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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Bill Mackie, MD May 2012
... of farm pollution damage to land and waterways, and health care costs, then the economical answer is local, ... with little concern for quality, sustainability, and the health and welfare of livestock, not to mention the end user, ... about it, it is odd that something as important to our own health and well-being as food is sold strictly on the basis ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2012
... surgical intervention?  The quality and safety agenda for health care looks to reduce errors in the provision of care. ... Committee This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and has not been peer reviewed by the  BCMJ  Editorial Board. Council on Health Promotion Quality of death ...
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 ...