community Health Services)

Edesiri Udoh, Bramalea Community Health Centre

BDS, MPH (Health Promoter, Bramalea Community Health Centre)

Patricia Johnpillai, Western University

HBSc, BA, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Pamela Fuselli, Parachute

BSc, BHA, MSc (Vice President, Knowledge Transfer & Stakeholder Relations, Parachute)

Valerie Smith, Parachute

BA, MA (Director, Solutions, Parachute)

Scott Watson, Parachute

BA, MPA (Manager, Stakeholder Relations, Parachute)

Mark Speechley, Western University

PhD (Professor, Western University)

Jaelyn Kloepfer, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Fatih Sekercioglu, Middlesex-London Health Unit

MSc, MBA, PhD. Manager, Safe Water, Rabies and Vector Borne Disease, Middlesex-London Health Unit

Justin Lui, Western University

MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Samantha Wells, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

PhD (Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)

Nitin Mohan, Western University

MD, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Michel Deilgat, Public Health Agency of Canada

MD (Medical Advisor, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada)

Ava John-Baptiste

MHSc, PhD (Assistant Professor, Western University)

Daniel E. Murcia Monroy, Western University

BA, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Tamara Thompson, Middlesex-London Health Unit

PhD (formerly Program Evaluator, Middlesex-London Health Unit)

Amanda Terry, Western University

PhD (Assistant Professor, Western University)

Shiza Sheikh, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Fawad Akbari, Aga Khan Foundation Canada

MD, MPH (Senior Program Manager, Health, Aga Khan Foundation Canada)

Amanda Steger, Western University

BScH, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Johanna Macdonald, St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team

BA, LLB, LLM (formerly Onsite Lawyer, Health Justice Initiative, St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team)

Matthew Tersigni, Western University

HBSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Reginald Quansah, University of Ghana

PhD (Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Ghana)

Kate Turner, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Stanley Ing, Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit

MPH, CPHI(c) (Epidemiologist, Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit)

Laura Zettler, Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit

MSc (Epidemiologist/Program Manager, Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit)

Akshay Varghese, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2017)

Laurel O’Gorman, Public Health Sudbury & Districts

MA (formerly Health Promoter, Public Health Sudbury & Districts)

Joelle Martel, Public Health Sudbury & Districts

Health Promoter, Public Health Sudbury & Districts

David Groulx, Public Health Sudbury & Districts

RN, BScN, MPH (Manager Professional Practice and Development, Knowledge and Strategic Services, Public Health Sudbury & Districts)

J. Ross Graham, Regional Municipality of Waterloo

MSc, MPA (Manager, Strategic & Quality Initiatives, Community Services Department, Regional Municipality of Waterloo)

Front cover of Western Public Health Casebook 2018 by the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. The cover features the title at the top, with a collage of small photos showing graduates from the MPH Class of 2017 in classroom and presentation settings arranged in the center. Institutional logos appear at the bottom, including Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and Western University.

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Published

January 1, 2018

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Western Public Health Casebook
Copyright (c) 2018 Gerald McKinley, Shannon L Sibbald; Amardeep Thind, David Jones (Butler-Jones), Meriem Benlamri, Yogendra Shakya, Andrew Butti, Amy Campbell, Jessica Love, Elizabeth Dent, Natalie Dupuis, Louise Gagné, Samara Lewis, Mark Gera, Lindsey Farias, Edesiri Udoh, Patricia Johnpillai, Pamela Fuselli, Valerie Smith, Scott Watson, Mark Speechley, Jaelyn Kloepfer, Fatih Sekercioglu, Justin Lui, Samantha Wells, Nitin Mohan, Michel Deilgat, Ava John-Baptiste, Daniel E. Murcia Monroy, Tamara Thompson, Amanda Terry, Shiza Sheikh, Fawad Akbari, Amanda Steger, Johanna Macdonald, Matthew Tersigni, Reginald Quansah, Kate Turner, Stanley Ing, Laura Zettler, Akshay Varghese, Laurel O’Gorman, Joelle Martel, David Groulx, J. Ross Graham

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