Archived Publications and Reports

Women's Health Bureau

From 1993 to 2002, the Women's Health Bureau (WHB) worked to promote a health care system which is sensitive to the needs of women by working within government and liaising with community groups and health care providers. Its publications and Information Forum Newsletters are available here for reference.

You and Your Health: A Woman's Handbook (2003)  (PDF 2596Kb)
Votre Santé et vous: Un guide a l'intention des femmes (2003)  (PDF 2580Kb)

Provincial Profile of Women's Health: Updated Data on Selected Indicators for Women's Health in British Columbia (2001) (PDF 218Kb)

Gender-Inclusive Health Planning: a Guide for Health Authorities in British Columbia (2001) (PDF 103Kb)

A Provincial Strategy for Bone Health and Fracture Prevention: Recommendations of the Bone Health and Fracture Prevention Steering Committee (2001) (PDF 180Kb)

Planning for Bone Health and Fracture Prevention: A Workbook for Regional Health Boards (2001) (PDF 144Kb)

The Challenge of Caring: A History of Women and Health Care in British Columbia (2000) (PDF 696Kb)

Violence Against Women: Improving the Health Care Response (2000) (PDF 831Kb)
          Supplementary Information (PDF 5Kb)

Women's Health Initiatives in British Columbia (vol. 1 no. 3: August 1998) (PDF 178Kb)

Health Goals for British Columbia Women (1997) (PDF 107Kb)

Women's Health Bureau Information Forum Newsletters

Moving Forward on Women's Health and Primary Health Care (June 2002) (PDF 151Kb)

Women's Health Grants: A Follow Up Report (vol. 4 no. 2: November 2001) (PDF 83Kb)

Women's Cardiovascular Health (vol. 4 no. 2: May 2001) (PDF 88Kb)

Aboriginal Women with Substance Use Issues: Improving Access and Quality of Care (vol. 4 no. 1: April 2001) (PDF 69Kb)

Women and HIV/AIDS: Access to Care (vol. 3 no. 2: June 2000) (PDF 606Kb)

Women's Health and the Provincial Health Goals (vol. 2 no. 1: May 1999) (PDF 69Kb)

Violence Against Women: Lest We Forget (vol. 1 no. 4: December 1998) (PDF 33Kb)

Women's Health in the Context of Regionalization in B.C. (vol. 1 no. 3: October 1998) (PDF 41Kb)

The Women-Centred Care Project (vol. 1 no. 2: August 1998) (PDF 48Kb)

Overmedicalization of Women's Health: Bone Mineral Density (BMD) Testing (vol. 1 no. 1: December 1997) (PDF 59Kb)

Minister's Advisory Council on Women's Health

From 1994 to 2002, the Minister's Advisory Council on Women's Health advised the Minister of Health on issues relating to the health needs of women, the development of health care policy and the delivery of women's health services. During that time, the Council issued a number of reports and publications, which are available here for reference.

Alcohol and Other Drug Problems and B.C. Women (1997)

Biennial Report of the Minister's Advisory Council on Women's Health (1996-1998)

Breast Cancer and B.C. Women (1996)

Caring for Lesbian Health: a Resource for Health Care Providers, Policy Makers and Planners (1999) (PDF 189Kb)
          2001 edition (PDF 1180Kb)

Moving Towards Change: Strengthening the Response of British Columbia’s Health Care System to Violence Against Women (PDF 178Kb)

 
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