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News September 2022
News, COVID-19 September 2022
... virtual learning community of specialists and community health care providers who use instructive and case-based ...
News September 2022
... writers in collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division (CMHA BC). The program builds ... teacher, school counselor, child and youth mental health clinician, or Aboriginal child and youth mental health clinician. Learn more: We Are Indigenous: Big ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2022
... lifestyle changes, counseling, addiction, mental health, and more, but then ignore our own advice. I wonder ... To me this demonstrates that either physician health is a chronic problem or Dr Richardson was ahead of his ... share knowledge, and discuss our experiences in the varied health care settings of this beautiful province. The BCMJ was ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD September 2022
... toward truth and reconciliation and antiracist action in health care, we must recognize the deep need for creating space to heal. Health care is designed to protect one of the most sacred assets we have—our health—yet most Indigenous people and those from many other ...
Premise / BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care Version 7 (SOC 7). Standards ... with youth reporting an improvement in well-being, mental health, happiness, and school functioning since accessing ... as the current evidence indicates a risk of adverse mental health outcomes when gender-affirming care is denied, and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... diphtheria, pertussis, and measles. This resounding public health success has in some ways contributed to paradoxical ... physical-distancing measures, reassignment of public health nurses, delays and changes in vaccine distribution, ... funded vaccines, our patients may not have optimal vaccine health. Additionally, Indigenous people, including First ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah Dunn, MPH Practicum Student September 2022
... demographic trends will create additional pressures on the health care system due to increased demands for care among the aging population. To reduce the burden on BC’s health care system, it will be important to consider ... Malnutrition is a common yet often overlooked health issue among older adults. It is defined by the ...
College Library / BY: Paula Osachoff September 2022
Awareness and assessment of social determinants of health are important to ensure high-quality patient care, but ... importance of environmental and climate change on patient health and medical practice, collating resources focusing on planetary health. In British Columbia, climate crises such as 2021’s ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kimi Nomura Schwab September 2022
... an incorporated company, you will receive coverage for health care, wage loss, and rehabilitation benefits in the ... of Pension, Retirement, Annuity, and Other Income from a health authority. You provide your services to a health authority under a salary agreement (as described in ...