Journal Articles

• Sanchez, J., Tustin, J., Heasley, C., Patel, M., Kelly, J., Habjan, A., Waterhouse, R., Young, I. Region-Specific Associations between Environmental Factors and Escherichia coli in Freshwater Beaches in Toronto and Niagara Region, Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, 12841 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312841

 

• Heasley C., Sanchez J., Tustin J., Young I. Beach Water Monitoring Practices and Challenges in Ontario Public Health Units. Environmental Health Review 65, 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.5864/d2022-003

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• Heasley C., Sanchez J., Tustin J., Young I. Systematic review of predictive models of microbial water quality at fresh water recreational beaches. PLoSONE 16(8):e0256785 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256785

• Young, I., Sanchez, J.J., Sekerciouglu, F., Desta, B.N., Holeton, C., Lyng, D., Peczulis, V., Renwick, S., Brooks, T. and Tustin, J., 2024. Burden of recreational water illness due to exposure to cyanobacteria and their toxins in freshwater beaches in Canada: protocol of a prospective cohort study. BMJ open, 14(6), p.e085406. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085406

• Young I, Desta BN, Sanchez JJ, Majowicz SE, Edge TA, Elton S, Pearl DL, Brooks T, Nesbitt A, Patel M, Schwandt M. Canadian beach cohort study: protocol of a prospective study to assess the burden of recreational water illness. BMC Public Health. 2024 Dec;24(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19889-6  

• Desta BN, Sanchez J, Heasley C, Young I, and Tustin J. 2024. Environmental factors associated with Escherichia coli concentration at freshwater beaches on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. PLOS Water, 3(4), p.e0000143. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000143 

 

• Desta BN, Tustin J, Sanchez JJ, Heasley C, Schwandt M, Bishay F, Chan B, Knezevic-Stevanovic A, Ash R, Jantzen D, and Young I. 2024. Environmental predictors of Escherichia coli concentration at marine beaches in Vancouver, Canada: a Bayesian mixed-effects modelling analysis. Epidemiology & Infection, 152, p.e38. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268824000311

 

• Young I, Sanchez JJ, Desta BN, Heasley C, and Tustin J. 2023. Recreational water exposures and illness outcomes at a freshwater beach in Toronto, Canada: A prospective cohort pilot study. PLoS One, 18(6), p.e0286584. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286584

 

• Young I, Sanchez JJ, Tustin J. Recreational water illness in Canada: a changing risk landscape in the context of climate change. CJPH. 2022 Aug 17. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00688-8

 

• Sanchez, J., Young, I., Heasley, C., Kelly, J., Habjan, A., Waterhouse, R., Tustin, J. Environmental factors associated with freshwater recreational water quality in Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada: A path analysis. Epidemiology and Infection, 149, E217 (2021). https://doi:10.1017/S0950268821002120

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Blogpost

Desta B, Sanchez J, Jardine R, Tustin J, Young I. Environmental predictors of recreational water quality in Canada [blog]. Vancouver, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health; 2024 Oct 17. Available from: https://ncceh.ca/resources/blog/environmental-predictors-recreational-water-quality-canada

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Summary of Findings

Infographics - Environmental Predictors of Beach Water Quality

Region-specific Infographics - Environmental Predictors of Beach Water Quality

Toronto

Niagara Region

Manitoba

Vancouver