Health Information A-Z
The Perth District Health Unit has information on a wide range
of topics for all ages, from parenting to communicable diseases.
If you are looking for health information that you do not find
on this list, please call our Health Line at 519-271-7600 ext 267 and
a public health nurse will be happy to help you. Listowel area
residents can call toll-free at 1-877-271-7348 ext 267.
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A
Active
and safe routes to school
Abortion
services
Abstinence
Abuse
- domestic
Active
living
Addictions
Adolescent
health
Aesthetics safety
After
the Birth
Aging
AIDS/STIs
Air
quality / air pollution
Alcohol
abuse - community supports
Alcohol
use
Alcohol-free
pregnancy
Alcohol
poisoning
Amebiasis
Annual Reports
Anthrax
Antibiotic
resistance
Avian
influenza (Bird Flu)
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B
Baby
and child health
Baby
(newborn information)
Baby
walkers
Balanced school day
Barbecue Food Safety
Bats
Beaches
(water testing)
Bedwetting
Bike
and wheel safety
Birth
control
Birth
control pill
Bisphenol A
Blood - cleaning up spills
Blood
pressure
Board of Health
Body
art safety
Booster
seats
Breast
cancer
Breast
screening
Breastfeeding
Breathing
Space
Burns
/ scalding
Bullying
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C
Campylobacter
Cancer
(prevention, causes)
Canada's
Food Guide
Call
to Action on Healthy Weights
Car seat clinics
Car
seat safety
Cervical
cancer
Cervical
screening
Cervical
cap
Chicken pox
Child
care in Perth County
Child
behaviour management
Child
growth and development
Child
health
Child
overweight/Obesity
Child
safety
- Safe Kids Week
Childhood
injuries
Children's
emotional development
Children
Learn What They Live
Chlamydia
Choking prevention
Cholera
CINOT
dental program
Cleaning up after body fluids
Clostridium
difficile
Cold exposure
Colic
/ baby crying
Colorectal cancer
Common
cold
Communicable
Diseases
Communicable
disease guidelines for schools and day cares
Communicable
diseases - reportable
Communication
(parenting)
Conception
Condoms
Conjuctivitis
Contraception
Contraceptive
Patch (EVRA)
Cradle Cap
Crib Safety
Creutzfeld-Jacob
disease
Crying
(baby)
Cryptosporidium
Crystal Meth
Cyclosporiasis
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D
Dental Health
Dental/Oral
Health services
Dental
sealants
Depo-Provera
(Contraceptive Injections)
Depression
- Postpartum
Diabetes
Diaper
rash
Diaphragm
Diarrhea - cleaning up spills
Diarrhea
and dehydration (child)
Diet
and Nutrition
Discipline
(children)
Diseases
and Conditions
Disease prevention
Disinfecting surfaces
Diversity
Divorce
/ separation
Domestic
Violence
Drinking
Drinking
and driving
Drinking
water quality
Driving
safely (winter)
Drowning
in children
Drugs
(use, prevention, community supports)
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E
Eating
Disorders
Eat Smart! restaurant
program
E.Coli
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency
Contraceptive Pill (ECP)
Environmental
health
Environmental
tobacco smoke
Exercise
Exercise
during pregnancy
Exposure - heat and cold
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F
Falls
(children)
Falls
(seniors)
- Safety Tips for Winter Walking
Family Doctor Search (Health Care Connect)
Family
safety
Farm
Safety
- Safe Play Areas on Farms
Feeding
your baby
Female
condom
Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Fifth
disease
Flat
head - prevention in babies
Flood-
After the Flood- A homeowner's checklist
Flu
shot
Flu
- Pandemic
Fluoride
and drinking water
Fluoride/Non Fluoride
toothpaste recommendations
Folic
acid
Food
banks and food donation
Food
safety
- Barbecuing
tips
- During an Emergency/Power Failure
- Fight
Bac!
- Food
recalls
- Keeping Food and Water Safe After a Flood
- Picnicking,
hiking, camping tips
- Related
links
Food Safety Courses
Food
-
Allergies
- Food handler training
- Infant
feeding
- Canada's
Food Guide
- Safety
Foot
and Mouth disease
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G
Garage
sales (used baby equipment)
Gastrointestinal illness - cleaning up spills
Genital
Herpes
Genital
Warts (HPV)
Giant Hogweed
Giardiasis
Gonorrhea
Group
A Streptococcus (strep throat, necrotizing fasciitis, impetigo)
Group
B Streptococcus
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H
H1N1 Flu Virus information
Hair salon safety
Hand,
foot and mouth disease
Handwashing
Hantavirus
Head lice (Pediculosis)
Health card information
Health care options
Health Connection drop-in
clinic
Health Line
Healthy Babies Healthy
Children
Health
before pregnancy
Health It's a Great
Feeling newsletter
Healthy
communication (children and parents)
Healthy
eating
Healthy
Living Perth
Healthy
sexuality
Healthy
Steps Walking Program
Healthy Steps Workplace Program
Heat exposure
Hepatitis
A
Hepatitis
B
Hepatitis
C
Hiking
guide (Take a Hike!)
