Beyond Screening: Environmental Health, Mercury Exposure, and Nursing Practice in Northern Communities

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The objective of this descriptive study was to determine : a.) how often primary care providers and midwives are screening for high mercury levels b.) their current knowledge level on The Guide to Eating Fish Ontario c.) what (if any) resources would be beneficial to their learning in regards to assisting them in such screening and to support the clinicians/bring awareness to the implications high mercury levels have pregnant and breastfeeding individuals (the developing fetus/baby).