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Clinical Articles / BY: Zena L. Simces, MA, October 2012
... Care Model (CCM),[ 20 ] which integrates population health promotion with the prevention and management of ... individuals cope with a disease and develop skills for health and wellness.  CCM also provides strategies in the community and in the health system to support self-management. An individual’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, FCFP, MPH December 2012
... articles, beginning with “The scope of the problem: the health of incarcerated women in BC.” This article provides an overview of the correctional system, the health problems faced by incarcerated women, and the connection between health and recidivism.  The second article, “Collaborative ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD, April 2012
... (e.g., parity, older age at first birth), and personal health history (e.g., exposure to ionizing radiation, the use ... modifiable factors are unlikely to be the target of public health interventions (e.g., age at first birth). However, ... The clinic is located at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre in Vancouver. The phone number is 604 822-9548 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2012
... permanent and in some cases can be undone. For example, Health Canada buo­yantly assures Canadians that it protects health through good science. Yet, political initiatives in ... lowering of evidentiary standards to be applied to various health products, particularly herbal medicines.  As Joseph ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Nancy McLachlan, July/August 2012
... at WorkSafeBC.com. Click on Custom­er Centre for Health Care Providers, and then Mental Health Services. —Nancy McLachlan WorkSafeBC Manager ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, October 2012
... presented here is referenced from the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc., at www.clhia.ca.  ...
News December 2012
... Pub­lic Policy. Authors say that even modest increases in health spending will break the bank. According to the report, ... from baby boomers—now aged 45 to 65—to fund their health care needs down the road. This shifts the burden of paying for baby boomers’ health care bills to their children and grandchildren—a tax ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, January/February 2012
... has an adequate supply of physicians to meet the future health care needs of British Columbians. The BCMA considers it important to take a stand on health issues facing British Columbians, government, and ... as diabetes or hypertension. As well, the Prescription for Health program became available last year. Developed in ...
Obituaries / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS April 2012
... that I didn’t like!”  In his later years, his health began to deteriorate, but he was blessed with a very ...
Premise / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP June 2012
... among the citizens of BC that the current system of health care delivery is largely unsustainable under current ... hospital are anything to go by.  The BCMA and Ministry of Health, to their credit, have moved to address the crisis by ... attention may point the way toward a more sustainable health care system, in particular in the primary care area. ...