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Code of ethics for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine : report of Task Group 109

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American Association of Physicists in Medicine. College Park, MD: American Association of Physicists in Medicine , 2009.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WN440 A512 2009 v.109

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Corporate Author: American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Place of Publication: College Park, MD

Publisher: American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Publication Date: 2009

Series: AAPM report 109

Subjects: Codes of Ethics; Health Physics - ethics; Societies, Scientific - ethics; United States

ISBN: 9781888340808

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Kelowna Library

Call Number: WN440 A512 2009 v.109

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Facilitating state health exchange communication through the use of health literate practices : workshop summary

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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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American Indian health and nursing

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New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC , 2016.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WY107 A512 2016

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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 regi…

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

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Health communicator's social media toolkit

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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

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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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http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/ToolsTemplates/SocialMediaToolkit_BM.pdf

AHA guide to the health care field

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American Hospital Association. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association , 1999-2011. 2012 ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WX22 AA1 A513 2012

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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

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AHA guide to the health care field

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American Hospital Association. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association , 1999-2012. 2013 ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WX22 AA1 A513 2013

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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

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Improving health literacy within a state : workshop summary

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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

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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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Redefining health care : creating value-based competition on results

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Porter, Michael E, Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted. [Boston, MA]: Harvard Business School Press , 2006.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: W74 AA1 P847r 2006

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Scoping the problem; Identifying the root causes; How reform went wrong; Principles of value-based competition; Strategic implications for health care providers; Strategic implications for health plans; Implications for suppliers, consumers, and employers; Health care policy and value-based competi…

Author: Porter, Michael E; Teisberg, Elizabeth Olmsted

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Harvard Business School Press

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: xvii, 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Delivery of Health Care - economics; Quality of Health care - economics; Health Care Costs; Economic Competition; United States

Abstract: Scoping the problem; Identifying the root causes; How reform went wrong; Principles of value-based competition; Strategic implications for health care providers; Strategic implications for health plans; Implications for suppliers, consumers, and employers; Health care policy and value-based competition: implications for government.

ISBN: 9781591397786; 1591397782

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: W74 AA1 P847r 2006

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Health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids : the current state of evidence and recommendations for research

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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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https://doi.org/10.17226/24625

Report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on the Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco

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Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on the Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. [Bethesda, MD]: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services , 1986.