Poison Prevention in Action (PPIA) raises the awareness of the issue of unintentional poisoning and provides Albertans with actions they can take to prevent poisoning. Every year for National Poison Prevention Week in March, IPC along with a variety of partners and community promoters highlight poison prevention issues that impact families and provide key messages to prevent poisoning. To support the campaign, an extensive toolkit is created containing posters, engagement activities, infographics, etc. These resources are available to order free of charge or to download. While the resources are created for National Poison Prevention Week, they are not dated and can be used throughout the year.
Poison Prevention in Action
Why is Poison Prevention in Action important?
Poisoning is a leading cause of injury to Albertans and leads to over 25,000 calls to the Poison and Drug Information Service every year. Many poisons are present in our homes, workplaces, garages and yards. While these products have their uses, it is important that people realize that they can be dangerous if mishandled or accessed by children, or confused with other substances. Poison prevention initiatives are developed and implemented based on data, evidence, and expertise of Toxicovigilance Canada and community partners.
The program strives to inform Albertans about the poisoning issues that matter to them and provide them with the knowledge and tools to prevent poisoning.
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Benjamin Franklin
Who is Poison Prevention in Action for?
Poison prevention is for everyone. The IPC focuses its messaging on poisoning issues for which there are known effective strategies. Depending on the issue, the audience IPC is providing poison prevention messages to changes. To share these messages we rely on people and organizations who connect with the audience. In the past this has included health promotion and public health professionals, educators, child care providers, family resource networks, cannabis retailers, and others.
How is Poison Prevention in Action used?
Topic-specific resources are developed and made available to community partners and promoters. Key messages, posters, data and ideas for engagement activities are provided for partners to download. Where possible and practical, a tangible resource is made available for partners to order. Partners have indicated that these hands-on resources are invaluable for initiating conversations about poison prevention.
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