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Clinical Articles / BY: Darren E.R. Warburton, PhD May 2016
The health benefits of physical activity have been documented ... is revealed when the effects of physical activity on health are considered. Exercise appears to increase the ... dose-response relationship between physical activity and health, by reviewing the risks associated with exercise, and ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper December 2016
... that has conducted member and employee research in the health care sector for 20 years. We received hundreds of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2016
... These may include immigrants, refugees, and sometimes health care workers. It may be possible to retrieve these records from a previous health care provider or public health unit in another province, but if records cannot be ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD May 2016
... where they can adjust their lifestyle for added weight and health benefits. Dietary patterns The DASH (dietary approach ... diet, research continues to emerge on the many health benefits of the DASH diet beyond reducing ... Some patients may respond well to a visual aid such as Health Canada’s Eat Well Plate[ 3 ] to better understand ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2016
... glance at the referral form and then send it back to the health region for booking. Another similar frustration is to ...
Editorials / BY: Saul Isserow, MBBCh May 2016
... that are now helping us make informed decisions regarding health promotion, exercise training, and management of ... guidelines can lead to clinically relevant improvements in health status. The authors who have contributed to this theme ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi May 2016
... in the community that can help them better manage their health is an important part of daily practice. In many ... Practice created Fetch (for everything that’s community health). Fetch is a searchable online database that helps ... other care providers connect patients with information on health and social resources within the community, including ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC May 2016
... the Oxford knee score (adopted in the UK by the National Health Service to measure the outcome of total knee ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
When a public health policy is put into effect to reduce a risk to ... instituted a mandatory vaccinate or mask policy for all health care staff who receive an influenza vaccination. The ... Control, 11 January 2016). Nor does the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority,[ 3 ] Providence Health Care,[ 4 ] the ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2016
The BC health care worker influenza protection policy is an ... has successfully improved influenza vaccine coverage among health care workers in the province and, as a result, ... First, the policy is supported by the majority of health care workers in BC, according to a recent survey, and ...