Advance care planning : making your personal and medical wishes known
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36498
Nova Scotia Health Authority. The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program™, Nova Scotia Health Authority. Legal Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1942
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Advance care planning, or personal care planning, is the process of reflecting on what is important to you, to help you plan for your future medical and personal care. This pamphlet gives information about advance care planning, personal directives (PDs), delegates, what will happen if you do not have a PD, where to keep your completed PD and who should have a copy of it, when you should update your PD, and some treatments you should consider when making a PD. Information about Medical Assistan…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program™
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Legal Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (19 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Advance Care Planning
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive
- Advance directives (Medical care)
- Specialty
- Respiratory System
- Abstract
- Advance care planning, or personal care planning, is the process of reflecting on what is important to you, to help you plan for your future medical and personal care. This pamphlet gives information about advance care planning, personal directives (PDs), delegates, what will happen if you do not have a PD, where to keep your completed PD and who should have a copy of it, when you should update your PD, and some treatments you should consider when making a PD. Information about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is included. A list of resources, as well as information and tools available to help you, are provided. A blank Nova Scotia Health Authority Personal Directive form is included. The French version of this pamphlet 2180, "Planification préalable des soins - Faire connaître vos souhaits personnels et médicaux," is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program™; Reviewed by: Legal Services, Nova Scotia Health
- Pamphlet Number
- 1942
Advance directives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33293
Peter Lack, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Susanne Brauer, editors.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This volume gives an overview on the currently debated ethical issues regarding advance directives from an international perspective. It focuses on a wider understanding of the known and widely accepted concept of patient self-determination for future situations. Although advance directives have been widely discussed since the 1980s, the ethical bases of advance directives still remain a matter of heated debates. The book aims to contribute to these controversial debates by integrating fundamen…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Lack, Peter
- Biller-Andorno, Nikola
- Brauer, Susanne
- Responsibility
- Peter Lack, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Susanne Brauer, editors
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 213 pages)
- Series Vol.
- v. 54
- ISBN
- 9789400773776 (electronic bk.)
- 9789400773769
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Advance directives (Medical care)
- Medical ethics
- Abstract
- This volume gives an overview on the currently debated ethical issues regarding advance directives from an international perspective. It focuses on a wider understanding of the known and widely accepted concept of patient self-determination for future situations. Although advance directives have been widely discussed since the 1980s, the ethical bases of advance directives still remain a matter of heated debates. The book aims to contribute to these controversial debates by integrating fundamental ethical issues on advance directives with practical matters of their implementation. Cultural, national and professional differences in how advance directives are understood by health care professions and by patients, as well as in laws and regulations, are pinpointed.
- Contents
- Part I. History of Advance Directives and Prerequisites for Validity -- 1. Historical Review of Advance Directives -- 2. Personal Capacity to Anticipate Future Illness and Treatment Preferences -- 3. Advance Directives in Psychiatry -- Part II. Defining the Scope of Advance Directives -- 4. On the Scope and Limits of Advance Directives and Prospective Autonomy -- 5. Revocation of Advance Directives -- 6. Limitations to the Scope and Binding Force of Advance Directives: The Conflict Between Compulsory Treatment and the Right to Self-Determination -- 7. Advance Directives in the Context of Imprisonment -- Part III. Effects on Family, Friends and Professional Relations -- 8. Advance Directives and the Physician-Patient Relationship: A Surprising Metamorphosis -- 9. Advance Directives and the Role of Family and Close Persons: Legal Provisions and Challenges -- 10. Advance Directives and the Ethos of Good Nursing Care -- Part IV. Ethical Challenges -- 11. Advance Directives Between Respect for Patient Autonomy and Paternalism -- 12. The Use of Advance Directives in the Context of Limited Resources for Healthcare -- 13. From Legal Documents to Patient-Oriented Processes: The Evolution of Advance Care Planning -- Part V. Conclusions -- 14. Concluding Remarks.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
After the Breast Biopsy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37868
IWK. Breast Health, IWK. Diagnostic Imaging.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0895
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
If your core biopsy is benign, it will be recommended that you return in 6 months time to have a repeat mammogram of the breast that the biopsy was taken from. This appointment will be booked by IWK Central Booking Office and will be faxed to your family doctor's office. Your family doctor's office will then notify you of the date and time of your repeat mammogram appointment.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Breast Health
- IWK. Diagnostic Imaging
- Alternate Title
- Patient Information
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of health care
- Hospitalization
- Women's Health
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Therapeutics
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
- Neoplasms
- Health Services
- Blood
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Women--Health and hygiene
- Therapeutics
- Surgery, Operative
- Cancers
- Hospital patients
- Health services administration
- Diagnosis
- Medical Care
- Blood
- Abstract
- If your core biopsy is benign, it will be recommended that you return in 6 months time to have a repeat mammogram of the breast that the biopsy was taken from. This appointment will be booked by IWK Central Booking Office and will be faxed to your family doctor's office. Your family doctor's office will then notify you of the date and time of your repeat mammogram appointment.
