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News January/February 2020
... is lead researcher and a professor with the School of Health and Exercise Sciences. He reports that there is ...
News January/February 2020
... diet, and too much stress are taking their toll on the health of Canadians, says a new UBC study. Researchers from ... caution that too many Canadians live with a number of health issues that impact their ability to lead healthy ... common it is for Canadians to have multiple, and serious, health conditions. Stroke, heart disease, and diabetes are ...
News January/February 2020
... when compared to Canadian-born women. Dr Karen Davison, Health Science program chair at Kwantlen Polytechnic ... with having chronic pain and at least one chronic health condition for both men and women. Researchers assert ... as these are also crucial to older Canadians’ mental health. According to the authors, immigrant status was ...
News January/February 2020
... You are eligible to complete the survey if you are: A health care provider working with people with epilepsy. A ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB January/February 2020
... We heard a defendant’s witnesses admit that a large health authority was submitting incorrect dates on booking ... as an opening speaker at an international conference of health executives being held in Budapest. Delegates from ... governments within Canada could claim sovereignty over the health of its citizens. “In China, government limits ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD January/February 2020
... inclusion processes last year. We as a profession, and the health care system as a whole, can greatly benefit from ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon January/February 2020
... department has played a significant role in the workplace health and safety research landscape in BC. By fostering ... and workplace studies. Higher-level population-based health research is often helpful when looking ahead, and ... Focus is on applied research projects on occupational health and safety questions that are aligned with ...
Premise / BY: Robin Routledge, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... Foundation’s (SCF) 3-day course called Behavioral Health Integration in Anchorage, Alaska, which was designed ... how the SCF integrates some secondary and even tertiary health care into their primary care. I wondered where and how ... on their metrics, they are a highly rated primary care health delivery system when compared with any other (as ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD January/February 2020
... care from a family physician results in better health outcomes for patients.[ 1-3 ] In BC, this care is ... MSOC methodology is commonly used by the BC Ministry of Health to measure patient attachment to health care practitioners, including family physicians. The ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Hetesh Ranchod, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... include changes in cognition, emotion, behavior, physical health, function, and social and financial well-being of ... from the patient and primary care provider to the primary health caregiver, family, friends, community teams, ... of BC.[ 3 ] First Link referrals help physicians and other health care providers connect individuals with dementia and ...