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D.A.M.S. : Drug and Alcohol Meeting Support for Women

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Drug and Alcohol Meeting Support for Women (D.A.M.S)
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
A brochure describing the services offered by the Drug and Alcohol Meeting Support for Women (D.A.M.S.) organization, which operates in downtown Vancouver. D.A.M.S. offers a variety of services to low-income women, using a risk reduction and harm reduction (rather than strict prevention) approach. This brochure describes their work in support and case management; outreach and accompaniment; and educational and life skills workshop.
Keywords: 
Drug and Alcohol Meeting Support for Women (D.A.M.S); addictions; women; support groups; support services; drug use; alcohol use; Vancouver; DTES; Downtown Eastside; outreach; advocacy; risk reduction; harm reduction

Rethinking Training: Meeting Women's Needs

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Joint Working Group of Status of Women and Labour Market Official
Date: 
1994
Pages: 
19
Collections: 
Health and Home
Keywords: 
Women; Employment; Training

Vancouver Drug Use Epidemiology: Vancouver Site Report for the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU)

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use
Sponsor: 
Health Canada, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch; Vancouver Coastal Health
Date: 
2005
Pages: 
77
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Reports on drug use in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver; health disparities of DTES residents compared with other Vancouver and BC residents; crime related to drug use; mortality related to drug use; morbidity and treatment; harm reduction programs; rates of HIV and Hepatitis C infection. Describes the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU).
Keywords: 
health; addiction; drug use; DTES; harm reduction; Vancouver Coastal Health; methadone; needle exchange; safe injection site; disease; HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis C; alcohol; methamphetamine; injection drug use; leucoencephalopathy

Downtown Eastside Draft Housing Plan

Publication type: 
Policy Paper / Action Plan
Agency: 
Community Directions
Date: 
2001
Pages: 
16
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
This publication is critical of the City of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Revitalization Program and Vancouver Agreement. It proposes and describes 8 alternative measures, including ensuring the DTES remains accessible to low-income residents; conversion and demolition control by-law for hotels; zoning for community goals; building equity through land trust; increasing standards of management; housing reflective of community diversity; and rent stabilization for SROs.
Keywords: 
housing; homelessness; DTES; affordable housing; equity; management standards; rent stabilization; residential hotels; SRO; Downtown Eastside Revitalization Program; Vancouver Agreement; gentrification; Aboriginal housing

From Rhetoric to Reality: Canada's Obligations to the Immigrant and Refugee Girl Child in International Law

Publication type: 
Web Page / Electronic Reproduction
Agency: 
The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children
Date: 
2001-08
Pages: 
58
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Canada is signatory to a variety of international legal instruments which speak to the rights of the immigrant and refugee girl child in Canada. The extent to which Canada is legally bound by such instruments is controversial at the level of implementation. This paper examines Canada's obligations to the immigrant and refugee girl child as defined in specific international instruments, and legal barriers to enforcing the agreements. It contrasts the rhetoric of applicable human rights instruments to the lived experiences of the immigrant and refugee girl child in Canada. Despite legislation, programming, and services, the immigrant and refugee girl child in Canada continue to face racism, sexism, ageism and violence at home, at school and on Canadian streets.
Keywords: 
racism; sexism; immigrant; refugee girl; child poverty

Welcome to the World of Building Healthy Communities

Publication type: 
Web Page / Electronic Reproduction
Agency: 
BC Healthy Communities Network
Date: 
1998
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Pages of the BC Healthy Communities Network website, printed in 1998. Reviews the healthy communities approach; the BC healthy communities objectives; the history of healthy communities.
Keywords: 
health; BC; health promotion; community development; determinants of health; World Health Organization; Healthy Cities Project; Canadian Public Health Association; Federation of Canadian Municipalities; Canadian Institute of Planners; Ottawa Charter; BC Ministry of Health

Mental Health Act Review

Publication type: 
Policy Paper / Action Plan
Agency: 
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
Date: 
1991
Pages: 
21
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Describes the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities. Includes discussion of deinstitutionalization and community living; and a fair legislative framework for people with disabilities. Includes answers to specific questions asked as part of the mental health act review process in BC. Includes the Declaration on the Decade of Disabled Persons, signed by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Keywords: 
health; disability; people with disabilities; disability advocacy; Canadian Organization of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped; Disability Rights Movement; HIV/AIDS; deinstitutionalization; Mental Health Act; human rights; mental health; informed consent

Submission to the Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs by the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities

Publication type: 
Policy Paper / Action Plan
Agency: 
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
Date: 
1990
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
This report is intended to promote the principle of consumer participation in the health care system and proposes measures to support the development of this principle. The report highlights: the need for increased consumer control of all aspects of service delivery; the fact that legislation and policies governing long-term care are inadequate or non-existent; and the need to recognize and address the impact of HIV/AIDS on the healthcare system. Recommendations include recognizing HIV/AIDS as a disability issue; legislation and policy governing long-term care; and the examination of models which would allow greater consumer participation in long-term service delivery.
Keywords: 
health; disability; people with disabilities; health policy; Canadian health system; health reform; HIV/AIDS; long-term care; disability advocacy

Drug Use and Provision of Health Services

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Sponsor: 
Health Canada
Series: 
Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: Legal and Ethical Issues Info Sheet Series
Date: 
1999
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
This info sheet is part of a series produced by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. An updated version of this info sheet is available on their website. The info sheet discusses the ethical and legal issues involved when drug use is allowed when the user is receiving health care and social services.
Keywords: 
health; HIV/AIDS; drug use; health care; social services; criminal liability; abstinence; civil liability; Health Canada Special Access Program; drug law reform; injection drug use; Controlled Drug and Substances Act

Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: The Facts

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Sponsor: 
Health Canada
Series: 
Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: Legal and Ethical Issues Info Sheet Series
Date: 
1999
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
This info sheet is part of a series produced by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. An updated version of this info sheet is available on their website. The info sheet discusses what was known at the time of publication about HIV/AIDS and drug use in Canada.
Keywords: 
health; HIV/AIDS; drug use; injection drug use; Hepatitis C; HIV transmission; cocaine use; women injection drug users; street youth; prisoners; Aboriginal people

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