Our Initiatives:

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention Activities
• Early Childhood Screening Initiatives
• Parent Publications Initiative
• Core Public Health Functions Initiative
• Early Learning Initiatives
• Other Early Childhood Development Initiatives

The Ministry of Health is actively producing and updating publications on topics related to child development, safety, nutrition, overall child health and parenting.  These publications are available at no cost to parents in B.C. through health authorities. The handbooks are used province-wide by parents and health care providers who deliver services to parents.

Parent Publications Initiative

The Ministry of Health's parent publications include:

• Baby’s Best Chance: Parents’ Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care (Revised 6th edition)
• Toddler's First Steps: A Best Chance Guide to Parenting Your 6- to 36-Month-Old Child
• Child Health Passport