- Notes
- Formerly titled "Post Core Biopsy Of The Breast".
- Responsibility
- IWK Breast Health, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0895
Aging and heart failure : mechanisms and management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33590
Bodh I. Jugdutt, editor.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book synthesizes the major research advances in molecular, biochemical, and translational aspects of aging and heart failure over the last four decades and addresses future directions in management and drug discovery. It presents clinical issues and molecular mechanisms related to heart failure, including the changing demographics in the aging population with heart failure; hypertension and prevention of diastolic heart failure in the aging population; polypharmacy and adverse drug reactio…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Jugdutt, Bodh I
- Responsibility
- Bodh I. Jugdutt, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- ISBN
- 9781493902682 (electronic bk.)
- 9781493902675
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Heart Failure
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart failure
- Older people - Medical care
- Abstract
- This book synthesizes the major research advances in molecular, biochemical, and translational aspects of aging and heart failure over the last four decades and addresses future directions in management and drug discovery. It presents clinical issues and molecular mechanisms related to heart failure, including the changing demographics in the aging population with heart failure; hypertension and prevention of diastolic heart failure in the aging population; polypharmacy and adverse drug reactions in the aging population with heart failure; changes in the heart that accompany advancing age from humans to molecules; aging-associated alterations in myocardial inflammation and fibrosis; and aging-related changes in mitochondrial function and implications for heart failure therapy. The book succinctly summarizes the large volume of data on these key topics and highlights novel pathways that need to be explored. Featuring contributions from leading clinician-scientists, Aging and Heart Failure: Mechanisms and Management is an authoritative resource on the major clinical issues in heart failure therapy in the elderly for cardiologists, gerontologists, and internists.
- Contents
- Changing Demographics of the Aging Population with Heart Failure and Implications for Therapy -- Biology of Aging and Implications for Heart Failure Therapy and Prevention -- Hypertension and Prevention of Diastolic Heart Failure in the Aging Population -- Aging and Optimal Therapy of Systolic Heart Failure in the Elderly -- Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure in the Aging Population -- Optimizing Therapy of Heart Failure in the Aging Population with Monitoring in Clinics -- Cardiac Alterations in Aging, Hypertension, and Diastolic Heart Failure -- Polypharmacy and Adverse Drug Reactions in the Aging Population with Heart Failure -- Age-Related Changes in Vascular Biology and Implications for Heart Failure Therapy in the Aging Population -- Biomarkers and Optimal Management of Heart Failure in the Aging Population -- Benefits of Exercise in the Elderly -- The RAAS in Heart Failure: An Update on Clinical Trials and Opportunities for Therapy -- Aging and Diastolic Dysfunction: The Interplay of Inflammation and Extracellular Matrix Regulation -- Reperfusion and Vasodilator Therapy in Elderly Patients with STEMI and Heart Failure: Improving Outcomes -- Erythropoietin Therapy for Heart Failure -- Role of Resistin in Heart Failure in the Elderly -- Role of Coronary Artery Calcium in Cardiovascular Risk Stratification and Management in the Aging Population -- Aging and Remodeling of the RAS and RAAS and Related Pathways: Implications for Heart Failure Therapy -- Aging and Right Ventricular Failure from Pulmonary Hypertension: Effect of Right Ventricular and Pulmonary Artery Remodeling -- Aging and Right Ventricular Failure from Pulmonary Hypertension: Effect of Right Ventricular and Pulmonary Artery Remodeling -- Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Aging -- Changes in the Heart That Accompany Advancing Age: Humans to Molecules -- Aging-Related Changes in Cell Death and Cell Survival Pathways and Implications for Heart Failure Therapy -- Aging-Related Changes in Telomeres and Telomerases and Implications for Heart Failure Therapy -- Aging-Associated Alterations in Myocardial Inflammation and Fibrosis: Pathophysiological Perspectives and Clinical Implications -- Aging-Related Changes in Extracellular Matrix: Implications for Ventricular Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction -- Calcium-Handling Defects and Changes in Cardiac Function in the Aging Heart -- Integrins: Implications for Aging in Heart Failure Therapy -- Adipokines as Novel Biomarkers in Aging and Heart Failure -- Aging-Related Changes in Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Postinfarction Remodeling: Implications for Heart Failure Therapy -- Aging-Related Changes in Mitochondrial Function and Implication for Heart Failure Therapy -- Regulation of SERCA Via Oxidative Modifications: Implications for the Pathophysiology of Diastolic Dysfunction in the Aging Heart -- SMP30 and Aging-Related Cardiac Remodeling and Heart Failure.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Better now : six big ideas to improve health care for all Canadians
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41123
Danielle Martin.
