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Planning a family? Or perhaps you've made a decision not to have a baby right now?
Either way, it’s important for women and men of reproductive age to be healthy for their unborn children. Whether you are planning it or not, pregnancies do happen. In fact, a Lakehead University study found…
Have you recently had a baby or has someone close to you had a baby in the last year? Did you know that 1 in 5 women experience mood changes after baby? Postpartum mood difficulties (PPMD) or often called postpartum depression (PPD) not only affects women but has the potential to affect her…
Having a baby can be tiring physically, mentally, and emotionally. It's important to make the time to rest and relax as your health is important to the whole family. Here are a few other things you can keep in mind:
Weight loss. Do not try to lose pregnancy weight immediately. Weight loss…
Our Mission
The Thunder Bay Perinatal Coalition is committed to fostering a culture and environment honouring the perinatal individual and their family, by actively advocating and promoting collaborative services to enhance outcomes and facilitate information sharing within our community.…
Air quality has a direct impact on our health. Certain medical conditions including asthma, COPD and bronchitis can be triggered or worsened by poor air quality, resulting in lost activity days, hospitalization and in extreme cases death. There is also a growing awareness of radon, a naturally…
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Guidance for 2025/2026 respiratory illness season is available on these dedicated pages:
Influenza
COVID-19
RSV
In this section, health care providers can access important information about public health as it pertains to their profession. Please note: “health…
In this section, childcare, preschool, elementary school and secondary school educators can find useful information about public health topics such as physical activity, nutrition, sexual health, oral health and more.
Healthy Schools
Teacher Resources
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Healthy…
In this section, you can access useful information relevant to organizations, businesses and employers such as COVID-19 information and resources, safe food handling certification, beauty and body art safety, pool and spa operator information, workplace health and more.
Infectious…
This document provides some environmental contaminants, where they are found, and how they come in contact with the human body.
This handy checklist can help identify what you are currently doing and what changes you can make to improve your home environment.
This handy checklist can help identify what you are currently doing, and what changes you can make, to improve your workplace environment.
The environment affects our children more than it does adults for various reasons (read on below). The Thunder Bay District Health Unit’s role is to inform the public about these risks and provide information on how to reduce them. We want to help you ensure your children – and all children living…
Ammonia is a colourless gas with a very distinct odour. People may readily recognize this smell because it is used in many household cleaners and window cleaning products. High levels of airborne ammonia gas can dissolve in water to cause corrosive ammonium hydroxide. Most people smell ammonia…
Phthalates (pronounced THALates) are chemicals used to soften vinyl products. They are also used in consumer products to make the scent last longer or mask the scent. This small brochure answers some of the questions you might have regarding Phthalates and your child's health.