RRFSS E-News: Spring 2020
Health Unit Spotlight: City of Hamilton Public Health Services
The City of Hamilton Public Health Services has been involved with RRFSS as far back as 2004. Most recently Hamilton has been able to use RRFSS to provide a local perspective on current health topics of interest including:
Cannabis use
Perceived public stigma towards substance user
Problem technology use
Problem gambling behaviour
Similar to other health units who participate in RRFSS, the support provided by RRFSS in developing modules and collecting local data helps to inform health promotion campaign planning, service deployment, and strategic planning within the health unit. Also, through its network, RRFSS has been able to connect Hamilton to other public health units and facilitate the development of data collection tools to address health topics of similar interest.
Vaping… get more data with RRFSS
RRFSS is planning on developing new modules that collect more in depth information about vaping behaviours beyond the RRFSS Tobacco Products and E-cigarettes module. In addition, we are looking at collecting data on beliefs and perceptions on vaping with the general population as well as support for policy changes.
RRFSS continues to be the ‘Top Dog’ in public health surveillance…
RRFSS has over 300 modules including 9 new ones that York Region Public Health has developed related to climate change such as:
Climate Change - Attitudes Towards Action
Climate Change -Experience and Impact on Health
Climate Change – Perceptions of Health Impacts of
Climate Change – Audience Segmentation
RRFSS launches it’s new website!
After a tremendous amount of work done by numerous people, we are excited to announce that our new
RRFSS website is now live!!! There are a lot of changes including the new Resources section which has a page on Questionnaires that hosts the new Airtable, providing an inventory of all active RRFSS Modules, their User Friendly Questionnaires, Data Dictionaries and more. The updated site includes improvements to the structure and navigation of our content, so you’ll get more from your visit.