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Writing health information for patients and families: A guide to developing educational materials that promote health literacy

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113515
Wizowski, Lindsay, Harper, Theresa, Hutchings, Tracy;. [Hamilton, Ont.]: Hamilton Health Sciences , 2014. 4th ed.
Audience
Professional
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Author
Wizowski, Lindsay
Harper, Theresa
Hutchings, Tracy;
Edition
4th ed.
Place of Publication
[Hamilton, Ont.]
Publisher
Hamilton Health Sciences
Publication Date
2014
Subjects
Patient Education as Topic
Health Education
Writing
Teaching Materials
Health Literacy
ISBN
9780969743507
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Improving health literacy within a state : workshop summary

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121257
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy., Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice., Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2011.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA590 I34 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Editor
Hewitt, Maria
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
xvi, 98 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Consumer Health Information
Communication barriers
Educational Status
Health Education - methods
Health Education - standards
Telemedicine
United States
Congress
Notes
Conference workshop summary proceedings : Understanding What Works in Health Literacy Across a State: A Workshop (2010 : Los Angeles, Calif.).
ISBN
9780309215725
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Internet
Call Number
WA590 I34 2011
Website Notes
Available in PDF format at link
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Facilitating state health exchange communication through the use of health literate practices : workshop summary

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121258
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy., Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice., Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2012.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA590 F141 2012
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Contents:; Introduction -- State health insurance exchanges: overview -- State insurance exchanges' impact on consumers -- Health literacy relevance to health insurance exchanges -- Current best practices in developing materials and communicating with consumers -- Reflections on lessons learned.
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Alternate Title
Health literate practices
Corporate Author
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Editor
Hewitt, Maria
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
xiv, 101 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Health Care Reform
Community Participation
Health Literacy
Insurance, Health
State Government
United States
Congress
Abstract
Contents:
Introduction -- State health insurance exchanges: overview -- State insurance exchanges' impact on consumers -- Health literacy relevance to health insurance exchanges -- Current best practices in developing materials and communicating with consumers -- Reflections on lessons learned.
ISBN
9780309220293
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Victoria Library
Internet
Call Number
WA590 F141 2012
Website Notes
Available in PDF format at link
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CCGHR principles for global health research

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113894
Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research. Wakefield, QC: Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research , 2015.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
Editor
Johnson, Nancy
Place of Publication
Wakefield, QC
Publisher
Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
Publication Date
2015
Subjects
Ethics
Bioethics
Ethics, Medical
Ethics, Research
Global Health
Public Health
Healthcare Disparities
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health Services, Indigenous
Canada
Notes
Principle Investigator: Katrina Plamondon. Interior Health Authority.
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Report
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Health communicator's social media toolkit

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19564
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , 2010.
Audience
Professional
This toolkit provides an overview of CDC's experience with more than a dozen types of social media tools, including blogs, Really Simple Syndication feeds, Facebook and Twitter, and with less well-known applications such as virtual worlds and e-cards
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Place of Publication
Atlanta, GA
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Publication Date
2010
Subjects
Health Communication
Communications Media
Computer Communication Networks
Webcasts
Blogging
Internet
Information Dissemination - methods
Communication
United States
Abstract
This toolkit provides an overview of CDC's experience with more than a dozen types of social media tools, including blogs, Really Simple Syndication feeds, Facebook and Twitter, and with less well-known applications such as virtual worlds and e-cards
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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International Agency for Research on Cancer : biennial report 2010-2011

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20496
International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer , 2010.
Audience
Professional
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Alternate Title
IARC biennial report 2010-2011
Biennial report 2010-2011
Corporate Author
International Agency for Research on Cancer
World Health Organization
Place of Publication
Lyon, France
Publisher
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Publication Date
2010
Subjects
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - genetics
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Research
International Agency for Research on Cancer
World Health
ISBN
9789283204275
ISSN
0250-8613
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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International Agency for Research on Cancer : biennial report 2012-2013

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21541
International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer , 2013.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Alternate Title
IARC biennial report 2012-2013
Biennial report 2012-2013
Corporate Author
International Agency for Research on Cancer
World Health Organization
Place of Publication
Lyon, France
Publisher
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Publication Date
2013
Subjects
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - genetics
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Research
International Agency for Research on Cancer
World Health
ISBN
978928320430-5
ISSN
0250-8613
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Origin of cancers : clinical perspectives and implications of a stem-cell theory of cancer

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19788
Tu, Shi-Ming. New York, NY: Springer , 2010.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ202 T883 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  1 read online  
Author
Tu, Shi-Ming
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
xviii, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Cancer treatment and research 154
Subjects
Neoplasms - etiology
Stem Cells
ISBN
9781441959676
144195967X
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ202 T883 2010
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Making data talk : a workbook

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog20177
National Cancer Institute (U.S.). [Bethesda, MD]: National Cancer Institute , 2011.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA590 M235 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Place of Publication
[Bethesda, MD]
Publisher
National Cancer Institute
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
44 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Health Education - methods
Public Health
Information Dissemination - methods
Communication
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Handout
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
WA590 M235 2011
Website Notes
Available at https://www.cancer.gov/resources-for/hp#education.
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Current status and future directions of breast and cervical cancer prevention and early detection in Belarus

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21542
International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer , 2012.
Audience
Professional
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Planning and managing scientific research : a guide for the beginning researcher

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21521
Kennett, Brian. Canberra, AU: Australian National University Press , 2014.
Audience
Professional
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Author
Kennett, Brian
Place of Publication
Canberra, AU
Publisher
Australian National University Press
Publication Date
2014
Subjects
Research Design
Research Personnel - education
Research - organization & administration
ISBN
9781925021585
9781925021592
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids : the current state of evidence and recommendations for research

