Healthy Communities

Publications and Resources

Healthy Eating

• Nova Scotia Food and Beverage Nutrient Criteria
• Healthy Eating in Recreation and Sport Report - 2010
• Strive for Five at School! A Guide to Promoting Fruit and Vegetables
• Strive for Five — large quantity recipes
• Strive for Five — Facilitators guide for leading/planning school workshops
• A Healthy Start to School
• Breakfast, Lunch and Snack Ideas for School-Age Children
• Breastfeeding Basics
• Canada's Food Guide: A New Tool to Support Healthy Living!
• Cost and Affordability of a Nutritious Diet in Nova Scotia - Report of the 2007 Food Costing
• Family Friendly Breastfeeding Pledge | Français
• Food and Nutrition in Nova Scotia Schools Environmental Scan
• Food and Nutrition Policy for Nova Scotia Public Schools
• Food and Nutrition Support in Licensed Child Care Centres in Nova Scotia: Environmental Scan and Literature Review, March 2007
• Fruit and Vegetable Report
• Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
• Make Breastfeeding Your Business: An Action Support Kit
• Mother to Mother - Creating a Breastfeeding Support Line in Your Community
• Provincial Breakfast Program Standards
• Provincial Breastfeeding Policy
• Provincial Healthy Eating Strategy
• Thought about Food? Understanding the Relationship Between Public Policy and Food Security in Nova Scotia
• Working Together to Build Food Security in Nova Scotia: Participatory Food Costing Results 2004/05

Injury Prevention

• Cycling and Pedestrian Injuries from Transport Incidents - 2005-2013
• Child and Youth Injuries in Nova Scotia 1995-2004
• Chronic Disease Prevention Strategy
• Cost of Injury
• Department of Health – Falls Assessment Framework
• Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide:
  • Canadian Psychiatric Association
  • Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (MS Word format)
• Nova Scotia Non-Legislated Sport and Recreation Helmet Policy Paper
• Nova Scotia’s Renewed Injury Prevention Strategy, Taking It to the Next Level
• Nova Scotia Strategic Framework to Address Suicide (PDF)
• Seniors’ Falls in Nova Scotia – A Report
• Suicide and Attempted Suicide in Nova Scotia 1995 - 2004

Tobacco

• Moving toward a Tobacco-Free Nova Scotia: Comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategy for Nova Scotia
• Costs of Tobacco Use Report, 2007
• Smoke-free Places Act
• Smoke-free Places Act In-vehicle Amendment
• Smoke-free Places Act Information Packs
  • Bars and Restaurants
  • General Public
  • Long-Term Health Care Facilities
  • Questions and Answers
  • Worksites
• Smoking Rates in Canada and NS Age 15 - 19 From 2000 to 2007 (click here for black and white version)
• Tobacco Access Act
• Tobacco Access Regulations
• Tobacco Vendors:
  • Regulatory Change to the Tobacco Access Act
    Information Bulletin for Tobacco Vendors, April 2009
  • Tobacco Access Act - Information for Tobacco Vendors
    Information Bulletin for Tobacco Vendors, May 2007

Marketing to Children and Youth

• Marketing to Children and Youth: A Public Health Primer