Reports and Publications

Most current Ministry publications are listed alphabetically by title below. If you can't find the publication you are looking for, try searching the ministry library's online catalogue.

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New Publications

You and Your Health : a woman's guide

Complaint Investigation for Residents of Assisted Living for Seniors

Information about Assisted Living for Seniors

Audits and More: A Nutrition and Food Service Audit Manual for Adult Residential Care Facilities with 25 or more Persons in Care

Meals and More Manual: A Foods and Nutrition Manual for Homes of Adults and Children with 24 Persons or Fewer in Care

Assisted Living and Residential Care Fire and Life Safety

 

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Action Schools! BC: phase I (pilot) evaluation report and recommendations: a report to the Ministry of Health Services
McKay, H. … [et al] 2004 PDF 830KB

ActNow BC Baseline Document
Ministry of Health, Healthy Living/Chronic Disease Prevention 2006 PDF 1.8MB

ActNow BC Progress Report 1
Ministry of Health, Healthy Living/Chronic Disease Prevention 2008 PDF 4.1MB

ActNow BC Summary Document 1
Ministry of Health, Healthy Living/Chronic Disease Prevention 2008 PDF 1.6MB

Adult care facilities; see Meals and more: quality improvement and resource guide for small adult care facilities (24 beds or less)

Addressing perinatal depression: a framework for BC’s health authorities
BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre; British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2006 PDF 646KB

Alcohol policy; see Public Health Approach to Alcohol Policy: An Updated Report from the Provincial Health Officer

Alcohol and other drug problems and BC women: a report to the Minister of Health
British Columbia. Minister's Advisory Council on Women's Health

Annual reports, Provincial Health Officer; see Provincial Health Officer's annual reports

Antimicrobial resistance: a recommended action plan for British Columbia
British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2000 PDF 211KB

Assisted Living and Residential Care Fire and Life Safety
British Columbia. Ministry of Health Living And Sport 2008 PDF 1.62MB

Assisted living residents, complaints; see Complaint investigation for residents of assisted living for seniors

Audits and More: A Nutrition and Food Service Audit Manual for Adult Residential Care Facilities with 25 or more Persons in Care
A nutrition and food service audit manual for larger residential community care facilities 2008 PDF 5MB

 

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Baby's best chance: parents' handbook of pregnancy and baby care
British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services 2005 PDF 4.40MB

BC First Nations health handbook: a companion document to the BC HealthGuide
First Nations Chiefs' Health Committee (BC) ; British Columbia. Ministry of Health Planning 2002 PDF 2.68MB

BC HealthFiles
British Columbia. BC HealthGuide

BC - injury free: the provincial injury prevention plan for children and youth (ages birth to 24): a framework for action
British Columbia. Minister's Injury Prevention Advisory Committee 1997 PDF 331KB

Better care for seniors: health authority redesign accomplishments: a four-year picture
Seniors care 2005 PDF 235KB

British Columbia directory, unintentional injury prevention programs for children and youth (ages 0-24)
British Columbia. Office of Injury Prevention 2001 PDF 462KB

British Columbia nutrition survey: report on energy and nutrient intakes
Forster-Coull, L., [et al.] ; British Columbia. Ministry of Health Planning
Appendices
2004 PDF 1.5MB

British Columbia nutrition survey: report on seniors' nutritional health
Levy Milne, R. … [et al]
Brochure
2004 PDF 1.15MB

 

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Caring for lesbian health: a resource for health care providers, policy makers and planners
Hudspith, M. ; British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Minister's Advisory Council on Women's Health 1999 PDF 188KB

Child Care Licensing Regulation Information Package
British Columbia, Ministry of Health 2008 PDF 45KB

Child health passport
Child health passport (French Version)
British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2008 PDF 233KB

Children and youth in care: an epidemiological review of mortality. British Columbia. April 1974 to March 2000
British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer … [et al] 2001 PDF 725KB

Children's behaviour; see Guiding children's behaviour

Common childhood diseases guide; see A quick guide to common childhood diseases

Community Care Facilities Licensing - Fact Sheets
British Columbia, Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport