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog119910
Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division., National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press , 2017.
Audience
Professional
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CANNABIS; 3 CANNABIS: PREVALENCE OF USE, REGULATION, AND CURRENT POLICY LANDSCAPE; PART II: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; 4 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS; PART III: OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS; 5 CANCER; 7 RESPIRATORY DISEASE; 8 IMMUNITY; 9…
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Corporate Author
Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana: An Evidence Review and Research Agenda, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
486 p.
Subjects
Cannabis
Cannabis - drug effects
Cannabinoids
Cannabinoids - therapeutic use
Medical Marijuana
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Health Policy
Risk Assessment
United States
Abstract
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
1 INTRODUCTION
2 CANNABIS
3 CANNABIS: PREVALENCE OF USE, REGULATION, AND CURRENT POLICY LANDSCAPE
PART II: THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS
4 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS
PART III: OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS
5 CANCER
7 RESPIRATORY DISEASE
8 IMMUNITY
9 INJURY AND DEATH
10 PRENATAL, PERINATAL, AND NEONATAL EXPOSURE TO CANNABIS
11 PSYCHOSOCIAL
12 MENTAL HEALTH
13 PROBLEM CANNABIS USE
14 CANNABIS USE AND THE ABUSE OF OTHER SUBSTANCES
PART IV: RESEARCH BARRIERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
15 CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS IN CONDUCTING CANNABIS RESEARCH
16 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE CANNABIS RESEARCH AGENDA
APPENDIXES
ISBN
9780309453042
9780309453073
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
E-book available in HTML and PDF formats
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Investment in early translational cancer research, 2005-2007 : a special report from the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance's survey of government and voluntary sector investment in cancer research : February 2011

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19849
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA) , 2011.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ206 C215cf 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA)
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
48p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - economics
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Research
Research Support as Topic
Investments - statistics & numerical data
Financing, Organized
Translational Research
Canada
Statistics
ISSN
9780986684111 (print)
9780986684104 (PDF)
Language
English
Material Type
Serial
Report
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ206 C215cf 2011
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Investment in cancer risk and prevention research 2005-2010 : a special report from the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance's survey of government and voluntary sector investment in cancer research : June 2013

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21199
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA) , 2013.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ206 C215cj 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA)
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
59 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - economics
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Biomedical Research - economics
Research
Research Support as Topic
Investments - statistics & numerical data
Financing, Organized
Canada
Statistics
ISSN
9781927650066 (print)
9781927650073 (PDF)
Language
English
Material Type
Serial
Book
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QZ206 C215cj 2013
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Guidelines for practice and quality assurance in cytopathology

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18358
Canadian Society of Cytology. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Society of Cytology , 2012. 4th rev. ed.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Society of Cytology
Edition
4th rev. ed.
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Society of Cytology
Publication Date
2012
Subjects
Practice Guideline
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Investment in cancer risk and prevention research 2005-2007 : a special report from the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance's survey of government and voluntary sector investment in cancer research

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18860
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA) , 2010.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
QZ206 C215c 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
This report focuses on investment in research focused on cancer risk and prevention over a three-year period. Research is critiical to our understanding of cancer risk and effective cancer prevention strategies. The investment in cancer risk and prevention at $122.3M represented 11% of the overal…
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Corporate Author
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA)
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
53 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - economics
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Research
Research Support as Topic
Investments - statistics & numerical data
Financing, Organized
Canada
Statistics
Abstract
This report focuses on investment in research focused on cancer risk and prevention over a three-year period. Research is critiical to our understanding of cancer risk and effective cancer prevention strategies. The investment in cancer risk and prevention at $122.3M represented 11% of the overall investment in cancer research form 2005-07.
ISSN
9780978415761 (print)
9780978415778 (PDF)
Language
English
Material Type
Serial
Report
Online
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ206 C215c 2010
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Pathways to improving well-being for indigenous peoples : how living conditions decide health

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21530
Reading, Jeff, Halseth, Regine. Prince George, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health , 2013.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W84 R287 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  2 read online  
Author
Reading, Jeff
Halseth, Regine
Place of Publication
Prince George, BC
Publisher
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
55 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Health Services, Indigenous
Delivery of Health Care
Community Networks
First Nations
Health Status Disparities
Canada
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
W84 R287 2013
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Finding what works in health care : standards for systematic reviews

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19853
Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press , 2011. prepublication copy : uncorrected proofs.
Audience
Professional
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Tri-Council policy statement : ethical conduct for research involving humans

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog402
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. [Ottawa, ON]: Interagency Secretariat on Research Ethics , 2010. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
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Alternate Title
Ethical conduct for research involving humans : TCPS2
Corporate Author
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Interagency Secretariat on Research Ethics
Publication Date
2010
Subjects
Ethics, Research
Research
Research Subjects
Ethics Committees
Ethical Review
Human Experimentation - ethics
Informed Consent
Public Policy
Canada
ISBN
9781100172378
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
2nd URL for the most recent information on amendments
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Investment in research on childhood and adolescent cancers 2005-2010 : a special report from the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance's survey of government and voluntary sector investment in cancer research : September 2013

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21306
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA) , 2013.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ206 C215cs 2013
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA)
Publication Date
2013
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - economics
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Biomedical Research
Research Support as Topic
Investments - statistics & numerical data
Financing, Organized
Child
Adolescent
Canada
Statistics
ISSN
9781927650141 (print)
9781927650158 (PDF)
Language
English
Material Type
Serial
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ206 C215cs 2013
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