DANIELLE
BSc, BPharm, RPh
A Professional Portfolio
Links and Resources
Here you will find links to many resources related to health and healthcare in Canada. These resources have been carefully curated to ensure relevant and reliable information is presented. Feel free to peruse the many offerings below and contact me if you have any questions.
The below links and resources highlight areas of healthcare in BC, including information surrounding healthcare structuring, vaccinations and pharmacy. These resources will help give you a better understanding of health policies that exist in Canada. Please click on the hyperlink to each reference for more information.
The below links and resources highlight areas surrounding health models and spheres of influence that can be used to help explain health issues/problems. Looking at health issues via models of health will help one understand all of the various components that impact/contribute to a health issue. Please click on the hyperlink to each reference for more information.
Information surrounding legislation, health priorities and what the provincial health officer does can be found here.
Information surrounding infant, childhood and adult vaccination in BC can be found here.
Information surrounding proper and safe disposal of medications in BC can be found here.
Information surrounding professional standards and frameworks can be found here.
Information surrounding social determinants and the social-ecological model can be found here.
A video explanation of the ecological model can be viewed here.
Information surrounding the various types of health models can be found here.
Information surrounding the spheres of influence that make up the wider determinants can be found here.
A worked through example of violence prevention using the social-ecological model can be found here.
The Canadian strategic plan for chroinc disease prevention can be found here.
Statistics on the major chronic diseases from Statistics Canada can be viewed here.
Information surrounding how Canada monitors chronic diseases can be found here.
Information surrounding strokes being more prevalent in women, how research is focused on men and how women are unaware of risk factors for stroke can be found here.
A journal article that examines a population of 26 million Canadians for hypertension and finds that 6 million people have hypertension can be found here.
The below links and resources highlight areas surrounding chronic diseases in Canada, with a focus on stroke and hypertension. Looking at statistics, Canadian prevention plans and why strokes are more prevalent in women will help you gain an appreciation for chronic disease states. Please click on the hyperlink to each reference for more information.
The below links and resources highlight areas surrounding Indigenous health in Canada, with a focus on stroke. This vulnerable population is more at risk for stroke for many reasons, including a lack of access to medical care and increased risk of diabetes and hypertension. Please click on the hyperlink to each reference for more information.
Information on how the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada classes heart disease and stroke as a health crisis in Indigenous people can be found here.
The brochure from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for Indigenous people regarding stroke and heart health and how to reduce chances of these conditions can be viewed here.
A study done from 2009-2012 looking at how stroke education in Indigenous children can improve health outcomes surrounding stroke can be found here.
A resource guide on how to handle stroke in Indigenous people, including their culture, history and beliefs, can be found here.
Information on the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's strategies and guiding principles on how to improve Indigenous health can be found here.
The below links and resources highlight areas surrounding how poverty affects the health of individuals in Canada. Looking at the cost of poverty to Canada, how individuals may not be able to afford medications and how these factors affect help will help you to gain a better understanding of this vulnerable population. Please click on the hyperlink to each reference for more information.
Information about how much poverty costs Canada, as well as individual provinces can be found here. A further look into how poverty impacts health is also examined in this article by Canada Without Poverty.
Canada Without Poverty provides an article discussing how poverty impacts Canadians ability to afford medications and how a lack of a national pharmacare system for medication provision further exacerbates this problem. Further information on this can be viewed here.
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition released a brochure outlining how poverty negatively impacts health. Issues such as housing, food availability and mental health are also examined. More information, including statistics on certain diseases and how they are more prevalent in individuals facing poverty can be found here.
This document put together by the Federal Government of Canada looks at poverty trends in Canada, how poverty affects the health of Canadians (including children of poverty) and population health. The document can be found here.
Information on what defines a vulnerable population in terms of health in Canada is provided here. Discussion on how the Canadian government should reform healthcare for vulnerable populations can also be found here.
Information surrounding the joint collaboration between ISMP Canada and Accreditation Canada for implementing medication reconciliation can be found here. This report includes information about progress already made and what is to come.
An informative video on what medication reconciliation is can be found here. Included are highlights about what this means to the patient, how a patient can be their own advocate and how the process works.
This learning guide is produced by Queen's University. Topics such as goals of medication reconciliation, an introductory video and self-test are included in the guide and can be found here.
This study looked at the impact of performing medication reconciliation for patients in the ICU. Pharmacists were tasked with completing the medication reconciliation which led to a reduced number of medication transfer errors. The article can be found here.
The below links and resources highlight the importance of medication reconciliation and explain what medication reconciliation entails. Medication reconciliation is an imperative initiative in order to improve patient safety and health. Please click on the hyperlink to each reference for more information.
This resource highlights articles that I have found to be of interest and have provided insight into various topics surrounding healthcare, including but not limited to health promotion, mental well-being, social determinants and happiness. This digital curation tool is excellent for allowing you to store digital information and makes it accessible to you via laptop, desktop or cellular phone. Please click on the hyperlink above to learn more and to peruse articles that have been carefully curated.