British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH)
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Author:
Steve Chasey
Ann Pederson
Putu Duff
Approaches health inequities from the standpoint of potential policy action. Provides examples of how applying a sex- and gender-based analysis can help refine policy options to be more effective, equitable, and cost-efficient. Produced by the Provincial Health Services Authority and the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH)
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Author:
Steve Chasey
Ann Pederson
Putu Duff
Examines a number of reported health inequities in British Columbia using sex- and gender-based analysis. Details how understanding the social context behind health inequities, which is strongly affected by issues of sex, gender, and diversity, can have powerful implications for how different populations experience and are marginalized by health inequities. Produced by the Provincial Health Services Authority and the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH)
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Author:
Jo-Anne Fiske
Annette J. Browne
When governments invite the public to participate in consultations to reform health care and other policies, they generally represent themselves as calling upon citizens to engage in a social, but apolitical process. This study questions this representation by rethinking how policy is formulated and enacted and by rethinking how Aboriginal women are regarded when they engage in the health care system.
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH)
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Author:
Debbie Pearce
Deborah Schwartz
Lorraine Greaves
This discussion paper examines issues related to tobacco control policy, taxation, and legislation as they affect Aboriginal women and men in BC, and identifies potentially differential impacts when gender differences are taken into account.
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH)
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Author:
VANDU Women CARE Team
Summarizes the findings of The VANDU Women's Clinic Action Research for Empowerment Project (VANDU Women CARE), this report provides insight into the primary health care experiences of women who use illicit drugs in the DTES, and highlights implications for improving health policy and service delivery.
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH)
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Author:
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
British Columbia Women's Hospital
The recently released report is a follow-up document to Advancing the Health of Girls and Women: A Women's Health Strategy for British Columbia (2004). It reports on advancements made in support of the Strategy and those occurring concurrently across the province in the Strategy's three priority areas:
1) Improving Women's Health Monitoring, Surveillance, and Reporting
2) Sustaining Access to Maternity Care
3) Supporting Women-centred Approaches to Mental Health, Problematic Substance Use, and Addictions
Works to foster authentic, inclusive cross-sectoral linkages to increase research activity focused on the health of girls and women in British Columbia.
Offers support and education to aboriginal women who have breast cancer. Website includes instructions on how to order breast self-examination and breast cancer awareness videos and how to contact healing circles in British Columbia.
Internal Notes :
Multiple Email found: "echoes@fnbreastcancer.bc.ca and jdavis@fnbreastcancer.bc.ca"
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH)
Centres of Excellence for Women's Health Research Bulletins (CEWHRB)
Media Type:
Online
Paper
Author:
Marina Morrow
Jules Smith
Ann Pederson
Lupin Battersby
Alain Lesage
Discusses how deinstitutionalization affects men and women differently and what kind of unique needs arise when people are relocated to new communities.