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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kloshe Tillicum Research Team: Chee Mamuk BCCDC, Simon Fraser University October 2023
Why is it important for public health and health care providers to build trust with Indigenous patients ... This question came to the forefront due to the health impacts, stress, and inequality exacerbated by the ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA January/February 2023
... consequences for individuals, communities, and the health care system.[ 1 ] Since British Columbia declared a provincial public health emergency in 2016, the province has struggled to gain ... In downtown Vancouver, St. Paul’s Hospital in Providence Health Care is uniquely situated at the centre of Canada’s ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP May 2023
Background Health care–related carbon emission is a significant ... the global carbon footprint.[ 1 ] When compared with the health care systems of 47 countries, the carbon footprint of the Canadian health care system is the third highest in the world on a per ...
Letters / BY: Darren Jakubec, MD June 2023
... afraid to use his voice and for advocating for a better health care system over the years. His words have become more ... be justified within the funding of the existing public health care system. That’s not all bad. But I, like Dr Day, ...
Letters / BY: Charles Ludgate, MD, OBC July/August 2023
... and surgical procedures already being funded by provincial health care. There are many such facilities available in BC. ... happened with cancer patients, represents a failure of the health care system. The Government of Ontario has already ... be bold, creative, and innovative in preserving our public health care system. BC has developed the most efficient and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jacqueline Maloney, PhD September 2023
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, health professionals hypothesized that a shadow pandemic of mental illness was imminent.[ 1 ] Mental health issues among adolescents have been increasing steadily ... 2 ] Concerns regarding the impact on adolescent mental health[ 3 ] of school closures and limiting in-person contact ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM November 2023
... information, visit our return-to-work information page for health care providers at www.worksafebc.com/en/claims/recovery-work/health-care-providers-return-to-work-information . —Olivia ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS January/February 2023
... population during 2022 have posed major challenges to the health system. Keeping abreast of emerging and persistent ... on that most relevant to your patient’s concurrent health conditions. Both Best Practice and DynaMed are ... Centre for Disease Control ( www.bccdc.ca ) and the Public Health Agency of Canada ( www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Amritpal Maniani, BSc April 2023
... the BC Centre for Disease Control and the BC Ministry of Health has led to the creation of the Provincial Overdose ... Cohort, which includes linked administrative data on health care use. While these robust databases delineate where ... to interview survivors of opioid overdose in the Fraser Health region to record their stories, how they grew up, what ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2023
... the concept. However, as a gynecologist and women’s health advocate, I have now become comfortable enough in my ...