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Canadian Women's Health Network

29 Jun 02:19

The Canadian Women’s Health Network (CWHN) was created in 1993 as a voluntary national organization to improve the health and lives of girls and women in Canada and the world by collecting, producing, distributing and sharing knowledge, ideas, education, information, resources, strategies and inspirations.

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Women's Health Matters

29 Jun 02:43

At womenshealthmatters.ca, consumers will find the latest information, news and research findings on women's health, diseases and lifestyle trends. The site, which is updated several times a week, is backed by women’s health experts at Women's College Hospital.

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Practice Guidelines - American Psychiatric Association

29 Jun 03:12

APA practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This page links to the complete text of all APA practice guidelines published on PsychiatryOnline, which provides additional tools and resources for each guideline.

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Ontario Health Coalition

29 Jun 03:14

The Ontario Health Coalition is a network of over 400 grassroots community organizations representing virtually all areas of Ontario. Our primary goal is to empower the members of our constituent organizations to become actively engaged in the making of public policy on matters related to health care and healthy communities.

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Stroke assessment across the continuum of care: guidelines

29 Jun 03:29

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. 2005

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The Geriatrics, Interprofessional Practice and Interorganizational Collaboration (GiiC) Toolkit

07 Jul 16:32

GiiC Toolkit is a collaboration of the Regional Geriatric Programs of Ontario located in Hamilton, Kingston, London, Ottawa and Toronto, the Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH) at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and the North East Specialized Geriatric Services (NESGS) Group in Sudbury. CERAH and the NESGS Interest Group are affiliated with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

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ACTIVE Guide

09 Jul 18:00

One of the goals of the Activity and Aging CoP is to educate and advocate on behalf of frail older adults living in care homes for the purpose of establishing realistic, outcome- focused program guidelines that can help provide benchmarks for activity program effectiveness for all homes in Canada. This will be done through the collaborative development of Policy, Procedures and Practice Guidelines for care facilities, specifically for Adult Day Programs and Long-Term Care settings. These recommended guidelines have been brought to you as a direct result of the support and active involvement of key stakeholders - organizations and motivated individuals working in the field of activity programming for the older person. The Activity and Aging Community of Practice would like to extend appreciation to the following organizations and individuals for working with us to ensure these guidelines are practical and meaningful.

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Pressure Ulcer Awareness Program

25 Oct 15:22

Pressure ulceres are a serious health issue for patients in all kinds of settings, even at home. The good news is that most pressure ulcers can be prevented. What’s needed is awareness on the part of patients and health-care professionals about prevention and maintaining a commitment to the actions required to do so. The Canadian Association of Wound Care has designed a pressure ulcer awareness and prevention program. It includes the tools necessary to reduce the numbers of pressure ulcers in all types of settings across Canada.

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Health Canada

08 Feb 19:49

Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.

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Healthy Canadians: Safe food Handling

07 Feb 20:42

To reduce the risk of foodborne illness, it is essential to follow safe food handling and cooking practices. Knowing how to properly cook, clean, chill and separate foods while handling and preparing them can help you to avoid complications from foodborne illness.

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency

07 Feb 20:43

Dedicated to safeguarding food, animals and plants, which enhances the health and well-being of Canada's people, environment and economy.

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Be Food Safe

08 Feb 19:48

This bold new Be Food Safe creative platform has been developed specifically for and with input of leading retailers and suppliers, industry and government. It is designed to remind consumers about important safe food handling practices at the places where they shop for food.

Retailers, food and consumer product companies and other organizations interested in promoting these preventative health messages are invited to work with the Partnership.

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Effective nutrition interventions for seniors

08 Feb 14:25

Canadian Cancer society Information Package for Evidence-Informed Interventions.

CCS Knowledge Exchange Network Information Packages are summaries and descriptions of interventions that have shown effectiveness in reducing risk factors for their respective topic areas. This information comes from systematic reviews of multiple research studies.

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