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Alternative Approaches to Health and Healing

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Date: 
1985
Pages: 
12
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An education manual in the form of a glossary, detailing different alternative and holistic approaches to health care, prepared by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). Includes entries on acupuncture, chiropractic care, herbal medicine, reflexology, and more.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; alternative therapy: holistic; traditional healing; herbal

Finding a New Doctor

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 with information on finding a new doctor in the Lower Mainland, written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC). Includes some gender-based analysis of the predominance of male practitioners within the health care system and the resultant power imbalances this creates. The pamphlet provides suggestions of things to consider when looking for a doctor, meeting with a potential new doctor, and resources available at the VWHC and in Vancouver.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); doctors; patients' rights; women's health; women and health; gender-based analysis; BC health system; primary health care; health

Taking Charge of Your Health

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Date: 
2006-07
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet outlining recommended annual health care exams and tests for women, as well as routine tests and exams women should ask for at different stages of life. Written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, the pamphlet outlines which services are covered by the Medical Services Plan (MSP), and which services are not covered. The pamphlet begins with gender-based analysis of the BC health care system, the BC Medical Services Plan (MSP), and the restrictions placed on women as a result of cuts to health care and MSP. It also includes suggestions for preventative self-care and resources available for women at the VWHC, online and in the community.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); doctors; patients' rights; women's health; women and health; BC health system; primary health care; prevention; Medical Services Plan (MSP); social determinants of health; gender-based analysis

Accessing Abortion

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), with information on accessing an abortion in BC, different types of abortion available (medical and surgical), as well as gender-based analysis of the struggle to make abortion legal, and the barriers that still remain for many women who seek abortions (including social stigma, geographic distance, sexism, etc.). Includes a list of abortion clinics in BC, resources available at the VWHC, online, and in the community.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's health; women and health; abortion; pregnancy; access to services; gender-based analysis; feminism; feminist organization; women's health movement; BC health system

PharmaCare

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Series: 
Titbits
Date: 
2005-10
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet written by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), detailing PharmaCare, BC's provincial health care program that subsidizes prescription drug costs. Includes instructions for applying for PharmaCare, and the amount of coverage available based on annual family income, as well as some criticism of the perceived "fairness" of PharmaCare.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); PharmaCare; Medical Services Plan (MSP); social determinants of health; BC health system; pharmaceutical;

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS): A Self-Help Approach (revised edition)

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Sponsor: 
Health Promotion Directorate of Health and Welfare Canada
Series: 
Self-Help Series
Date: 
1985
Pages: 
27
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
An education manual prepared by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), defining and describing Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and its symptoms, theories behind the causes of PMS, non-medical treatment for PMS (such as herbal remedies and vitamins), and treatments to avoid (including a warning about progesterone therapy) . The manual also includes gender-based analysis of the medicalization of women's reproductive cycle and PMS, and offers a list of further reading on PMS.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's health; women and health; Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS); menstruation; self help; gender-based analysis; herbal

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Information for 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 Mandarin. 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); syphilis; AIDS; Chlamydia; gonorrhoea; herpes; venereal warts; pubic lice

Breast Self-Exam

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet instructing women how to conduct a breast self-exam, with illustrations and information about when to do a breast self-exam.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; breast health; breast self-exam

The Pelvic Exam

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet with information regarding the proper procedure for a pelvic exam, which includes a pap test, vaginal culture and a bimanual exam. The pamphlet describes what each step of the procedure should feel like, and what one should expect from the doctor in terms of comfort and respect. The pamphlet also includes expected wait times for results of the pap test and vaginal culture.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; doctors; BC health system; Pap tests; vaginal health; Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs);

Stress

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective
Summary: 
A pamphlet defining and describing different kinds of stress, internal and external stress factors, and ways of dealing with or adapting to stress (not including pharmaceutical treatment). The pamphlet concentrates on and encourages women to work on their stress levels through imagination, self-healing, assertiveness, relationship evaluation, life and work changes, etc.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; mental health; stress; mental health treatment; women and mental health;

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