OPHA
Founded in 1949, the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) is a voluntary, charitable, non-profit association. OPHA is an organization of individuals and Constituent Societies from various sectors and disciplines that have an interest in improving the health of the people of Ontario.
The mission of the Ontario Public Health Association is to provide leadership on issues affecting the public's health and to strengthen the impact of people who are active in public and community health throughout Ontario.
Our mission is achieved by providing education opportunities and up-to-date information in community and public health, access to local, provincial and multi-disciplinary community health networks, mechanisms to seek and discuss issues and views of members, issue identification and advocacy with a province-wide perspective, and expertise and consultation in public and community health.
OPHA has a number of working groups, standing committees and long-term projects that aim to provide timely, credible and relevant support to public and community health practitioners across Ontario. The Heart Health Resource Centre is one of these long-term projects. A complete list of current projects is outlined below.
- Alcohol Policy Network
- Association to Reduce Alcohol Promotion in Ontario
- Core Competencies in Public Health Project
- Environment Health Program is wrapping up. Information can be found under the Environmental Health Workgroup web page.
- Heart Health Resource Centre
- Nutrition Resource Centre
- Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance