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

Copies

Author

Spatz, Michele

Corporate Author

Medical Library Association

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Neal-Schuman Publishers

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xiv, 142 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Libraries, Medical

Health Education

Consumer Health Information

United States

ISBN

9781555709326

1555706320

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

Z675 M4 S63 2008

Copies

Alternate Title

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and Institute of Medicine National Cancer Policy Forum workshop in partnership with the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the National Cancer Institute

Author

Hewitt, Maria

Ganz, Patricia A

Corporate Author

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

x, 309 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - psychology

Survivors

Patient Care Planning

Continuity of Patient Care

United States

ISBN

9780309103183

0309103185

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Surrey Library

Victoria Library

Internet

Call Number

QZ266 I355 2007

Copies

Author

Spector, Rachel E

Edition

7th ed.

Place of Publication

Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Publisher

Pearson Prentice Hall

Publication Date

2009

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Cultural Diversity

Cultural Competency

Health Status

Delivery of Health Care

Attitude to Health - ethnology

Ethnic Groups

United States

ISBN

9780135035894

0135035899

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Continues / Continued By

From cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition

Author

Aiuppa, Laura

Hewitt, Maria

Nass, Sharyl J.

Corporate Author

National Cancer Policy Forum (U.S.)

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

National Academies Press

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

xxii, 137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Cancer Survivors

United States

Congress

Notes

Workshop proceedings of Long-Term Survivorship Care After Cancer Treatment, July 24-25 2017 in Washington, DC.

ISBN

9780309472982

0309472989

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Victoria Library

Call Number

QZ260 A311 2018

Copies

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

Author

Cousins, Norman

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

Publication Date

1979

Physical Description

173 p. ; 19 cm.

Subjects

Attitude to Health

Consumer Participation

Volition

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

9780393038873

0393038874

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number

WD375 C867 1979

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Author

Lynn, Joanne

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2007

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Palliative Care - organization & administration

Terminal Care - organization & administration

Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods

United States

Abstract

An orientation

Basics of quality improvement

Advance care planning

Preventing, assessing, and treating pain

Assuring comfort

Caring for caregivers

Continuity and transfers

Chronic care: heart and lung failure

Nursing home quality: pressure ulcers

Improving care for people with advanced dementia and their families

Improving intensive care units

Building a palliative care program

Hospice program quality

End-of-life care, spiritual support, and bereavement

Beyond quality improvement: policy improvement

ISBN

9780195310412

0195310411

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Editor

Moss, Margaret P.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

xiii, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subjects

Transcultural Nursing

Cultural Competency

Minority Health

Education, Nursing

First Nations

United States

Abstract

Table of contents:

Pre-contact indigenous North America -- Post-contact, sovereignty, and health -- The roots of American Indian nursing -- The Indian health system and nursing -- Indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing -- AIAN elders : mapping cultural areas and regional variances in health -- Northeast woodlands -- Southeast woodlands -- Southwest -- Great Basin -- California -- Pacific Northwest/Plateau -- Alaska -- Northern Great Plains -- Urban -- Indian health funding : time for change -- The future of nursing report and American Indian nursing education.

ISBN

9780826129840

9780826129857

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WY107 A512 2016

Copies

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

Corporate Author

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

Editor

Field, Marilyn Jane

Behrman, Richard E

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press

Publication Date

2003

Physical Description

xx, 690 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Terminal Care

Child

Health Policy

Patient Participation

Professional-Family Relations

Terminal Care - economics

Terminal Care - legislation & jurisprudence

United States

ISBN

9780309084376

0309084377

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

WS200 W567 2003

Copies

Author

Ludin, Eric E.

Place of Publication

San Bernadino, CA

Publisher

Eric. E. Ludin

Publication Date

2016

Physical Description

134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Prostatic Neoplasms

Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis

Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery

Prostatectomy - psychology

Men's Health

Personal Narratives

Popular Work

ISBN

1536894435

9781536894431

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WJ762 L944 2016

Copies

Alternate Title

American hospital formulary service

Edition

American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

Place of Publication

[Bethesda, MD]

Publisher

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

xvi, 3824 p. ; 28 cm.

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Pharmaceutical Preparations

Drug Information Services

Formularies as Topic

Formularies, Hospital

United States

ISBN

9781585282272

1585282278

ISSN

1063-8792

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Corporate Author

First Nations Health Authority

Metis Nation British Columbia

BC Cancer Agency

BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres

Place of Publication

[West Vancouver, BC]

Publisher

First Nations Health Authority

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

102 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Neoplasms - psychology

Neoplasms - therapy

Neoplasms - rehabilitation

Health Services, Indigenous

Patient Navigation

Self Care

Social Support

Patient Education

Culturally Competent Care

Medicine, Traditional

Personal Narratives

Metis

First Nations

Patient Education Handout

Notes

The stories in this book were shared at Telling Our Stories Conference held in Prince George, BC in June 2016.

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ201 F527m 2017

Copies

Author

Thorp, Holden

Goldstein, Buck

Place of Publication

Chapel Hill, NC

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

191 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Universities

Academies and Institutes

Education - economics

United States

ISBN

9781469646862

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

LB2326.4 T517 2018

Copies

Author

Black, John R

Miller, David

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Publisher

Health Administration Press

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series

ACHE management series

Subjects

Health Facilities - organization & administration

Efficiency, Organizational

Organizational Innovation

Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods

United States

Abstract

An open letter to healthcare leaders (CEOs)

Eliminating waste will transform American health care

A brief history of Lean

The "Lean House" and model lines

Your Lean action plan

Building kaizen leaders

Flow in a healthcare environment

Kanban and the supply chain

Lean comes to Virginia Mason Medical Center

Virginia Mason Medical Center case studies

Lean comes to Park Nicollet Health Services

Park Nicollet Health Services case studies

ISBN

9781567932935

1567932932

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Library

Call Number

WX150 B627t 2008

Copies

Editor

Moss, Margaret P.

