Resources

Contacts
Government Publications
Other Government Sources
B.C. Health Authorities
Other Women’s Health Related Organizations and Agencies
Archived Resources

Contacts

Nutrition Information and Advice:
Dial-a-Dietician:  dial 811
www.dialadietitian.org

Help to quit smoking:
QuitNow telephone 1-877-455-2233
http://www.quitnow.ca

Mammography – information on nearby screening program and services:
http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/Screening/Breast/default.htm

Government Publications

British Columbia

You and Your Health: A Woman's Guide
http://www.hls.gov.bc.ca/publications/year/2009/You_Your_Health_Woman's_Guide_Final.pdf

Provincial Health Officer: 1995 Feature Report on Women’s Health http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/pho/index.html

Addressing Perinatal Depression: A Framework for BC Health Authorities http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2006/MHA_PerinatalDepression.pdf

Advancing the health of girls and women: A woman’s health strategy for British Columbia.
 http://www.whrn.ca/documents/WomensHealthStrategy_000.pdf

Gender inclusive health planning: A guide for health authorities in British Columbia
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2001/gender_inclusive.pdf

Primary health care reform and women
http://www.cewh-cesf.ca/PDF/health_reform/primaryCareEN.pdf

British Columbia Government and Other B.C. Sources

British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
 http://www.bccewh.bc.ca/

BC Health Guide
http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/kbaltindex.asp

British Columbia Perinatal Health Program (formerly the BC Reproductive Care Program)
 http://www.bcphp.ca

B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre
http://www.bcwomens.ca/default.htm

B.C. Reproductive Mental Health Program http://www.bcwomens.ca/Services/HealthServices/ReproductiveMentalHealth/default.htm

A Framework for Women-Centred Health
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/hgw/pdf/A Framework for Women-Centred Health.pdf

B.C. Ministry of Child and Family Development
B.C. Ministry of Community Services
B.C. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

BC Health Authorities

Other Women’s Health Related Organizations and Agencies

Canadian Women’s Health Network
 http://www.cwhn.ca/indexeng.html

Canadian Breast Cancer Network
 http://www.cbcn.ca/english/

Lesbian health
 http://www.cewh-cesf.ca/en/index.shtml

Options for Sexual Health
http://www.optionsforsexualhealth.org/

Society of the Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
http://www.sexualityandu.ca/eng/

Health Canada: Sexual Health and Promotion
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/sex/index_e.html

Status of Women Canada
 http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/

Centres of Excellence for Women’s Health
http://www.cewh-cesf.ca/en/index.shtml

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, Gynaecologic and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN Canada) http://www.awhonn.org

College of Midwives of British Columbia
 http://www.cmbc.bc.ca/

The World Health Organization (WHO)

National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health - Prince George (http://www.unbc.ca/nccah/english/index.html)

Archived Publications

You and your health: A woman’s handbook.
(Presently, this publication is being revised.)
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2003/you_yourhealth.pdf