Fact Sheets Child Care regulations:

  • Care Plan 2008 PDF 115KB
  • Moving to a new location 2008 PDF 72KB
  • Obtaining a licence 2008 PDF 112KB
  • Responsible adult 2008 PDF 79KB
  • Outcome-based standards 2008 PDF 78KB

    Fact Sheets Residential Care regulations:

  • Care Plan 2009 PDF 37KB
  • Smoking in residential care 2009 PDF 732KB
  • Hiring and staffing due dilligence in residential care 2009 PDF 64KB
  • Policies in residential care 2009 PDF 62KB

    Fact Sheets for all Licensed Care:

  • Role of the Licensing Officer 2008 PDF 93KB
  • Role of the Licensee 2008 PDF 124 KB
  • Exemptions 2009 PDF 94KB

    Complaint investigation for residents of assisted living for seniors
    British Columbia. Office of the Assisted Living Registrar 2009 PDF 410KB

    Core public health functions for BC: model core program paper: dental public health
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2006 PDF 219KB

     

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    Dental public health; see Core public health functions for BC: model core program paper: dental public health

    Depression, perinatal; see Addressing perinatal depression: a framework for BC’s health authorities

     

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    Evaluation of the impact of making HIV a reportable infection in BC
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2006 PDF 560KB

    Every door is the right door: a British Columbia planning framework to address problematic substance use and addiction
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services 2004 PDF 1.54MB

    The evolution of seniors' falls prevention in British Columbia
    Herman, M., Gallagher, E. & Scott, V. 2006 PDF 1.4MB

     

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    Family child care programs: furnishings & equipment checklist
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors 1997 PDF 33.2KB

    Fire and life safety for family child care
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors

    Fire and Life Safety for Licensed Home Based Child Care Settings in British Columbia
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services2008 PDF 319KB

    First Nations health handbook; see BC First Nations health handbook: a companion document to the BC HealthGuide

    First Nations health plan: transformative change accord; see The transformative change accord: First Nations health plan

    Following the evidence : preventing harms from substance use in BC
    Centre for Addictions Research of BC 2006 PDF 903KB

    Food, health and well-being in British Columbians
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2005 PDF 6.5MB

    Furnishing and equipment checklist: family child care programs; see Family child care programs: furnishings & equipment checklist

    Furnishing and equipment checklist: group child care 30 months; see Group child care 30 months - school age: furnishings and equipment checklist

    Furnishing and equipment checklist: group child care 36 months; see Group child care under 36 months: furnishings and equipment checklist

    Furnishing and equipment checklist: preschool; see Preschool furnishings and equipment checklist

    Furnishing and equipment checklist: school age care; see School age care: furnishings and equipment checklist

     

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    Gender - inclusive health planning: a guide for health authorities in British Columbia
    Pederson, A. ; British Columbia. Women's Health Bureau 2001 PDF 108KB

    Group child care 30 months - school age: furnishing and equipment checklist
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors 1997 PDF 34KB

    Group child care 36 months: furnishing and equipment checklist
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors 1997 PDF 34KB

    Guidelines for food and beverage sales in BC school
    Forster-Coull, L. ; British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2005 PDF 239KB

    Guidelines for personal service establishments (PSEs)
    British Columbia. Health Protection and Safety Division 2000 PDF 57KB

    Guidelines for planning brain injury services and supports in British Columbia
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services and Ministry of Health Planning 2002 PDF 583KB

    Guidelines for tanning salon operators
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services. Health Protection Planning Division 2004 PDF 428KB

    Guidelines for tattooing
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services. Health Protection Planning Division 1997 PDF 89KB

    Guiding children's behaviour
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Planning. Community Care Facilities Branch 2003 PDF 112KB

     

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    Harm reduction: A British Columbia community guide
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2005 PDF 465KB

    The Health and well-being of the Aboriginal population - interim update
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2007 PDF 322KB

    Health goals regional index 1999: a report from British Columbia's Provincial Health Officer
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2000 PDF 211KB

    Health status of children and youth in care in British Columbia: what do the mortality data show?
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2001 PDF 336KB

    Healthy aging through healthy living: towards a comprehensive policy and planning framework for seniors in BC: a discussion paper
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health
    Executive Summary
    2005 PDF 910KB
    PDF 59KB

    Healthy eating: cheap and easy
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Planning and Ministry of Health Services 2002 PDF 793KB

    Healthy eating for seniors
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health ; ActNow BC 2007 PDF [multiple]

    Healthy Pathways Forward: a Strategic Integrated Approach to Viral Hepatitis in BC
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2007 PDF 868KB

    Hearing screening for every baby – a sound start: a British Columbia initiative for early hearing detection and intervention
    Early Hearing Detection and Intervention – BC (EHDI-BC) Steering Committee 2004 PDF 573KB

    HIV, Hepatitis, and injection drug use in British: pay now or pay later?
    Millar, J. ; British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 1998 PDF 372KB

    HIV / AIDS in BC, annual progress report; see Priorities for action in managing the epidemics: HIV / AIDS in BC - annual progress reports

    HIV / AIDS in BC (2003-2007); see Priorities for action in managing the epidemics: HIV / AIDS in BC (2003-2007): Priorities for action in managing the epidemics

    HIV, as a reportable infection; see Evaluation of the impact of making HIV a reportable infection in BC

    HIV, reportability; see Provincial Health Officer's Report on HIV Reportability

    Housing and Support for Adults with Severe Addictions and/or Mental Illness in British Columbia
    Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction (CARMHA) 2007 PDF 702KB

    How healthy are we? British Columbia's report on nationally comparable performance indicators
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Planning and Ministry of Health Services
    Highlights
    2002 PDF 416KB

    PDF 64KB

     

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    Infant mortality; see A review of infant mortality in British Columbia: opportunities for prevention

    Injury prevention plan framework: children and youth; see BC - injury free: the provincial injury prevention plan for children and youth (ages birth to 24): a framework for action

    Immunize BC: a strategic framework for immunization in B.C.
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2007 PDF 878KB

    Information about Assisted Living for Seniors
    British Columbia. Office of the Assisted Living Registrar 2009 PDF 551KB

     

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    Joint special report: Provincial Health Officer and Representative for Children and Youth: Health and well-being of children in care in British Columbia: educational experience and outcomes
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2007 PDF 1.4MB

    Joint special report: Provincial Health Officer and Representative for Children and Youth: Health and well-being of children in care in British Columbia: Report 1 on health services utilization and mortality
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2006 PDF 5.8MB

     

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    Meals and More Manual: A Foods and Nutrition Manual for Homes of Adults and Children with 24 Persons or Fewer in Care
    British Columbia. Public and Preventative Health Division 2008 PDF 2MB

    Measuring our success: baseline document for ActNow BC
    British Columbia. Act Now BC 2006 PDF 1.76MB

    Minister's Advisory Council on Women's Health
    British Columbia. Minister's Advisory Council on Women's Health

     

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    A nutrition and food service audit manual for larger residential community care facilities; see Audits and more: a nutrition and food service audit manual for larger residential community care facilities

    Nutrition survey: energy and nutrient intakes; see British Columbia nutrition survey: report on energy and nutrient intakes

     

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    An Ounce of prevention
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2003 PDF 429KB

     

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    Parents' guide to selecting and monitoring child care in BC
    British Columbia. Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport 2009 PDF 205KB

    Perinatal depression; see Addressing perinatal depression: a framework for BC’s health authorities

    Policy and practice: a report on the use of British Columbia's health goals by B.C. government ministries
    Beseau, M. ; British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2001 PDF 215KB

    Preschool furnishings and equipment checklist
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors 1997 PDF 33.4KB

    Preventing illness in child care settings
    British Columbia. Community Care Facilities Branch 2003 PDF 92.8KB

    Preventing injury in child care settings
    British Columbia. Community Care Facilities Branch 2003 PDF 88.4KB

    Prevention of falls and injuries among the elderly: a special report from the Office of the Provincial Health Officer
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2004 PDF 2.34MB

