Traduction de «Assess health care users' risk for harm » (Anglais → Français) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 182 Ms. Chris Charlton: With respect to mental health support in prisons and other detention facilities operated by Correctional Services Canada (CSC): (a) what progress has been made since 2004 in the implementation of the CSC Mental Health Strategy; (b) what plans are in place for the operation of the Community Mental Health and Institutional Mental Health initiatives over the next five years; (c) what plans are in place to act on the recommendations in the 2008-2009 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator; (d) what is the total amount of funds allocated to all types of mental health ...[+++] support by CSC for the upcoming fiscal year, broken down by program type; (e) what percentage of overall CSC funds are allocated to mental health support for the upcoming fiscal year; (f) what percentage of overall CSC funds are allocated to security, risk management and control for the upcoming fiscal year; (g) how many offenders have access to intermediate mental healthcare units in the region in which they are incarcerated; (h) what processes are in place to review the effectiveness of existing mental health programs and identify gaps in services; (i) what recommendations have arisen from such reviews in the last two years; (j) what progress has been made in conducting an independent review of long-term segregation cases; (k) what progress has been made in the creation of a measurable set of performance indicators to evaluate CSC’s response to offender mental health concerns; (l) what guidelines does CSC provide to operational staff on the use of segregation placements with offenders who have mental health concerns; (m) what progress has the National Population Management Committee made in reviewing specific cases of the use of lengthy periods in segregation and treatment alternatives for offenders with mental health concerns; (n) what progress has been made on the creation of a national strategy for managing chronic se ...

In 1998, based on a risk assessment, Health Canada issued a public advisory on soft PVC toys and child care products containing another type of phthalate, DINP, for which there was a demonstrated health risk through prolonged daily mouthing by children under three years of age so it was in products designed to go into children's mouths.

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (2) provides that in specific circumstances where, following an assessment of available information, the possibility of harmful effects on health is identi ...[+++]fied but scientific uncertainty persists, provisional risk management measures necessary to ensure a high level of health protection may be adopted, pending further scientific information for a more comprehensive risk assessment.

Provide access to health care for drug users in prison to prevent and reduce health-related harms associated with drug abuse

The risk assessment concluded that there is no need for risk reduction measures beyond those which are being applied already with regard to risk to consumers, human health (physico-chemical properties), risks to the atmosphere and risks to micro-organisms in the sewage treatment plant, and that there is a need for further information and or testing with respect to risks to workers, to humans exposed via the environment and to the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem, in order to adequately characterise the concerns r ...[+++]egarding the persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic properties of the substance.[8] Commission Regulation 565/2006 required further studies to be carried out for the purpose of risk evaluation, including on developmental neurotoxicity, human bio-monitoring and environmental monitoring programmes.[9] The risks caused by the use of Deca-BDE in EEE are aggravated by recent findings[10] about uncontrolled dumping of waste in the EU and in particular about illegal trade of WEEE to countries with sub-standard waste management conditions. User industry can apply for temporary exemptions from the ban following the criteria of Article 5(1)(b) of the present proposal.

Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of the general public and certain target groups (populations with high-risk lifestyles or in high-risk environments, marginalized communities), information and awareness-raising campaigns for the public and these groups; 2. Examination and exchange of information about HIV/AIDS in schools and other educational and training establishments for young people in the Member States; 3. Prevention of HIV transmission among particular groups and in particular settings (travel and tourism, prisons, drug users, women exposed to specific risks ...[+++] of infection by HIV, vertical transmission of HIV from mothers to children...), 4. Elaboration and dissemination of manuals, information bulletins and directories providing the latest information on prevention of transmission of HIV, care and therapy and on organizations providing information and support, encouragement of networks of organizations, particularly in the non-governmental sector; 5. Appropriate support for epidemiological monitoring systems in the member States to improve the quality and accessibility of data at Community level; 6. Analysis at Community level, in co-operation with member States , of actual and potential discriminatory situations in the Member States, notably in the field of employment, insurance, housing, education and health-care system; 7. Promotion of closer links with other Community programmes related to HIV/AIDS, including research and international assistance, and enhancement of Community added value.