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Clinical Articles / BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA January/February 2023
... the opioid crisis and provide effective intervention. Many people who die of opioid overdose have recently interacted ... an opportunity for intervention. In one analysis, 77% of people had contact with the health care system in the year ... ( P = .0006). Discussion Our results indicate that people who present with an opioid overdose have frequently ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP January/February 2023
... of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people.”[ 4 ] It is achieved when everyone can attain their ... care can be critical to reducing disparities. Low-income people have greater prevalence of chronic illness and fewer ... Health systems should alleviate challenges that people face, not add to them, and facilitate access to the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rohit Vijh, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2023
... ] What patients can do to protect themselves Actions that people can take (particularly those handling birds and/or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brendan Tao, BHSc March 2023
... lifetime.[ 1 ] However, psychosis is far more common among people who use drugs, including 10% of cannabinoid users, ... services in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people who use drugs returned to or escalated their substance ... increasing rates of substance use, especially stimulants, people who use drugs are increasingly at risk for ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ka Wai Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2023
... leadership emphasizes the need to “care about people always, cultivate individual and team relationships, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Priya Manjoo, MD March 2023
... of psychological and behavioral interventions is to help people living with obesity to implement sustainable life ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD March 2023
Poisonings have a significant impact on the health of people in BC. In 2022, there were more than 2000 poisoning ... cannabis legalization, more cases of self-harm among young people, and the growing and aging population. The DPIC is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... increase.[ 3 , 4 ] Between January and December 2021, 7560 people died from opioid-related toxicity in Canada.[ 5 ] Gaps ... care affect youth Mental health concerns affect young people disproportionally. In BC, one in four young people live with a mental health or substance use disorder ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephen Lam, MD, FRCPC April 2023
... worldwide.[ 1 ] In British Columbia, an average of seven people die of lung cancer every day; in Canada, more people die from lung cancer than from breast, colon, and ... annual low-dose computed tomography screening in people 55 to 74 years of age who currently smoked or had quit ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB May 2023
... were recorded among those experiencing homelessness.[ 5 ] People who are homeless also experience low levels of ... 11 ] and showed that overall health care expenditures for people who had been homeless were significantly lower after ... supportive housing as “an effective intervention for people with complex health and social needs . . . ...