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Beyond Medicine / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2015
... Advocate—Ms Elisa Assadi Doctors of BC Excellence in Health Promotion Awards Non-Profit Award—Across the Lake ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: L. Zibrik, MA, July/August 2015
Health research has consistently demonstrated that active ... self-management results in significant and measurable health outcome improvements.[ 1 ] However, cultural ... ] limited by their ability to fully participate in their health care due to barriers in language, literacy levels, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC September 2015
... to additional expert pediatric, social work, and mental health resources. In BC, five Suspected Child Abuse and ... Some children may require further comprehensive mental health and developmental assessments by team psychologists or ... death. In a recent study by Sege and colleagues, primary health care providers and child abuse experts were found to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Chapple, MD, FRCPC, September 2015
Bruising in children poses a diagnostic challenge to health care providers. Bruising can be caused by an ... injury such as bruising, and recent research suggests health care providers are often aware of the minor injury.[ 6 ... 25% of infants with abusive head trauma. In this study, health care providers were aware of the sentinel injury in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2015
... even if the immunization service is given by a public health nurse. All providers struggle with how best to ... Immunizers , available online or in print from your local health unit.[ 4 ] Many studies have shown that the strongest ... their child is a clear recommendation from a trusted health care provider. The majority of children are immunized, ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD September 2015
... feeling overwhelmed, you should also contact the Physician Health Program. You do not have to go through this process ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2015
... released from Statistics Canada on the Canadian Community Health Survey reveal the following trends. Smoking rates ... activity and for the amount of sedentary behavior.[ 4 ] Health professionals’ response How do health professionals respond to these data? Tobacco is a ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD September 2015
... reminded of it. I recently had to deal with some serious health issues that forced me to leave my practice for about 9 ...
Editorials / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC September 2015
... and the steps required to make a proper report.[ 1,2 ] As health care providers we bear witness to the challenges our ... while struggling with poverty, domestic violence, mental health issues, and substance dependencies. The conversations ... be ignored if we are to achieve our goal of optimizing the health and development of our young patients. Once the ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2015
... there was nothing below us, just bush. There was a big health centre in the middle, like something you’d expect to ... department (one doing transport, one looking after health records). This was the epitome of what the Ministry of Health is now talking about, if you like. So my first ...