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Abortion: Speaking for Choice

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 presentation on the pro-choice position on abortion, offered to students by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective. The presenters offer information about abortion in Canada, the procedures, and the emotional issues surrounding abortion. They specify that they are not prepared to participate in debates or confrontation with anti-abortion groups, but prefer a straightforward presentation with time for student questions.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; abortion; pro-choice; women's health movement; health information dissemination; birth control; discussion forum; awareness raising; feminist organization

Depo Provera letter

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1981
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A letter addressed to women (presumably sent to women's centre's, based on the call to action at the end of the letter), regarding the dangers of Depo Provera, the health risks associated with Depo Provera, and the implication of the drug industry in using women in what are essentially experimental drug tests. The VWHC requests the help of women's centres to publicize their intent to document the extent to which Depo Provera is used as a contraceptive in Canada. They also propose legal action (in conjunction with the National Women's Health Network (US), continued publicity around the issue, action groups, etc.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; women's organizations; awareness raising; Depo Provera; health risks; pharmaceutical; gender-based analysis; birth control;

Introduction to the Vancouver Women's Health Collective Health Files

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An instruction sheet to using the health files of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The health files are made up of a collection of information for women seeking health information, so that women have access to resources in order to make informed choices about their health. The resource is made available by the VWHC because they want to challenge the unquestioning trust women often place in the hands of medical professionals, despite many of the harmful and unnecessary drugs regularly prescribed to women. The instruction sheet claims that actively looking up information is akin to having control and decision-making abilities over our own health care.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; self help; health information dissemination; awareness raising; women's health movement; gender-based analysis; community-based health; feminist organization; patients' rights; doctors; pharmaceutical;

Endometrial Cancer

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Estrogen Sensitive Conditions
Date: 
1985-06
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A short pamphlet describing endometrial cancer, some possible risk factors associated with endometrial cancer, diagnosis of the disease, and treatment options. The pamphlet describes some of the problems with accuracy of diagnosis, noting that Pap smears and endometrial biopsy are not always accurate tests for endometrial cancer. The pamphlet briefly mentions a new technique for diagnosis, called the Gravlee Jet Washer.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; endometrial cancer; cancer

Talking About Periods

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Health and Welfare Canada
Series: 
Women's Reproductive Health Project
Date: 
1988
Pages: 
150
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An education manual for women about menstruation, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) as part of their Women's Reproductive Health Project. The manual defines and explains in lay-terms menstruation, reproductive organs, healthy periods, and problems associated with women's reproductive organs, including fibroids, endometriosis, heavy bleeding, and pain. It includes information regarding drug treatments and surgical treatments commonly prescribed to women for menstrual problems, with some gender-based analysis of the overuse of hysterectomy as a means to cure women's menstrual problems. There is a chapter on starting as self-help group, as well as community resources for women listed in BC, Alberta, and the Yukon and suggested books and information booklets.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Women's Reproductive Health Project; menstruation; Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS); Fibroids; Endometriosis; women and health; women's health; women's health movement; community-based health; feminism; feminist organization; gender and health; health information dissemination; health

Miscarriage: You Are Not Alone

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Health and Welfare Canada
Series: 
Women's Reproductive Health Project
Date: 
1988
Pages: 
142
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An education manual for women about miscarriage, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) as part of their Women's Reproductive Health Project. The manual defines and explains in lay-terms miscarriage, reproduction, and pregnancy. It addresses women's feelings after a miscarriage, patient's rights, self-help group support, and health care after a miscarriage. Included in the manual are community resources for women listed in BC, Alberta, and the Yukon, for services such as infertility groups, battered women support services, and support for miscarriage and stillbirth.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Women's Reproductive Health Project; health; women and health; women's health; women's health movement; community-based health; feminism; feminist organization; gender and health; pregnancy; miscarriage

Women Talking about Health: Getting Started with Workshops and Groups

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Health and Welfare Canada; Alberta Indian Health Commission; B.C. Native Women's Society; Calgary YW
Series: 
Women's Reproductive Health Project
Date: 
1988
Pages: 
82
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A training manual for women, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), as part of their Women's Reproductive Health Project. This manual provides information on facilitating workshops and health groups, as well as forming self-help support groups and conducting peer counselling. Specifically, the manual outlines workshop facilitation on four main topics: avoiding pregnancy, infertility, miscarriage, and periods. The manual outlines methods to help determine community health needs, and suggests different ways to publicize a workshop. It also includes community resources, useful books on facilitation and general health, and sexuality and sexual abuse.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Women's Reproductive Health Project; self-help groups; self-care; women and health; women's health; women's health movement; community-based health; feminism; feminist organization; gender and health; health information dissemination; health

Polyps

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Estrogen Sensitive Conditions
Date: 
1985-06
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A short pamphlet describing cervical polyps, prepared by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The pamphlet describes common symptoms of polyps, some treatments available, and suggests that a woman could detect and monitor the growth of a polyp during a cervical self-examination.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; polyps

A Feminist Approach to Pap Tests (revised edition)

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
BC Ministry of Health
Date: 
1986
Pages: 
41
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An education manual for women who have received an abnormal Pap result, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, a feminist non-profit organization. The manual raises concerns about the tendency of health care providers to act quickly and invasively when a woman receives an abnormal Pap result. The manual encourages women to understand and explore all options available, including 'alternative' practices. It includes descriptive and explanatory sections on Pap tests at different stages of a woman's life, test results, cervical cancer and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), possible causes associated with cervical cancer, and prevention and treatment of cervical cancer. The manual is set within a feminist critical framework, coming out of the women's health movement.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Pap tests; menstruation; cervical cancer; cancer; sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); birth control; sexuality; alternative therapy; social determinants of health; gender-based analysis; women and health; women's health; health; women's health movement; feminism; feminist organization; gender and health

Infertility: Problems Getting Pregnant

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Health and Welfare Canada; Alberta Indian Health Commission; B.C. Native Women's Society; Calgary YW
Series: 
Women's Reproductive Health Project
Date: 
1989
Pages: 
209
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An education manual for women about infertility, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) as part of their Women's Reproductive Health Project. The manual defines in lay-terms infertility, reproduction, and testing for infertility for both men and women; it outlines the main health problems related to women's and men's infertility, and describes various medical procedures including donor insemination and new reproductive technologies such as In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT). It also outlines other options for parenting and ways to effectively deal with infertility, including encouraging women to start a self-help group. Included in the manual are community resources in BC, Alberta, the Yukon, and the US for services such as infertility support groups, adoption, AIDS, and foster care.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Women's Reproductive Health Project; infertility; health; women and health; women's health; women's health movement; community-based health; feminism; feminist organization; gender and health; pregnancy

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