Lead, Directory Services
Burnaby BC Salary: $54,414.97- $62,042.70 annually
HealthLink BC’s (HLBC) telehealth platform delivers high quality telehealth services across the continuum of care to health care providers and the public that positively impact the health care experience, health outcomes and the availability and use of health human resources in a way that will improve the affordability and sustainability of health care in British Columbia. HLBC’s comprehensive self-care and health system navigation services focus on quality client services to consumers and health care professionals. Core services include Navigation Services, Nursing Services, Dietitian Services, www.HealthLinkBC.ca, HealthLinkBC Files, Directory Services, and the BC HealthGuide Handbook.
To see the entire job posting: HealthLinkBC-Sept_2016
Have you worked on a program, project or policy to promote the health of your community or workplace? Have you seen positive results you would like to share with others? Submit a video to be featured at the 6th Global Forum for Health Promotion, held in Charlottetown, PEI this October. Ten videos that highlight health promotion practices from Canada and around the world will be featured during the event. The Global Forum is known for uniting community and government leaders, policy makers, researchers and practitioners from around the world – so this is a great opportunity to share your project or policy with a captive, international audience.
Go back to school in September!
Register now for our online applied courses in Population Health Data Analysis
Designed for those who work in health or social sciences fields, the Population Health Data Analysis Certificate (PHDA) program provides an excellent opportunity to revitalize your current career, earn professional development credits* or get started in a rapidly diversifying field. This unique program offers:
* A flexible, fully online format
* A diverse set of analytic courses
* *Applied Pro D training
Apply now for the Professional Specialization Certificate in Population Health Data Analysis or take up to two stand-alone courses listed below for professional development starting September 2016.
Do you want to develop skills in the use of administrative data?
PHDA01: Working with Administrative Data provides an excellent orientation to get you on the right track.
* Learn how admin data is used for research
* Develop a data dictionary for your analytic data set
* Gain basic statistical analysis skills to work with admin data
* Use ‘real-world’ admin health data and practice SAS skills via our remotely-accessed Secure Research Training Lab
Looking to understand the intricacies of spatial health data, exposure assessment methods and related analytic approaches in health research? PHDA04: Spatial Epidemiology and Outbreak Detection is a great place to start.
* Explore the particularities of working with geographic data
* Gain valuable skills in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for population health research
* Learn analytic techniques for disease mapping, assessing population exposure to environmental pollutants, and measuring population access to health care services
* Practice hands-on skills using ‘real-world’ data via our remotely- accessed Secure Research Training Lab
*The skills acquired in PHDA 01 and 04 align with the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and are eligible for 10 Professional Development (CPE) credits with CHIMA and CIPHI.
These fully online, non-credit courses are offered as a partnership between Population Data BC, the University of Victoria, Division of Continuing Studies and the Department of Geography.
Apply Today!
Note: Registration is open until August 19, subject to availability. Please review program eligibility requirements prior to registering.
For more information and to apply contact:
Maxine Reitsma, Program Coordinator, UVic Continuing Studies
Phone: 250-721-8481 | phda@uvic.ca
Strengthening Healthy Development: Education and Public Health in Partnership
December 11-12, 2016
Sheraton Airport Hotel
7551 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC
ONLINE SUBMISSION: opens August 15th at www.phabc.org
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 15th, 2016 at 5:00 pm, coordinator@phabc.org
The Public Health Association of British Columbia is hosting its annual conference for 2016. This year’s theme is “Strengthening Healthy Development: Education and Public Health in Partnership.” This 2016 conference takes place on the 30th anniversary of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, a foundational document within the Public Health sector. The Charter recognized that health promotion cannot be achieved by the health sector acting alone and that health promotion involved advocating for structural change and nurturing individual empowerment to allow individuals, families and communities to increase control over their health and well-being.
Likewise, education is not limited to a single sector. Here we include both formal and informal education, from early childhood to old age – in other words, lifelong learning. At the same time, we have a particular focus on the main settings for formal education – schools (K-12) as well as preschool settings, and post-secondary education.
We recognize that the health and education sectors have different but complementary objectives; improving the health of learners contributes to improved learning outcomes, while better education improves health. These themes are reflected throughout the conference planning and program.
