How safe is your favourite beach and who decides? The Connecting the Dots initiative is excited share the latest Rural Research Summary, “Canadian Beach Cohort Study: Protocol of a Prospective Study to Assess the Burden of Recreational Water Illness” providing implications and practical recommendations for conservation authorities, local governments, and community organizations among other stakeholders. The research was conducted by Ian Young, Binyam N. Desta, J. Johanna Sanchez, Shannon E. Majowicz, Thomas A. Edge, Sarah Elton, David L. Pearl, Teresa Brooks, Andrea Nesbitt, Mahesh Patel, Michael Schwandt, Dylan Lyng, Brandon Krupa, Herb E. Schellhorn, Elizabeth Montgomery and Jordan Tustin and published in the Journal BMC Public Health.
This rural research summary was created through the Connecting the Dots initiative. To learn more about the initiative and access other rural research summaries please visit http://www.rural.uoguelph.ca.
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