Incidence de la fermeture de piscines sur la santé au Canada
Helena M. Swinkels, Mary A. Georgilas, Steven Keeler · 2026
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Helena M Swinkels, Mary A Georgilas, and Steven Keeler argue, in French, that closing community swimming pools harms public health across Canada. Pools are often the first targets of budget cuts, and many see them as optional extras. Their 2026 commentary casts them instead as essential health infrastructure. Aquatic activity offers health and social benefits for the well and the unwell alike, and swimming is a basic safety skill. A new federal community fund, announced in March 2026, is framed as a rare chance to repair the damage.
The piece is advocacy grounded in public health reasoning, addressed to Canadian decision makers. It treats a local amenity as preventive medicine at population scale. The authors write in French for a Canadian health audience. Their argument connects drowning prevention, exercise access, and social cohesion to one building with a roof and lanes. Pool closures, they warn, are health policy by stealth.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Helena M. Swinkels, Mary A. Georgilas, Steven Keeler |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |