Welcome to the Western Public Health Casebooks page. Herein you will find teaching cases authored by students, faculty members, and community partners, as well as summaries of the Integrative Workshops that were held over the last few years. Our goal is to create a searchable database of freely available public health cases, for use by any program across the world.
We welcome feedback and comments on these cases. To do this, please be in touch via the program’s email: publichealth@schulich.uwo.ca.
These casebooks can also be found on our site .
Current Casebook: 2021
Acknowledgements
Regna Darnell and Shannon Sibbald
Introduction to the Casebook
Regna Darnell and Shannon Sibbald
CASE 1: Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care: Implementing New Technology into Existing Systems
Ravninder Bahniwal, Amanda Terry, and Daniel J. Lizotte
CASE 2: The Silent Epidemic of Gender Inequality in Rwandan Refugee Camps
Maame Takyiwa Barnes, Josephine Aimee Utuza, Lloy Wylie, and Amardeep Thind
CASE 3: Melcom and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Working Toward a Resilient Food Business Industry
Ama Owusu Boamah, Jason Gilliland, Alexander Wray, and Shannon L. Sibbald
CASE 4: Journeying Together—Unlearning is the New Learning
Annette Chrzaniecki, Yoshith Perera, and Shannon L. Sibbald
CASE 5: A Stakeholder Analysis: Developing an Indigenous-Specific Intercultural Competency Training Module (Part A)
Andrea Dafel, Mark Speechley, Nitin Mohan, and Danielle Alcock
CASE 6: A Rapid Risk Assessment Tool: Determining the Risk of New/Emerging/Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Canada
Christina Di Carlo, Rukshanda Ahmad, Julie Thériault, and Regna Darnell
CASE 7: Implementation Research: A Strategy for Developing Indigenous-Specific Intercultural Competency Training Programs (Part B)
Eshana Ghuman, Mark Speechley, Nitin Mohan, and Danielle Alcock
CASE 8: Case Attribution for COVID-19: Who Counts What?
Anam Khan, Dorcas Taylor, Rukshanda Ahmad, Julie Thériault, and Gerald McKinley
CASE 9: Gun Violence: A Public Health Issue?
Tiffany Kwan, Brandy Tanenbaum, and Shannon Sibbald
CASE 10: Lost in Translation: Developing Strategies for Indigenous People who have Cancer, Limited English Proficiency, and Limited Health Literacy
Hillary Martin, Janet Papadakos, and Amanda Terry
CASE 11: Evaluating a Public Health Program for Continuous Quality Improvement: Options and Methods in a Time of Pandemic
Adeola Oyelade, David Pavletic, and Gerald McKinley
CASE 12: Eyes on the Supplies: Improving Canada’s National Emergency Stockpile System (NESS)
Abbas Rizvi, Mark Gera, and Amardeep Thind
CASE 13: From Bench to Classroom: Knowledge Translation in School Mental Health Initiatives
Tess Wishart and Gerald McKinley
CASE 14: Hiring a Competent Health Promoter: Can Competency Statements Help?
Natalie Dupuis-Blanchfield and Shannon L. Sibbald
Editors
Regna, Darnell, PhD
Distinguished University Professor,
Department of Anthropology,
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health,
Western University,
London, CanadaShannon L. Sibbald, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Health Studies,
Department of Family Medicine
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health,
Western University
London, Canada
The cases that appear in this book are the hard work and dedication of a team we are so proud to be a part of. In particular, thank you to our case authors: you are supporting the pedagogy of public health and providing essential material to help the next generation of public health leaders grow. The final polished look of this book would not be possible without our copy editors and the careful eye of Courtney Hambides, Diana Lee, and Nellie Oliveira. As editors, it is our privilege to provide this book as a tool to further the learning, the thinking and the progress of helping the world’s population recognize the goals of public health.
We would also like to express our gratitude to the following organizations (and the preceptors/supervisors) who supported the training of our students and the development of the cases in this Casebook: ETIO Public Health Consultants, HEALaboratory at Western, Health Equity Action Research Team (HEART) at Western, Middlesex-London Health Unit, Moyo Health Community Services, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
