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Letters / BY: Jan MacPhail, MD, MSc (Epidemiology) October 2024
... government has a strong incentive to discuss the number of people injured on our roads. The public sees crashes as ...
Letters / BY: Nicolas Lenskyj, MBBS(UQ), CFPC, FRACGP, MA October 2024
... equity in general is the issue of the impact on Indigenous people. As has been widely documented, Indigenous people in BC (and elsewhere) have suffered harm from the ... higher rates of chronic disease than non-Indigenous people, and have generally poorer access to care. Given the ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Vivek Gill, BHSc November 2024
... or birth weight of 500 grams or more.[ 1 ] In 2022, 3169 people experienced a stillbirth in Canada, of which 567 took ... those who experience the loss and their loved ones.[ 7 ] People can experience a wide range of intense emotions, ... in which the pregnancy or loss took place.[ 9-13 ] People who experience such a loss have, on average, higher ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jia Hu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC November 2024
... pretax income.[ 2 ] The 2021 census showed that 25.5% of people in BC spend more than 30% of their income on housing, ... impacts. Additionally, a lack of affordability can strain people’s ability to pay for things such as nutritious food ... the home that can impact human health.[ 5 ] For example, people can be exposed to lead through drinking water running ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Charuka Maheswaran, MBBS, DTM&H, DRCOG, DFFP, PMETB, CELTA, LMCC, CCFP, MPH November 2024
... and overview of management Cold environments can affect people in three ways: through temperature, wind speed, and ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD November 2024
... I was much curvier, and if I didn’t watch what I wore, people wouldn’t take me seriously. “Just be careful” ... and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and LGBTQIA2S+ people. This is contrary to many Indigenous beliefs and ... is tragic, as most of our First Nations were matriarchal people, which shaped our culture and languages. These ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2024
... their lives.[ 2 ] It is estimated that over 16.5 million people died worldwide over the course of the war.[ 3 ] These ... one example of how oral history can provide a record of people’s challenges and triumphs and create emotional bonds ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Amy Booth, MPH December 2024
... the importance of screening as an empowered way for Métis people to take control of their own health. We started in ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Laura Gentile, RD, MHA December 2024
... papillomavirus (HPV) primary screening in January 2024. People now have a choice in how they would like to receive ... high-risk (oncogenic) genotypes of HPV and thus identifies people more at risk of having cervical dysplasia. Persistent ... cervix screening. Eligibility Screening is recommended for people with a cervix (including women and Two-Spirit, ...
Premise / BY: Chloe Gao, BHSc December 2024
... that colorism is also harmful to the mental health of people of color.[ 15 ] A UK study showed that perceived ... for Black, Asian, and other racialized or ethnic minority people, while a Canadian study showed that Black adolescents ... have emphasized the negative consequences of colorism on people’s relationships and life opportunities starting from ...