Host, Megan Beahen, sits down with Mark Morrissey, a behavioural scientist with the Public Health Agency of Canada. Mark and Megan discuss how we can effectively talk about potentially sensitive health topics using a behavioural science approach. Learn more: https://impact.canada.ca/en/behavioural-science

Host, Madeline Poplett, speaks with Lisette Dufour, Senior Oral Health Advisor with Health Canada and dental hygienist, about the surprising links between oral health and our overall health. Learn more: Canada Dental Care Plan: Do you qualify: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/dental/dental-care-plan/qualify.html Dental and oral health: https://canada.ca/en/services/health/healthy-living/dental-oral.html Taking care of your teeth and mouth: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/taking-care-your-teeth-mouth.html

Host, Megan Beahen, sits down with Lisette Dufour, Senior Oral Health Advisor and a dental hygienist with more that 40 years of experience. Lisette and Megan talk about the importance of a healthy mouth throughout our lifetime. Learn more about: Canadian Dental Care Plan: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/dental/dental-care-plan.html Oral health: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/topics/oral-health.html Canada Dental Benefit: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/child-family-benefits/dental-benefit.html

Host, Madeline Poplett, and Adrian Betts, Executive Director of the AIDS Committee of Durham Region, talk about HIV self test kits and the importance of knowing your status. Learn more: HIV Self-testing: https://www.catie.ca/hiv-self-testing-0 Where to? Connecting with people with HIV, Hepatitis C, sexual health and harm reduction service: https://whereto.catie.ca/ HIV Testing: Everything you need to know: https://www.catie.ca/client-publication/hiv-testing-everything-you-need-to-know

Thanks to the advances in HIV science over the last decades, people living with HIV who are on medication and maintain an undetectable amount of virus in their blood can lead a long, healthy life without the fear of passing HIV to their sexual partner. This is the powerful message behind “Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)”. In this episode of the Healthy Canadians podcast, host Megan Beahen speaks with Adrian Betts, Executive Director of the AIDS Committee of Durham Region, and Claudette Cardinal, Peer Indigenous Research Associate of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, about how the life-changing science on Undetectable = Untransmittable has transformed what it means to live and love with HIV. Learn more: HIV and AIDS Awareness Resources: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/hiv-aids/awareness-resources.html The AIDS Committee of Durham Region: https://www.aidsdurham.com/ British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV / AIDS: https://www.bccfe.ca/

Host, Madeline Poplett, speaks with Anna-Louise Crago, Senior Epidemiologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada, about the link between sexually transmitted and blood borne infections and antimicrobial resistance. Learn more: STBBI prevention guide: Treatment and follow-up: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-diseases/sexual-health-sexually-transmitted-infections/canadian-guidelines/stbbi-prevention-guide/treatment-follow-up.html#a2.2 STBBI prevention guide: Screening and diagnostic testing: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-diseases/sexual-health-sexually-transmitted-infections/canadian-guidelines/stbbi-prevention-guide/screening-diagnostic-testing.html

Host, Megan Beahen, speaks with Anna-Louise Crago, Senior Epidemiologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada, about antimicrobial resistance, how it affects all of us, and what we can do to reduce its impacts. Learn more about: Antibiotic resistance: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/antibiotic-antimicrobial-resistance/about-antibiotic-resistance.html Antibiotic resistance research and surveillance: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/antibiotic-antimicrobial-resistance/antibiotic-resistance-research-surveillance.html Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/pan-canadian-action-plan-antimicrobial-resistance.html

Host, Madeline Poplett, sits down with Kelley Bush, Manager of Radon Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement with Health Canada, to talk about radon and its relationship with climate change. More info: Radon gas survey in homes built after 2000: Halifax region https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-risks-safety/radon-gas-survey-homes-built-after-2000-halifax-region.html

Host, Megan Beahen, sits down with Kelley Bush, Manager of Radon Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement with Health Canada, to talk about radon in our homes, the risks and the solutions. Learn more about: Radon: www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-risks-safety/radiation/radon.html Testing your home for radon: www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-risks-safety/radiation/radon/testing-your-home.html Radon map - Percentage of homes with high levels in Canada: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/datalab/radon-blog.html#map

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