“Promoting Health and Sustainability: The case of climate change and energy use”
Goal To bring together individuals involved in the delivery of public health activities to examine the application of the Ottawa Charter as related to climate change issues and the implications for health and health equity actions at the individual, health care system and community level.
For more information about registration please contact Cecilia Velasco at staff@phabc.org
The Public Health Summer School welcomes participants from a variety of fields and backgrounds who are working directly or indirectly on public health issues and health promoting activities across our province.
Frontline health providers
Managers & Leaders
Municipal Council Members
Program & Project Planners
Consultants
Environment Movement
Recreation practitioners
Academics & Researchers
Policy analysts
Community partners
Graduate and Medical Students
Where? Multiple locations across BC are linked via UBC Video Technologies
Main sites: UBC, UVIC, UBC-O & UNBC
Sub sites: If you are interested in hosting a site in your location please contact Cecilia Velasco at staff@phabc.org
Why YOU Should Register?
This is a unique opportunity for professionals and students with a shared interest in improving the quality of life for British Columbian’s to:
Learn from each other
Build intersectoral relationships
Develop new skills and knowledge
Apply new skills and knowledge
Improve public health by informing future directions
How do we deliver ALL of this? Our summer school focuses on skill development based on a foundational understanding of climate change issues and provides a mixture of:
Keynote presentations
Case studies
Team work
Hands-on activities
Benefits of becoming a PHABC Member when registering for the Summer School:
SAVE on registration for the Summer School and Fall Annual Conference
Stay in touch with Public Health activities and Health Promotion initiatives across BC
Network with intersectoral partners concerned about climate change and impact on health of British Columbians.
Health Evidence™ has a new look! The healthevidence.org online repository of 4,600+ quality-rated public health relevant reviews has implemented website updates to improve the user experience. Enhanced features include a responsive design, which enables easy searching by desktop or mobile, and removal of the user login. Now you can search on the go – by phone or tablet, without needing to remember your password. Registered users may continue to login to benefit from the additional search features linked to your profile, including the ability to save searches and export results, save or email articles, and enable our monthly tailored evidence service.
Since launching Health EvidenceTM in 2005, we continue to seek feedback from public health professionals at all decision making levels in all provinces and territories in Canada, and to integrate your suggestions, to best meet your needs. We have strived to ensure that Health EvidenceTM delivers high-quality needed products to the public health community in Canada, and I look forward to hearing your feedback on our latest updates.
Our look has changed, still our commitment to helping public health use best evidence in practice remains.
Sincerely,
Maureen Dobbins, Scientific Director, Health Evidence
Check out the new site www.healthevidence.org! Contact us with questions or feedback, we would love to hear from you: info@healthevidence.org.
Northern Health will begin its seventh board consultation series titled Growing up Healthy on May 19, 2016.
The consultation will focus on the health and well-being of children from conception to the age of 17 across northern B.C.
“Northern Health’s consultation series is an effective way to gather information from people in northern B.C. and identify how best to support the health of children and youth,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “The consultation will provide an opportunity to promote existing work, particularly in rural areas, and recognizes that working to improve the health of the youngest residents is a key step to a healthier north.”
The consultation builds on the Chief Medical Health Officer’s Child Health report released in April that highlights supports available for a healthy start for children in northern B.C., as well as areas that need to be addressed according to evidence-based research. The Child Health report is available under the community accountability section on northernhealth.ca.
“The board is pleased with the Chief Medical Health Officer’s Child Health report as it provides the data and information we need to begin these discussions, and now we want to hear from people in communities across the north about their local perspectives,” said Dr. Charles Jago, Northern Health Board Chair. “There are a variety of methods and times that people can engage in this discussion, and we want people to participate in as many forums as they would like.”
The consultation will include:
Community meetings in 12 communities. These will include a presentation and working groups to discuss various ideas. A list of community meetings is available at the end of this release.
Nine stakeholder sessions with organizations at work directly with children and youth such as Ministry of Children and Family Development, school districts, and day cares.
Youth group sessions in select communities across the region.
This webinar series provides an overview of RStudio for users who have knowledge of the SAS programming language, but are new to the R language.
This series introduces users to the basic elements and functionalities of R programming while framing the fundamental features of the R language in terms of how they differ from SAS. The series aims to highlight the fundamental aspects of R as an object-oriented language, and the flexibility this affords.
By the end of this webinar series, participants will be able to:
Navigate within the main windows of the RStudio user interface; import and export data; write R code to access, manipulate, and analyse data from an object-oriented perspective; and extend R functionality through the use of R packages
Use R to generate descriptive statistics and implement methods commonly used for statistical analyses, for example two sample inference and linear regression
Use R to generate graphs and plots commonly used for data visualization and presentation, for example scatter plots, histograms and bar plots
The webinar is divided into four, two-hour sessions:
Session 1: Tuesday May 24th, 2016 Session 2: Thursday May 26th, 2016 Session 3: Tuesday May 31st, 2016 Session 4: Thursday June 2nd, 2016
Salary for NURSE 7: $62,458.31 – $81,979.10 annually
NOTE: Position may be based in Vancouver or Victoria
Make a difference in the lives of others in this exciting nursing opportunity
We are looking for passionate and creative team players to help us build on our success in providing expert consultation in medical case management, workplace health programs, and safety-related services that protect the safety and health of employees and enhance the public service.
As an Occupational Health Nurse with the BC Public Service Agency, you’ll be a member of our multidisciplinary Occupational Health & Rehabilitation team, comprised of OHNs, OHR physicians, medical case analysts, and the Early Intervention and Return to Work Specialists team. Together the OHR team supports the diverse health and wellness needs of public service employees.
In keeping with the BC Public Service Agency (BCPSA) goals and Workplace Health & Safety principles, you will provide case management services and occupational health expertise to identify opportunities for ill or injured employees to achieve early, safe and sustainable returns to work. You will identify treatment and rehabilitative options, working collaboratively with a variety of resources, to support public service managers and employees to manage their health and wellness and thereby improve workplace engagement and productivity.
In order for applicants to be considered for this position, their resume must clearly demonstrate that they have the following:
Graduation from an approved School of Nursing.
Nursing degree plus a minimum of 2 years Occupational Health Nursing experience or a Certificate in Occupational Health Nursing plus a minimum of 3 years Occupational Health Nursing experience.
Current, practicing registration with the College of Registered Nurses’ of British Columbia (CRNBC).
Certificate in Occupational Health Nurse OHN(C) is preferred.
Experience in disability case management.
Experience working with electronic case management systems.
Active membership in an Occupational Health Nurses Professional Practice Group and participation in continuing education related to disability case management is an asset.