Purpose:
To create a forum for deliberative dialogue and respectful exchange of ideas related to the intersections of public health and education, in order to build meaningful collaboration, mutual understanding and support between the public health and education communities in achieving well-being for all.
To view the full abstract description and requirements for submission visit:
Director, Aboriginal Stakeholder Engagement Business Leadership Salary up to $87,243.00 annually
An eligibility list may be established for future similar temporary or permanent opportunities. This position is excluded from union membership.
The B.C. Early Years Strategy is the Province’s long-term plan to ensure our youngest citizens have the best possible start in life. It was released in 2013 and builds on the Province’s $1-billion annual investment in the early years.
The Provincial Office for the Early Years (EYO) was established in 2014 and works across ministries to oversee the implementation of the B.C. Early Years Strategy. The EYO’s goal is to move from strategy to action, implementing the B.C. Early Years Centre network and formulating a range of other ways to increase the quality, accessibility, affordability of early years services across B.C.
This work involves identifying and filling gaps in B.C.’s early years infrastructure. It also requires examining and challenging existing services and supports to ensure investments are made in a way that brings the greatest possible benefit to children and families.
Along the way, EYO staff engage widely with stakeholders and other levels of government to learn how we can best achieve the goals of the B.C. Early Years Strategy.
The Director of Aboriginal Stakeholder Engagement is responsible for leading and directing aboriginal engagement processes for the purpose of ensuring the success of Strategy initiatives and establishing a coordinated/integrated “one-government” approach for the delivery of existing and new programs and services to aboriginal parents and children under the age of six. The inclusion of Aboriginal perspectives, practices and approaches is integral to the successful integration of the Strategy.
For full description of accountabilities and qualifications (education and experience), and how to apply visit:
ACT – Autism Community Training, in collaboration with the British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development, the Pacific Autism Family Centre and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, invites applications from teams consisting of researchers partnered with service providers to develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based parent coaching intervention(s) for children aged 15 to 30 months who are at risk of or diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), hereinafter referred to as the Parent Coaching Intervention Research Project or “The Project”.
Award Amount and Duration: The maximum amount for the award is $2,850,000. The maximum period of funding is three years. Funding will be allocated to a single Applicant Team composed of both researchers and service delivery partner(s).
ACT – Autism Community Training, in collaboration with the British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), the Pacific Autism Family Centre (PAFC) and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR), invites applications from teams consisting of researchers partnered with service providers to develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based parent coaching intervention(s) for children aged 15 to 30 months who are at risk of or diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), hereinafter referred to as the Parent Coaching Intervention Research Project or “The Project”.
The Project has been funded as a one-time only initiative; the findings of this research program are intended to assist in informing the continuous development of BC’s autism service model.
Background
In December 2015, MCFD announced one-time funding for a Parent Coaching Intervention Research Project for toddlers at risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The Project is grounded in emerging evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of interventions with very young children – specifically, toddlers aged 15 to 30 months – who are identified as being at risk of ASD or who have been diagnosed with ASD. These emerging interventions are known as Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs).
NDBIs integrate behavioral methodologies and developmental considerations and target pivotal developmental domains. Skills are taught to children through systematic interactive and meaningful exchanges with caregivers in typical daily interactions, experiences and routines. Recent studies have demonstrated that a collaborative process known as parent coaching can help enhance NDBI delivery through parent-child interactions. (Please see Appendix A – Parent Coaching Research References) Parent coaching, in the context of children who may have ASD, recognizes that many parents often require specialized coaching because of the significant social and communication challenges that ASD presents to the typical parent-child dyad. Parent coaching interventions focus on coaching parents to use NDBI techniques to help their children.
Research into the effectiveness of NDBIs (and parent coaching interventions generally) is still in its infancy, but a number of studies have demonstrated the efficacy of parent coaching interventions. In order to better understand the potential impact of the use of parent coaching to deliver NDBIs specifically in the BC context, this request for applications seeks researchers and service providers who will partner to develop, implement and evaluate a parent-coached NDBI research project.
Award Amount and Duration
The maximum amount for the award is $2,850,000.
The maximum period of funding is three years. Funding will be allocated to a single Applicant Team composed of both researchers and service delivery partner/s.