Phillips, Janice Mitchell

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company, LLC

Publication Date

[2021]

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Nurse?s Role

Health Equity

Health Policy

Population Health Management

Social Determinants of Health

Nursing - organization & administration

United States

Abstract

Contents:

Introduction : health equity does not equal health equality / Janice M. Phillips and Margaret P. Moss -- Nursing as a force for health equity / Joanne Disch -- Evidence-based policymaking / Myra Michelle DeBose, Ejim Sule, and Debbie Ann Jones -- Health equity and nursing education : past, present and future / Wrenetha A. Julion and Monique Reed -- Health equity and healthcare system transformation policy / Sinsi Hernández-Cancio and Noelle Thompson -- Genetics, health & policy challenges across the lifespan / Justina A. Trott and Sharon L. Ruyak -- The conceptual model of nursology for enhancing equity and quality : population health and health policy / Jacqueline Fawcett -- Integrating the social determinants of health into the clinical setting / Angela M. Moss and Christopher M. Nolan -- Structural determinants of health : an American Indian exemplar / Margaret P. Moss -- Global health equity for LGBTQI people and populations / William E. Rosa, Patricia Moreland, and Tonda L. Hughes -- Veterans and health equity / Linda A. Spoonster Schwartz -- Achieving health equity : exemplars in engaging global communities / Margherita Procaccini Clark and Franchesca A. Cifuentes-Andrade -- A health systems interprofessional approach to impact health equity / Barbara Wadsworth, Chinwe Onyekere, Karen Fitzpatrick Smith, Sandra Ross, Shonalie Roberts, Sharon Larson, and Barry D. Mann -- The critical discussion of race & racism toward achieving equity in health policy / Mia Keeys -- Pathways to achieving health equity : exemplars of community and intersectoral partnerships / Raj C. Shah and Heather Miller -- Politics and law at the root of health equity / Daniel E. Dawes and Nelson J. Dunlap -- The intersection of health literacy, health equity, and nursing practice / Diana Peña Gonzalez, Rachel Roberts, and Kirby Johnson -- The role of community health centers in health equity / Kevin C. Lo and Thomas Tsang.

ISBN

0826195067

9780826195067

9780826195074

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Sharman, Zena

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Arsenal Pulp Press

Publication Date

2016

Series

EBSCOhost eBook

Subjects

Sexual and Gender Minorities

Transgender Persons

Minority Health

Health Services for Transgender Persons

Healthcare Disparities

Personal Narratives

Abstract

Table of contents:

Introduction: Why Queer and Trans Health Stories Matter -- Appendix -- Call in Sick -- Name Game: Being Seen in My Entirety -- Unlearning: Improving Trans Care by Reorienting Medical and Nursing Discourse -- Navigating This Life as a Black Intersex Man -- Confessions of a Gender Specialist -- Read This Before Your Next Clinical Visit: Cheap Advice for Frequent Patients -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Q Card Project (Seattle, Washington) -- Using Medical Education to Advance Health of LGBT Individuals -- Health as a Spiritual Practice: Or, Please Don?t Call Me ?Lady? -- Our Caregiving, Ourselves -- Queer in Common Country -- NIRKwUSCIN -- A Journey Towards Safety -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services LGBTQ+ Newcomer Initiatives (Toronto, Ontario) -- Sex Work Solidarity as Healing: in four parts -- The Disclosure of Specialization: A QPOC Therapist?s Questions about Embodied Mirroring and Mentoring -- Trans Grit -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Trans Buddy Program (Nashville, Tennessee) -- Rivers of Our Lives: Stigma and Dislocations as Part of Life Course -- Sick of it: One patient?s adventures in heteronormativity -- Remedial Asexuality: Sexualnormativity in Health Care -- Five Things Providers Need to Know about Bisexual People -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Affirmations Deck (Toronto, Ontario) -- Breaking Down Barriers: A Journey to Increase Collaboration and Understanding Between LGBT2-SQ and Medical Communities -- Baby Escape Plan Two -- Mind Your Words -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre (Vancouver, BC) -- We Don?t Have to Numb Out to Be Out -- Depathologizing Trans -- Through the Body -- Healing Exchanges: The Necessity of Beloved Community for Queer Survivors of Colour -- Not a Liability: On Trauma-Informed Care and Community Acupuncture -- Listen -- Waiting on Information from Doctors.

Notes

SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection

ISBN

9781551526584

9781551526591

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Alternate Title

American Hospital Association (AHA) guide to the health care field

AHA guide 2012

Corporate Author

American Hospital Association

Edition

2012 ed.

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Publisher

American Hospital Association

Publication Date

1999-2011

Physical Description

1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Hospitals

Delivery of Health Care

Health Personnel

Health Facilities

Organizations

Statistics

Directory

United States

ISSN

0094-8969

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Frequency

Annual

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

WX22 AA1 A513 2012

Copies

Alternate Title

American Hospital Association (AHA) guide to the health care field

AHA guide 2013

Corporate Author

American Hospital Association

Edition

2013 ed.

Place of Publication

Chicago, IL

Publisher

American Hospital Association

Publication Date

1999-2012

Physical Description

1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm.

Subjects

Hospitals

Delivery of Health Care

Health Personnel

Health Facilities

Organizations

Statistics

Directory

United States

ISBN

9780872589063

ISSN

0094-8969

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Frequency

Annual

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library REF Directories

Call Number

WX22 AA1 A513 2013

Copies