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Working to Keep Us All Healthy: Two programs on health and safety for hospital and health workers

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980s
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A leaflet inviting hospital and health workers (including technicians, lab workers, nurses, housekeeping, dietary and laundry workers) to a series of 2 programs on health and safety. Presented by the Women's Action on Occupational Health, the topics for discussion include hospital acquired infections, chemical and physical hazards, radiation, shift work, burnout, understaffing, hospital hierarchies, etc.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; community health and safety; health risks; health workers; prevention; occupational health; worker's rights; women and work

Discussion Group for Large Women

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to attend a discussion group for large women, presented by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The poster specifies that this is "not a weight loss group!" and instead focuses on body image issues, food habits, sexual relationships, etc.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; nutrition; awareness raising; body image; determinants of health; feminist organization; gender-based analysis; weight; discussion forum

Speaking for Choice Meeting

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980s
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A leaflet advertising a "speaking for choice meeting" organized by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), meant to "organize, discuss strategies, share information."
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; women's health movement; health information dissemination; abortion; pro-choice; feminist organization; pro-choice; discussion forum

Safe Birth Control?

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980s
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to attend a presentation on safe and effective birth control, by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The poster challenges the practice of prescribing women the pill and intra uterine devices (IUDs), when there are "safer" methods available, and suggests that the talk will feature gender-based analysis and criticism of birth control practices.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; birth control; gender-based analysis; women's health movement; feminist organization; health risks; health information dissemination;

Inserting a Diaphragm

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980s
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster instructing women on how to properly insert a diaphragm, including illustrations and written instruction. The poster encourages women to contact the Diaphragm Fitters Collective at the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) for more information regarding fitting and use of a diaphragm as birth control.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; birth control; health information dissemination; self help; awareness raising; women's health movement

Drugs: Who Benefits?: A Series of Talks

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980s
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to a series of talks presented by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), on topics including the drug industry, psychiatric drugs, over the counter drugs, and the hazards of synthetic hormones. The summaries for each topic suggest a critical and gender-based analysis of the pharmaceutical industry, health care practices in Canada, and the over-medicalization of women by doctors.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; pharmaceutical; drug promotion; doctors; gender-based analysis

Depo Provera

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980s
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster listing some of the negative and dangerous health effects of the birth control method Depo Provera, and requesting information from women who have been prescribed the hormone, requested by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The poster's headline reads: "Have you, or has anyone you know, ever received an injection for birth control? If so, you may have been given: Depo Provera," followed by "The long term effects of this drug are not known!"
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; birth control; Depo Provera; health risks; health research; women's health movement; health information dissemination

Can You be a Resource Person?

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980s
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A leaflet encouraging women to become resource persons for the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), who could be called when a woman contacted the VWHC looking for information or support, since "it's still especially valuable for a woman to talk to someone who's had a similar experience or problem."
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; community-based health; health information dissemination; women's organization; women's health information

Women's Health Groups

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1980s
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to join a women's health group at the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The poster offers several possible topics for discussion, including the drug industry, stress, birth control, occupational health, etc., and encourages women to join a health group because "we all have valuable experience and information to share...By pooling our resources, we can begin to change what we find inadequate about our health care."
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; health information dissemination; self help; discussion forum; women's health movement; women's organizations; patients' rights; community-based health; gender-based analysis

The Fight Against Dalkon Shield IUD's

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1981
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A leaflet inviting women to join the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) in national actions against Dalkon Shield IUD manufacturers for making dangerous birth control devices available to women and continuing to market IUDs even after it was clear that not enough research had been done to ensure the safety of users.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; gender-based analysis; intra uterine devices (IUDs); birth control; feminist organization; women's organizations; women's health movement; health risks; pharmaceutical; awareness raising

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