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Women's Heart Health

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Date: 
2006-07
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet on women's heart health, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). This pamphlet provides relevant statistics on women in Canada and heart health, with a gender-based analysis of the health care system's traditional diagnosis and treatment of heart-attack patients. The pamphlet points to the unbalanced treatment and prevention focused on male patients and symptoms, and describes symptoms that women often experience when suffering from a potential heart attack. The pamphlet also lists methods to prevent heart disease, and further resources available at the VWHC.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's health; women and health; heart health; heart attacks; gender-based analysis; prevention; statistics

Women, Poverty and Health

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Date: 
2006-07
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet examining poverty and women in Canada, with statistics from the 2005 census report. The pamphlet points to high rates of poverty among senior women, disabled women, immigrant women, single mothers, and Aboriginal women, and traces income imbalances between men and women in Canada. The pamphlet details the many ways in which poverty affects women's health, including exposure to violence, increased risk of heart disease, chronic ill health, increased susceptibility to disease, depression, hunger, etc.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; gender-based analysis; poverty; BC health system; access to services; gender inequality; social determinants of health; women and work; statistics

Facts on Aboriginal Women's Health

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Date: 
2006-07
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet listing facts related to Aboriginal women's health, such as life expectancy, chronic health conditions, and self-reported states of health. The pamphlet outlines barriers to Aboriginal women's health, including access to health care, spousal violence, and residential schooling.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; gender-based analysis; aboriginal health; aboriginal women; access to services; statistics

Rural Women and Health

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Date: 
2006-07
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet detailing some of the barriers to health care that rural women in Canada face, including limited access to services, isolation, language barriers, financial insecurity, etc. The pamphlet includes a gender-based analysis of cuts to rural health care services, and things we can do to fight for better health care for rural women. In addition, the pamphlet provides online resources for rural women.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; rural health; gender-based analysis; funding cuts; access to services; statistics

Women and Health Care in BC: A Gendered Perspective

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
2006-05
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet outlining the ways in which health care user fees, increases in user fees, cuts to health care services, cuts to social service programs, legal aid, and welfare benefits all disproportionately affect women, since women in all age ranges and social groups make less money than men. The pamphlet analyzes BC's Medical Services Plan (MSP), PharmaCare, residential care versus assisted living, reductions in home care support services, and cuts to employment in the health sector, a sector predominantly staffed by women. It is critical of moves towards privatization in the health care system in BC and Canada more broadly, and encourages reinstituting funding for social services for women, such as the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC).
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; BC health system; Medical Services Plan (MSP); PharmaCare; gender-based analysis; social determinants of health; social services; welfare cuts; gender inequality; funding cuts; employment; provincial government; privatization; health services; health reform; access to services; women and work; statistics

Medical Services Plan (MSP)

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), detailing the services provided by BC's Medical Services Plan (MSP), as well as the process of enrolling in MSP, eligibility and cost, and premium assistance if women cannot afford to pay monthly premiums. A list of free or low-cost services in Vancouver are also included.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Medical Services Plan (MSP); BC health system; primary health care;

Endometriosis

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), defining endometriosis, and outlining its causes, symptoms and treatment. The pamphlet includes resources available on the topic at the VWHC, an endometriosis support group listing, and websites worth visiting.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's health; women and health; endometriosis;

Depression

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet on depression and women, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). The pamphlet includes symptoms, possible causes, and some discussion of medical, holistic, and feminist treatment for depression. The pamphlet also includes resources available at the VWHC and in the community, and websites worth visiting.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's health; women and health; depression; mental health; gender-based analysis; social determinants of health

Health Care User Fees: A Gendered Perspective

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Date: 
2006-07
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet exploring health care user fees in BC, with a gender-based analysis of health care access for women in BC based on social determinants of health including poverty, age, race and ethnicity, immigration status, and ability. Written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), the pamphlet uses statistics from the 2005 census report in order to highlight the many ways that women are denied access to the services they need as a result of substantial increases to the Medical Services Plan (MSP) in 2002.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; alternative therapy; BC health system; Medical Services Plan (MSP); PharmaCare; gender-based analysis; social determinants of health; women and poverty; aboriginal women; seniors; single mothers; statistics

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: For Immigrant Women

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1987
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An education manual prepared by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC) in both English and Spanish. The manual describes several different sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including symptoms, treatment, and prevention of STDs. As well, the manual provides some guidance on where to go for help and provides telephone numbers for clinics in Vancouver.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; sexuality; sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); women immigrants; syphilis; AIDS; Chlamydia; gonorrhoea; herpes; venereal warts; pubic lice

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