Upcoming Learning Opportunities

Child-Centered Injury Prevention: Practicing Empowering Relations
Children’s voices have a long history of being excluded within injury prevention. With increasing calls to include children’s voices in conversations on their injury prevention needs, and with increased attention
December 5, 2023 @ 10:00 am. - 11:30 am.
What’s Hot in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
This webinar will outline feeding options for infants born to HIV+ birthing parents including breastfeeding, duration of zidovudine in infants born to low-risk HIV+ birthing parents, treatment of pediatric chronic
December 7, 2023 @ 12:00 pm. - 1:30 pm.
Back to Basics: A Virtual Workshop for Evidence-Informed Decision Making
Are you looking to understand more about how to appraise the quality of a rapid review? We can help! The Injury Prevention Centre and the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute are hosting
January 16, 2024 @ 10:30 am. - 1:00 pm.
Connection Builds Resilience: Trauma-Informed Care for Young Children
In the words of Gabor Maté, a renowned expert on trauma: “Safety is not the absence of threat, it is the presence of connection.” Children will always go through hard
January 30, 2024 @ 1:30 pm. - 3:00 pm.

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Mental health is an
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overall health.

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Oral Health

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A Fun Way for Children to Learn about Their Brain

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Is your
child in the
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To find out more about which
car seat is right for your child, visit:

https://skprevention.ca/
passenger-and-vehicle-safety/

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Working collaboratively to enhance early
childhood well-being so children have
healthy relationships and opportunities
to develop and thrive to their full potential.

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My Saskatchewan
Pregnancy

This app provides evidence-based information for
pregnant women in Saskatchewan, including daily
health tips, monthy summaries of baby’s growth, a
“to do” list for each trimester, and more.

Click here for more information

Cannabis

and Pregnancy

There is no amount of cannabis that is known

to be safe during pregnancy. It is important that

people understand the negative effects that cannabis

can have before, during, and after pregnancy.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Click here for more information

To help enable individuals to make healthy choices and informed decisions
regarding their personal reproductive health, the Prevention Institute has
created a smart phone app, Keep it Safe Saskatchewan (KIS-SK), focused
on contraceptives and STIs.

Topic Areas

Alcohol/FASD

The majority of Canadians use alcohol at social events, with meals, or because they like the taste and how it makes them feel. Alcohol, even with moderate use, can affect fertility, and increase a person’s risk for cancers (e.g., breast, esophagus), heart disease, stroke, depression, or injury. Alcohol affects men, women, and young people differently.

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Child Development

We can all help children develop the skills that they need for healthy development in early childhood.

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Domestic Violence

Young children are especially vulnerable during incidences of intimate partner violence because they are small, unable to protect themselves, and likely to be home when conflict is occurring.

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Infants

New parents should educate themselves and seek out resources on appropriate care and safety techniques such as rear-facing, properly installed car seats, laying a baby on his or her back to sleep, taking time to just play with baby, and breastfeeding.

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Mental Health

Mental health is key to our well-being. We can’t be truly healthy without it. It involves how we feel, think, act, and interact with the world around us. Mental health is about realizing our potential, coping with the normal stresses of life, and making a contribution to our community.

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Oral Health

Pregnant women are prone to dental problems because elevated hormone levels cause gums to swell, bleed, and trap food. Up to 30% of pregnant women have advanced forms of periodontal disease (severe gum disease).

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Parenting

The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute strives to raise awareness, increase knowledge, and promote attitudes and best practices that assist parents to raise healthy, safe, and happy children.

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Passenger Safety

Injury and death to children in motor vehicle collisions is of significant concern in Saskatchewan. A critical prevention component is the correct and consistent use of child restraints. The Prevention Institute provides provincial training of child passenger safety technicians and education to other professionals and the public on this important topic. The goal of this program is to reduce death and injury to children resulting from motor vehicle crashes.

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Pregnancy

This topic provides evidence-based resources and current best practices to ensure the healthiest outcomes for a woman and her baby before, during, and after pregnancy, focusing on areas such as environmental health, maternal healthy weight, and maternal oral health.

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Safety

Injuries are preventable, yet approximately 69 children die each year in Saskatchewan due to injury. The goal of this topic area is to raise awareness of injury risks and best practices to reduce the number of injury-related deaths and decrease the risk of life-altering injury.

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Sexual Health

Sexual health is concerned with the well-being of individuals. It recognizes that individuals have responsibilities, and are affected by each other and by the social environment in which they live. Sexual health education is one important aspect of health promotion.

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Tobacco

Tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke can lead to many health concerns. The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute offers information on the effects of exposure to tobacco smoke for youth. Preventing exposure to tobacco smoke is one of the ways that youth can promote and support long-term health.

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The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute is a non-profit organization, founded in 1980. Our focus is to reduce the occurrence of disabling conditions in children using primary prevention methods. We raise awareness by providing training, information, and resources based on current best evidence.

The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute believes that children of all abilities have the right to the best physical, social, and emotional health possible.

The Saskatchewan Prevention Institute has long-term committed support from:

Mind

Your

Mental health is an
important part of
overall health.

Learn More

Learn More

Oral Health

is an important
part of overall health.

Month

Oral Health

National

Learn More

A Fun Way for Children to
Learn about Their Brain

Learn More

Is your
child in the
right
car seat?

To find out more about
which car seat is right for
your child, visit:

https://skprevention.ca/
passenger-and-vehicle-safety/

Free Online Mother's
Mental Health Toolkit
Learning Series

Certificates available
upon completion.

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Working collaboratively to
enhance early childhood well-
being so children have healthy
relationships and opportunities
to develop and thrive to their
full potential.

Vision:

Learn More

My Saskatchewan
Pregnancy

This app provides evidence-based
information for pregnant women in
Saskatchewan, including daily
health tips, monthy summaries of baby’s
growth, a “to do” list for each trimester,
and more.

Click here for more information

Cannabis

and Pregnancy

There is no amount of cannabis that is known

to be safe during pregnancy. It is important that

people understand the negative effects that cannabis

can have before, during, and after pregnancy.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Click here for more information

To help enable individuals to make healthy choices
and informed decisions regarding their personal
reproductive health, the Prevention Institute has
created a smart phone app, Keep it Safe
Saskatchewan (KIS-SK), focused on contraceptives
and STIs.