Ottawa Public Health 2008 Annual Report

Ottawa Public Health

Date: September 17, 2009

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2008 Annual Report Overview of the programs and services

delivered every day to keep Ottawa healthy and safe

Achievements and success stories Opportunity to thank Board of Health,

partners, volunteers and sponsors for support and leadership

How OPH will meet challenges in the future

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Key Service Excellence Initiatives

First Nations, Métis and Inuit Diabetes Network

Operation Hairspray Enhanced Discarded Needle Pick-up

Program Revitalization of Ottawa’s Board of Health

governance model

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2008: A day in the life Public Health Inspectors conducted 33 restaurant

inspections 28 recall visits were made during the listeriosis

outbreak 130 children received dental screenings in

schools 175 young mothers visited and had questions

about child health and development answered 40 mothers seen at Well Baby Drop In clinics

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2008: A day in the life 100 flu shots were given A “Fall Prevention” session was offered to

30 seniors Over 100 calls to the OPH Information Line

were answered by trained health professionals

45 postpartum screening calls were made by Public Health Nurses

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2008: A day in the life 50 couples, 30 young single pregnant

women and 12 pregnant women from vulnerable circumstances learned more about having a healthy pregnancy

Public Health Nurses met with over 90 school staff to offer services ranging from curriculum support, policy development and teacher training

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Ottawa Beaches ProgramNo-swimming advisoriesNumber of days Ottawa Public Health issued no-swimming advisoriesBeach 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Britannia 1 0 3 1 3Westboro 22 29 22 21 28Mooney's Bay 19 10 2 5 7Petrie Island 15 45 6 19 ---Petrie Island River --- --- --- --- 24Petrie Island East Bay --- --- --- --- 10

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2008 West Nile Virus Program

Amount

Catch basins treated with larvicides 297,857 Larvicide treatments applied to surface waters 24Mosquito pools tested 906Mosquito pools positive with West Nile Virus 0Birds submitted for analysis 46Birds positive with West Nile Virus 13Cases of West Nile Virus in the human population of Ottawa 1

(probable)

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Thank You Non-government sponsors, volunteers,

community partners and donors City of Ottawa Senior Management Board of Health

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2009 and beyond

pH1N1 has implications for OPH resources and programs

Staff deployment• Staff currently deployed: 33.5 FTEs• Available for deployment: 148.5 FTEs

Balance needs of pH1N1 planning and response with maintenance of core critical services