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History of the Community Health Advocate (CHA) Project

Publication type: 
Web Page / Electronic Reproduction
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2002-09-23
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This document is a brief history of the Community Health Advocate Project, for the Vancouver Women's Health Collective website. The document describes the project, its funding, its changes over the years and its transition into the patient's rights workshops.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; history; patient's rights; workshop; advocacy; Vancouver/Richmond Health Board;

Sexual Abuse by Doctors

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1996
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This document, produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), provides information for people who want to anonymously report sexual abuse by a doctor in BC, as well as warning signs of possible sexual misconduct by psychotherapists.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); sexual abuse; abuse; doctors; College of Physicians and Surgeons; therapist

Vancouver Women's Health Collective Post Abortion Peer Support Group

Publication type: 
Web Page / Electronic Reproduction
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2002-02-11
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This document includes a leaflet announcing the Vancouver Women's Health Collective's post abortion peer support group, a page of information about the group and its purposes, as well as a leaflet announcing that the group has been postponed until further notice. The support group operated in 2002.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); abortion; post abortion; support groups; women's organizations; discussion forum

Getting an Abortion in BC

Publication type: 
Web Page / Electronic Reproduction
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2002-09-04
Pages: 
5
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This document contains a list of abortion clinics in Vancouver as well as Kelowna, and a list of abortion support services in Vancouver and Burnaby. The document, prepared by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), also provides information on how to get an abortion in BC, how much it costs (based on eligibility for coverage), and the difference between having an abortion at a hospital versus at a clinic. The document also describes the difference between a surgical and a medical abortion, and information about the emergency contraceptive pill (also called the morning after pill).
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women; abortion; support services; health clinics; Medical Services Plan (MSP); emergency contraceptive pill

Medical Services Plan of BC

Publication type: 
Web Page / Electronic Reproduction
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2002-09-04
Pages: 
7
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This document, produced by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), describes the Medical Services Plan of BC, with information about benefits, premiums, premium assistance, Pharmacare, the seniors plan, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Medical Services Plan (MSP); BC health system; benefits; premium assistance; Pharmacare; seniors; College of Physicians and Surgeons; doctors;

Community Health Advocates Project Meeting

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1999-12-02
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A leaflet inviting women to attend the Community Health Advocate (CHA) Project's planning meeting, hosted by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The meeting was set to share ideas about goals for the planning session, the CHA education workshops, CHA manual revisions, and fundraising.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; discussion forum; workshop; education

Community Health Advocate Steering Committee Report August 12, 1998

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1998-08-12
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A report to the Vancouver Women's Health Collective Steering Committee, by Brenda Kent for the Community Health Advocate Project. The report describes the community alliances made between the Community Health Advocate Coordinator and organizations that are interested in becoming a part of the project.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; coalition building; women's organizations; non-profit organizations; evaluation

Media Release: Plan to send mastectomies, hysterectomies to private surgical clinics puts women at risk

Publication type: 
Media Release
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2003-06-12
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A media release from the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), critical of the plan by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority to transfer surgical procedures like mastectomies, hysterectomies from full service hospitals to stand alone private clinics.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Vancouver Coastal Health; women's health; advocacy; privatization; health clinics; wait lists; BC health system; public health

Candidates Forum Question VPL, Alice MacKay Room Friday, April 29, 2005

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
52% Coalition
Date: 
2005-04-29
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A series of questions posed to the electoral candidates of the provincial election in 2005, by the 52% Coalition, a non-partisan coalition of women encouraging women to vote, and calling for women's issues to be included on the electoral agenda. The questions address topics such as the re-establishment of the Ministry of Women's Equality, MSP premiums, legal aid, access to childcare, women and work, and women and social assistance.
Keywords: 
52% Coalition; elections- provincial; Ministry of Women's Equality; women and health; women's health; Medical Services Plan (MSP); legal services; childcare; women and work; social assistance;

52% Coalition- Candidates Forum on Women's Issues, CBC Interview April 29, 2005

Publication type: 
Media Release
Agency: 
52% Coalition
Date: 
2005-04-29
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
This document provides an outline of the CBC interview with the 52% Coalition, a non-partisan coalition of women working to educate and inform women around the provincial election in BC (2005). The outline describes the Coalition, the issues important to them, and some information about women and voting, in order to encourage women to vote and get involved in the political process.
Keywords: 
52% Coalition; elections- provincial; Ministry of Women's Equality; women and health; Medical Services Plan (MSP); childcare; BC provincial government

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