The Psychology Foundation, as part of their Kids Have Stress Too! program has produced a booklet of Ideas, Tips and Strategies for Parents of Preschoolers.
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The government of BC has produced a fact sheet and information kit for municipalities considering mandated warning signage for alcohol retail outlets, reminding communities that it is safest for women not to drink in pregnancy.
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The Public Health Agency of Canada CPNP Program, in collaboration with the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada, has produced an updated version of the breastfeeding support booklet, Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: A Practical Workbook for Community-Based Programs.
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The www.fightflu.ca website, created by the Government of Canada, provides information about flu symptoms, shots and management and an interactive map of nearby vaccine clinics.
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A Q&A with Shauna Mokelki, Manager of I hope family centre programs at Family Services of the North Shore, was featured in the September 22, 2014 edition of North Shore News.
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A Postpartum Progress article demonstrates why observation alone is not enough to identify postpartum depression.
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The Population and Public Health Prenatal Care Pathway is a health promotion practice support tool, available on the Perinatal Services BC website, for public health nurses and other healthcare providers working with pregnant women and their families during the prenatal period.
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Nominations are being accepted until October 17, 2014 for the 2014 BC Aboriginal Child Care Society Child Care Recognition Awards honouring early childhood educators acting as exceptional role models.
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A post on the SportMedBC website on the topic of running while pregnant recommends other forms of exercise for expectant mothers who have not run regularly prior to pregnancy, but states that regular runners “usually find that they can run long into their pregnancy” as part of their prenatal fitness program.
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The “Give Love, Get Love” report explores “the positive roles that fathers, organizations working with diverse fathers, and the fatherhood sector in Ontario, can play in promoting gender equality, healthy, equal relationships, and ending violence against women in all its forms.”
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A 2013 UBC study has found that healthy birth weights vary among ethnicities, and that common baby weight charts which are based on infants born to Caucasian parents lead to misclassification of some Chinese and South Asian babies as small for gestational age.
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The first 2014 – 2015 Vancouver Coastal CAPC, CPNP and AHS annual training, featuring presenter Pacific Post Partum Support Society, and the annual BCAPOP Conference.
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Shuswap Family Resource Centre in Salmon Arm is in its second year of a free 22-week “Walk for FIT!” walking group to increase fitness for participants in its Healthiest Babies Possible program.
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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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Free webinar and fireside chat “Awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Making the Connections” on September 9, 2014, International FASD Awareness Day.
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The Family Resource Program (FRP) Certificate training program from The BC Association of Family Resource Programs will be available in 2015 for family support workers seeking training and skills development.
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The Federation of Community Social Services BC has created an online Leadership Development Directory to inform managers, staff and volunteers in the non-profit and social services sector about the management-focused and leadership-focused educational and training options in and around BC.
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The Honouring Our Babies: Safe Sleep Cards & Guide produced by The First Nations Health Authority assists service providers in discussing safe sleep practices with First Nations and Aboriginal families to help reduce the risk of SIDS.
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First Call BC has posted the poll results commissioned by CIBC and KidSport Canada that found that one-third of respondents indicated that their kids do not participate in organized sports due to cost.
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Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and Vancouver Island Health Authority have co-produced a set of 30 printable cards for parents to help encourage conversation at mealtimes.
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