Histoplasmosis
HIV
and AIDS
HIV testing
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Vaccine Information
Hosting
smart parties
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I
Immunization
- Clinics
- Myths
- New
vaccines
- Resources
& links
- Schedule
for children and adults
- School
Clinics
- Travel health information
- Vaccine
information
Impetigo
Importance
of play for children
Infant
feeding
Infant
Health
Infection
Prevention and Control
Influenza
(flu) and Pandemic Planning
Injury
Prevention
International Walk to School
Week
IUD
(Intrauterine Device)
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J
Jaundice
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L
Lead
Legionellosis
Listeriosis
Lyme
disease
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M
Male
Condoms
Meal Programs
Measles
Measles
Vaccine
Meningococcal
Disease (Meningitis)
Meningococcal
Vaccine
Men's
Health
Mental Health
Morning
After Pill (Emergency Contraception)
Mosquitoes
Mould
MRSA
(Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)
MRSA and VRE Information for Patients/Residents
Mumps
Mumps Vaccine
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N
Natural
Family Planning
Necrotizing
Fasciitis
Newborn
health
New Parent Resource
Guide
Noroviruses
(i.e. Norwalk)
Norwalk virus (norovirus) - cleaning up spills
Nutrition
- preconception and pregnancy
- parents and children
- teens/youth
- adults
- food banks and our community
- schools
- workplaces
- health professionals
Nutritious
food basket
Nuva
ring (vaginal ring)
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O
Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP)
Outbreaks - cleaning up spills
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P
Pacifiers (soothers)
Pandemic Planning
- workplace
Pap
test
Parenting
Party
hosting
Pediculosis (head
lice)
Personal
aesthetics & piercing
Pertussis
(whooping cough)
Pertussis
(whooping cough) vaccine
Pesticides
Petting
zoos - visitors
Petting
zoos - operators
Physical
activity
Piercing
Pinkeye
Pinworms
Planning a pregnancy
Playground
safety
Pneumococcal
vaccine
Poisoning
- children
Poisonous Plants
Polio vaccine
Postpartum
depression
Preconception
Pregnancy
- Alcohol
& pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Due Date Calculator
- Employment Insurance (EI) and Maternity, Parental & Sickness Benefits
- Environmental risks
- Emergency
contraception
- Expectant Parent Package - Do You Have Your Free Copy?
- Healthy Babies Healthy
Children program
-
Medical Tests and Procedures
- Multiple Births
- Nutrition
- Physical activity
- Physical and Emotional Changes in Pregnancy
- Pregnancy testing
- Pregnancy Quiz
- Prenatal classes
- Preparing for Parenting
- Related
links
- Self-learning kit - "Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pregnancy"
- Sexual Health Clinics
- Stages of Pregnancy
Prenatal education
Prevention of Disease
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Q
Quality
time means quality parenting
Quit
Smoking
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R
Rabies
Rashes and birthmarks in infants
Reportable
communicable diseases
Reports - Perth District
Health Unit
Reproductive
health
Reproductive Health
Status in Perth County report (PDF)
Ringworm
Roseola
Routine
Practices and Additional Precautions
RSV
(Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
Rubella
(German measles)
Rubella
vaccine (MMR)
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S
Safe Grad / Safe Partying
Safe Play Areas on Farms
Safe
Water - for drinking
Safer
Sex
Safety
- Farm
- Children
- Children and Environmental Health
- Older adults and seniors
- Safety Tips for Winter Walking
- Plant Safety (acceptable and poisonous)
- Sun
Salmonellosis
(food borne illness)
Sanitizing at home
SARS
Scarlet
Fever
School Health Services
Separation/Divorce
Sexual
health
Sexual Health Clinic
Sexually
Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Shigellosis
Shingles in Children
Skin
cancer
Sleeping problems - prevention in children
Small Drinking Water Systems
Smallpox
Smog
Smoking
- and
your baby
- Cancer
prevention
- Smoke-free
homes
- Stop Smoking Clinic
Speaking engagements
Special Delivery Club
Speech
and language development - children
Staphylococcus
aureus
Step
counters / pedometers
Strep
throat
Stop smoking clinic
Stress
- children
- Parenting
Student Opportunities
Substance Misuse
Sudden
Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Suffocation prevention
Sun
safety
- Children
- Sunscreen
Syphilis
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T
Tattoo
safety
Teen
health
Teen
pregnancy
Television and your child
Tobacco
Toilet
learning (children)
Trampoline
safety
Travel Health
Travel health advice
Travelling with a baby
Tuberculosis
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U
Used
baby equipment
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V
Vaccine
information
Vaginal
health
Vehicle
idling
Violence
against women
Volunteer
opportunities
Vomiting - cleaning up spills
VRE
(Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci)
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W
Walking
Water
quality - drinking water
Water
quality - beaches/swimming
Water
quality
Water safety
Well
checklist
Well
water information
Well
water testing
West
Nile virus
Winter
driving safety
Winter is coming: be prepared
Workplace Wellness Program
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X
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toTop
Y
Yersiniosis
Young Parents Place
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All information on the Perth District Health Unit Web site has
been posted for general information and is subject to change. It
is not intended as a substitute for professional advice. If you
have a health condition or concern, you should consult a qualified
health care professional. The Perth District Health Unit accepts
no responsibility for any reliance on the information contained
on this Web site.
If you have a concern about access to our services, please let us know. We want to help!
For more information, contact Health Line at 519-271-7600 ext 267.
Listowel area residents call 1-877-271-7348.
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