The annual PHAC regional trainings for CAPC, CPNP and AHSUNC staff have been scheduled for September and October for the Kootenays, Northwest, Okanagan, and Northeast.
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PHAC’s free “What’s Wrong with Spanking” brochure explains why spanking actually doesn't work and gives tips on how to effectively discipline children without spanking.
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Okanagan Boys and Girls Club have created a popular “Recharge and Reconnect” Friday drop-in program as part of their CAPC programming.
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The Comox Valley Family Services Association partners with the BC Association of Farmer’s Markets to deliver the Farmer’s Market Nutrition Coupon Program in 34 districts across BC.
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The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with First Nations Health Authority, Health Canada and Regional Health Authorities, has launched Healthy Smiles for Life: BC’s First Nations and Aboriginal Oral Health Strategy.
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Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health and UBC Faculty of Medicine, are seeking survey participants by March 31, 2014 to help guide the decision-making of local community groups and government in shaping programs and community services.
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Food Skills for Families is a hands-on curriculum based program that makes healthy eating, shopping and cooking easy, quick and fun.
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Encouraging news that warm, supportive family environments may be able to mitigate some of the adult health challenges linked to poor socioeconomic status in early life.
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Aldergrove Neighbourhood Services’ Spanish Family Power drop-in program has proved to be a starting-point for several community initiatives, growing out of relationships developed at the weekly drop-in.
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First Call BC has released their 2013 Child Poverty Report.
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Check out First Call: BC’s Living Wage for Families Campaign for four new fact sheets.
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Menu for Capacity Building and Awareness Raising Actions is an interactive strategy framework produced by EuroHealthNet, identifying six priority areas for addressing health inequity and the Social Determinants of Health.
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MenCare is a global fatherhood campaign, engaging men as non-violent, caring fathers. Access their poster templates, customize them to suit your programming, and use them to create buzz in your community about embracing and supporting fatherhood and men’s caregiving.
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On September 24, the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health hosted a teleconference on Taking a Health Equity Approach: Public Health Roles for Improving Health Equity, focusing on the use of the Four Roles approach to addressing health inequities.
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Kimberley CAPC Site Coordinator, Diana Card, has been working as Project Coordinator with the Kimberley Early Childhood Development Team (a group representing multiple agencies, programs and individuals) to complete an Ages & Stages Community Pilot Project.
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The upcoming BCAPOP provincial training conference in October will provide tools and strategies to help encourage dads in the midst of pregnancy and beyond. What gets them through the door?
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Report describes what can be done to support healthy eating in the food retail setting, including suggestions for program development, implementation, and evaluation.
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Nanaimo-based Sex Educator and Coach Lesley Stedmon is dedicated to perpetuating healthy messages and honest conversations about sexuality.
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In this engaging presentation, Denise Findlay shares her insights on the complexities, especially those we tend not to be aware of consciously, that can develop in working with people in community.
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Kathleen Lindstrom, CE/Perinatal Program Manager at Douglas College, Health Sciences Faculty, will present the opening plenary session at the BCAPOP 2013 Conference in October.
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