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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Anne Pousette, MD, MPH September 2021
... with healthy behaviors. During the pandemic, most people have had less contact with their primary care ... and follow up. Help your patients use step counters. Many people are not aware how sedentary they are until they ... This provides a tangible way to record progress and many people have mobile phones that can measure and record steps. ...
Premise / BY: Christopher O.Y. Li, BSc May 2021
... fatal and independent shootings of two young Indigenous people, Rodney Levi and Chantel Moore, by police in New ... determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.” Although these ... nutritionally fortified foods in the diets of Indigenous people after widespread hunger and malnutrition in Canadian ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... parts of heroin, sugar, and other substances. He has seen people make fentanyl twice by mixing carfentanil with other ... Another downside was dealing with overdoses: “Some people can’t take it because you are killing people. What you’re selling can kill someone.” ...
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 ...
College Library / BY: Chris Vriesema-Magnuson September 2021
... This need has been identified especially in the care of people of diverse genders and sexualities. Optimal care for ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC November 2021
... the leading cause of disability in Canada, with one in two people affected by 40 years of age.[ 1 ] Now, COVID-19 has ... outside the public health care system. Consequently, most people end up managing their mental health in primary care,[ ... were comparable to the in-person experience, with more people preferring the virtual groups. The virtual format also ...
News / BY: Erin Connors September 2021
... cesarean section. These types of claims are available for people who are insured through the government-funded ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... of COVID-19 immunization for pregnant and breastfeeding people remain largely unknown. To fill the knowledge gap, UBC ... vaccine safety across all populations. How to take part People who are currently pregnant or breastfeeding are ...
News October 2021
... are and what they need. It is particularly beneficial for people who are seeking help for the first time and need extra ... caregivers, seniors, Indigenous persons, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, people who use drugs, and service providers. Content on the ... from community partners and continuous peer review by people with lived and living experience of mental health and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Hasina Samji, PhD, MSc June 2021
... remote, and northern communities; and gender-diverse people). Engaging youth to speak to their needs and ...