It all started on October 14, 2005 with a forum on women's health issues in prison...

 
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Links for Health Services...

The Canadian Health Network

Canadian Health Network Checklist for Evaluating Health Information Web Sites

YWCA of Vancouver

Brochure about Violence Prevention

Canada food guide

Vancouver Native Health Society

Fraser Health List of Resources

Ridge Meadows Maternity Clinic

A network of information and support for people dealing with life threatening illness and loss

Leisure access card program. Reduced fees for basic recreation centers

Womennet Directory

Women's Health Research Network

 

 

The Canadian Health Network:

www.canadian-health-network.ca

It provides information in the following topics:

Groups: children, youth, seniors, aboriginal peoples, women and men.

Topics: Active Living, Complementary and Alternative Health, Environment and Health, Health Promotion, Health System, Healthy Eating, Injury Prevention, Living with Disabilities, Mental Health, Sexuality / Reproductive Health, Substance Use / Addiction, Tobacco, Violence Prevention and Workplace Health.Disease Prevention: Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Diabetes, HIV/AIDS and Respiratory Diseases.

 

Canadian Health Network Checklist for Evaluating Health Information Web Sites

www.canadian-health-network.ca/html/help/checklist1.html

 

YWCA of Vancouver

YWCA Crabtree Corner

Stopping the violence. A guide for women facing domestic violence. Stopping the Violence. YWCA of Vancouver, double-sided broadsheet. Detailed facts and resources to help understand and resist violence against women. Also has tips on how to help a woman who is being abused. Free if picked up at the YWCA or at any Public Library

 www.ywcavan.org

 

Brochure about Violence Prevention

http://www.vpl.ca/chn/VPdocs/VP_Prevention_E.pdf

 

Canada food guide
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html

 

Vancouver Native Health Society

www.vnhs.net

 

Fraser Health List of Resources

Help lines for many situations:

http://www.fraserhealth.ca/HealthInfo/PublicHealth/SchoolHealth/Resources.htm

 

Ridge Meadows Maternity Clinic

20580 Lougheed Highway, Maple Ridge BC, V2X 2P8 Tel: 604-460-4444

http://www.ridgemeadowsecd.ca/pregnancy_birth_infancy.htm

 

A network of information and support for people dealing with life threatening illness and loss.

www.virtualhospice.ca

 

Leisure access card program. Reduced fees for basic recreation centers.

http://vancouver.ca/parks/rec/lac/index.htm

 

Womennet Directory

http://www.womennet.ca        Womennet directory covers:

Aboriginal Women

Abortion

Addiction Treatment

Armed Forces

Bisexuals

Breast Cancer

Cancer

Centres/Groups

Child Care

Counselling Services

Domestic Workers

Eating Disorders

Education/Research

Ex-Prisoners

Family Planning  

 

Feminist Publications

Francophone Groups

Fund Raising

Girls & Young Women

Groups Against Violence

HIV/AIDS

Homelessness/Poverty

Legal Resources

Lesbians

Mental Health

Older Women

Osteoporosis

Ovarian Cancer

Peace

Post Partum Depression

 

Pregnancy & Childbirth

Provincial Government

Provincial Organizations 

Rural Women

Self Defence

Self-Help

Sex Trade Workers  

Sexual Assault Centres

Sexual Health  

Single Parents

Transgendered

University Women

Visible Minority/Immigrant Women

Vocational/Employment Services

Women and Music

 

Women and Politics

Women in Business

Women in History

Women in Medicine

Women in Science and Technology

Women in Sports

Women in the Law

Women in Trades

Women with Disabilities

Women's Clinics

Women's Health

Women's Shelters

Women's Studies

Women-Only Travel

Women’s Bookstores

 

 

 

Women's Health Research Network

www.whrn.ca

Enabling and supporting innovative groupings of researchers and research collaborations from all spheres