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Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
November 2021
... Addressing vaping and other types of nicotine use in young people. Applying an equity lens of environmental health and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc
May 2021
... and youth. Among 10- to 17-year-old Canadians, 2140 young people were hospitalized due to self-poisoning during the ... provide free mental health services for children and young people up to 18 years old in BC, although a 2019 BC Coroners ... administered to a large representative sample of young people age 14 to 21 in Victoria, BC, in 2003 and 2005, 17% of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ray Markham, MB ChB, MRCGP, FCFP
December 2021
... intersectional approach was also imperative. Historically, people who identify as men have dominated the health ... service sector workers.[ 11 ] Additionally, First Nations people experience disproportionally negative health outcomes ... action items. Partnership groups consisted of people from different organizations or groups coming together ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC
June 2021
... surgery.[ 8 ] While prescreening can identify some people who are at increased risk of harboring COVID-19 ... prevalence rates, without preoperative testing, infected people will undergo elective surgery and have an increased ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc
April 2020
... (e.g., avoid inappropriate terms such as “our Indigenous people,” which implies ownership). Develop protocols and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Sympascho Young, MD
December 2020
... of permanent pacemakers in otherwise young and healthy people, which in turn can lead to a lifetime of pulse ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
May 2020
... the role of fomites (objects that are touched by multiple people) is another factor. In some instances, the role of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kelsey D.M. Kozoriz, MSc, MD, CCFP
December 2020
... 2015. Last year, it was estimated that almost 690 million people worldwide struggled with chronic hunger.[ 2 ] Devastatingly, 2020 will see even more people struggle to access healthy nutrition as the social and ... food insecurity affects 12% of Canadians and millions of people around the globe.[ 3 ] We can help our patients ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Derin Karacabeyli, MD
July/August 2020
... One physician said, “I know what to do now when I get people to come back. . . whereas before if I was worried ... same messages. . . and if we repeat it often enough and people hear it often enough it might then be the key to, to ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Hetesh Ranchod, MD, FRCPC
January/February 2020
... Loss. Support groups: In-person and telephone groups for people in the early stages of dementia and groups for ... Minds in Motion: A social and fitness program for people with mild cognitive impairment in the early stages of ... access to community resources. A study has shown that people who were referred directly to First Link by health ...