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Speaking out for Safe and Respectful health care for women: Community Health Advocates

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1999-03
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
An ad for Kinesis magazine, about the Community Health Advocates and the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC).
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; women and health; women's health; advocacy

Diversity Workshop Poster

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1999-10-30
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
A poster inviting staff, volunteers and advocates to the Vancouver Women's Health Collective diversity workshop, presented by Sadie Kuehn and Betty Baxter.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's health Collective (VWHC); women and health; women's health; women's organizations; diversity; workshop; volunteer; advocacy

A Woman's Bill of Rights

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2000-11-21
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
A woman's bill of rights includes a list of rights that women have as patients and as users of the health care system.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); rights; patient's rights; equality

Community Health Advocate Advisory Committee

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1999-02-22
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
A listing of the Community Health Advocate Project Advisory Committee, including the purpose of the committee and the focus on the disrespect of women in the health care system.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project

Community Health Advocate Project AGM Report

Publication type: 
Annual Report
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2000-04-13
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
A report by the Community Health Advocate Project Coordinator by Brenda Kent for the Vancouver Women's Health Collective annual general meeting. The report highlights the goals of the project and the networks that have been re-established by community organizations and community advocates up to this point. A list of endorsement for the project by different organizations is provided, as well as the number of active community advocates (9).
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; Vancouver/Richmond Health Board; advocacy; grassroots; volunteer; violence against women; empowerment; community supports;

Community Health Advocate Report to the Steering Committee, January 12, 1999

Publication type: 
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1999-01-12
Pages: 
3
Summary: 
A report of the Community Health Advocate Coordinator, Brenda Kent to the Vancouver Women's Health Collective steering committee. The report describes some updates of the project, its future, and questions about funding for the project.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; women's organizations; volunteer; evaluation

Review of Wednesday's Community Health Advocate Training

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1998
Pages: 
2
Summary: 
A report on the Community Health Advocate Training session, with information for advocates on the purpose of the training session, developing an advocacy plan, the Community Health Advocate roles, and the needs of the Community Health Advocate project from its advocates.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; women and health; women's health

Focus Meeting on Women's Health in the Downtown Eastside

Publication type: 
Poster
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
2000-01-18
Pages: 
1
Summary: 
A poster inviting women to the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre for a focus group meeting on women's health, hosted by the Community Health Advocate Project (a project of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective). The purpose of the meeting is to exchange ideas and information on how to involve women living in the Downtown Eastside in health related issues, and to develop a workshop to inform and empower women in the area on how to access safe and respectful health care.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women and health; downtown eastside; women's health; workshop; discussion forum; empowerment; Downtown Eastside Women's Centre; Community Health Advocate Project

Conversation on Women's Health: May 28, 2007

Publication type: 
Policy Paper / Action Plan
Agency: 
Women's Health Community Advisory Committee; BC Coalition of People With Disabilities; Pacific Assoc
Date: 
2007-07-31
Pages: 
17
Summary: 
A report produced by the Women's Health Community Advisory Committee, a committee made up of 5 organizations in the Lower Mainland. The report was produced after the Conversation on Women's Health, an event held on the International Day of Action for Women's Health, May 28 2007. The event included 3 conversations, on "Quality Housing and a Living Income," "What Health Services do you Need?" and "The Social Determinants of Health: The Issues and Solutions." The report produced after the day of conversations with women from the community included 28 recommendations for the BC government, as well as a breakdown of the results of a questionnaire complementing the event, with questions for women about their health.
Keywords: 
Women's Health Community Advisory Committee; Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); women's health; BC health system; ministry of Health; BC Conversation on Health; determinants of health; public policy; women's housing; income; Medical Services Plan (MSP); income assistance; Pharmacare; minimum wage; women and mental health; women and substance abuse; women with mental illness; women with disabilities; single mothers; user fees; cutbacks; funding cuts

Brainstorming Issues for the CHA/WHIN Advisory Group

Publication type: 
Project Proposal / Grant Application
Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Date: 
1998-07-14
Pages: 
3
Summary: 
This document describes the Community Health Advocate Project of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), the role of the Community Health Advocate Coordinator, and questions about the structure of the Women's Health Information Network (WHIN), an unfunded component of the Community Health Advocate Project that involves a computer database of health information for women.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; Vancouver/Richmond Health Board; Women's Health Information Network (WHIN); women and health; women's health; health care; BC health system; evaluation

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