    Primary Health Care Charter: a collaborative approach
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2007 PDF 677 KB

    Priorities for action in managing the epidemics: HIV / AIDS in BC (2003-2007), 2007 annual progress report
    British Columbia. Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport2007 PDF 2.38MB 2006 Annual Report 2006 PDF 1.27MB 2005 Annual Report 2005 PDF 1.38KB 2004 Annual Report2004 PDF 1.59KB

    Priorities for action in managing the epidemics: HIV / AIDS in BC (2003-2007): Priorities for action in managing the epidemics
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services 2003 PDF 988KB

    A profile of seniors in British Columbia
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services. Children's, Women's, and Senior's Health 2004 PDF 1.25MB

    Progress on the action plan for safe drinking water in British Columbia
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2007 PDF 2.2MB

    Protocol for protecting emergency responders from communicable disease
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 1998 PDF 419KB

    Provincial Health Officer's Report on HIV Reportability
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2002 PDF 1MB

    Provincial vision screening training manual
    British Columbia. Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport. Women's Healthy Living Secretariat. 2009 PDF 1.4MB

    Provincial Health Officer's annual reports
    British Columbia, Office of the Provincial Health Officer

    Public Health Approach to Alcohol Policy: An Updated Report from the Provincial Health Officer Provincial Health Officer 2008 PDF 1.4MB

     

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    A quick guide to common childhood diseases
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors 2001 PDF 59.6KB

     

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    The red road: pathways to wholeness: an aboriginal strategy for HIV and AIDS in BC
    British Columbia. Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Task Force 1999 PDF 2.63MB

    Report on the FPT Expert Consultation: Workshop on Social Isolation and Seniors
    Madelyn Hall, Aging in Manitoba Study, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba 2004 PDF 149KB

    Report on the use of provincial health goals in regional health service plans
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 1999 PDF 305KB

    Residential care; see Assisted Living and Residential Care Fire and Life Safety

    A review of infant mortality in British Columbia: opportunities for prevention
    British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer 2003 PDF 1.2MB

     

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    School age care: furnishings and equipment checklist
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors1997 PDF 33.2KB

    Social isolation among seniors: an emerging issue
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2004 PDF 193KB

    The senior chef: cooking for one or two
    Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors 1993 PDF 351KB

    Senior's fall prevention; see The evolution of seniors' fall prevention in British Columbia

    Social isolation among seniors: an emerging issue
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2004 PDF 193KB

    Supporting local collaborative models for sustainable maternity care in British Columbia: recommendations from the maternity care enhancement project
    Maternity Care Enhancement Project (B.C.) ; British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services 2004 PDF 1.01MB

    Supportive housing in supportive communities: the report on the supportive housing review
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors 1999 PDF 159KB

     

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    Tanning Salon Guidelines; see Guidelines for tanning salon operators

    Tattooing Salon Guidelines; see Guidelines for tattooing

    Toddler's First Steps: A Best Chance Guide to Parenting Your 6- to 36-Month-Old Child
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health 2008 PDF 1.82MB

    The transformative change accord: First Nations health plan
    First Nations Leadership Council … [et al] 2006 PDF 1.5MB

     

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    Unintentional injury prevention programs; see British Columbia directory, unintentional injury prevention programs for children and youth (ages 0-24)

     

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    The vegetarian edge
    British Columbia. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors 1998 PDF 189KB

    Violence against women: improving the health care response: a guide for health authorities, health care managers, providers and planners
    Morrow, M. ; Varcoe, C. ; British Columbia. Women's Health Bureau
    Supplementary Information
    2000 PDF 830KB

    PDF 5KB

    Vision screening; see Provincial vision screening training manual

    Vision screening for preschoolers; see Review of the science underlying preschool vision screening with implications for BC

     

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    Water, safe drinking; see Progress on the action plan for safe drinking water in British Columbia

     

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    You and your health: a woman's guide
    British Columbia. Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, Population and Public Health, Women's Healthy Living Secretariat 2009 PDF 1.4MB

     

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