--Toronto, ON:
Allen Lane
, c2017.
- Call Number
- W 84 DC2 M379b 2017
- Location
- Aberdeen Hospital
- Cape Breton Regional
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
"An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. Dr. Danielle Martin sees the cracks and challenges in our health-care system every day. Much like Atul Gawande, she uses real patient stories to illustrate what works in our health-care system and what doesn't. Most importantly, she proposes bold fixes that are both achievable and affordable. One of the most urgent reforms she advocates for is a national p…
- Call Number
- W 84 DC2 M379b 2017
- Author
- Martin, Danielle
- Responsibility
- Danielle Martin
- Alternate Title
- 6 big ideas to improve health care for all Canadians
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- 298 p.
- ISBN
- 9780735232594
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care - Canada
- Health Care Reform - Canada
- Universal Coverage - Canada
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical care--Canada--Case studies
- Patients--Canada--Case studies
- Health Care Reform--Canada--Case studies
- Abstract
- "An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. Dr. Danielle Martin sees the cracks and challenges in our health-care system every day. Much like Atul Gawande, she uses real patient stories to illustrate what works in our health-care system and what doesn't. Most importantly, she proposes bold fixes that are both achievable and affordable. One of the most urgent reforms she advocates for is a national pharmacare program, instead of the piecemeal provincial pattern of buying drugs. Canada could save billions if drugs were bought in bulk by a single body, which in turn could fund a national prescription program. Patients also need a regular GP instead of overusing hospital Emergency Clinics. Hospitals need to take into account a patient's overall medical history, at every stage from admission to discharge. And since poverty is the greatest predictor of ill health, Dr. Martin argues that a guaranteed income could prevent and alleviate many health problems, reducing pressure on the system and our wallets."-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Aberdeen Hospital
- Cape Breton Regional
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Copies
- 9
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks use
Children and Teens in Crisis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38013
IWK. Crisis Team, IWK. Garron Centre.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1203
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Adapted with permission from CHEO's "Children and youth in crisis / What to expect in the Emergency Department: Information for parents" retrieved from www.cheo.on.ca, October 2019.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Crisis Team
- IWK. Garron Centre
- Alternate Title
- What to Expect in the Emergency Department
- Information for Patients, Families, and Caregivers
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Family Relations
- Mental Disorders
- Delivery of health care
- Hospitalization
- Child Health
- Health Services
- Mental Health Services
- Social Problems
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Social problems
- Families--Mental health
- Mental illness
- Hospital patients
- Health services administration
- Families
- Medical Care
- Children--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- Adapted with permission from CHEO's "Children and youth in crisis / What to expect in the Emergency Department: Information for parents" retrieved from www.cheo.on.ca, October 2019.
- Responsibility
- IWK Emergency Mental Health and Addictions Service, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1203
Communicating with your Child
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38103
IWK. Pediatric Endocrinology Service (Diabetes).
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1285
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Diabetes in Children and Youth series. As a caregiver, you understand that communicating with your child can often be a difficult task, particularly at times of increased stress. It is not surprising that parents can sometimes find it challenging to communicate effectively with their child or teen about diabetes management.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Pediatric Endocrinology Service (Diabetes)
- Alternate Title
- Diabetes in Children and Youth
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Child Health
- Endocrine System Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Hospital patients
- Health services administration
- Endocrine manifestations of general diseases
- Diabetes
- Medical Care
- Children--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- Diabetes in Children and Youth series. As a caregiver, you understand that communicating with your child can often be a difficult task, particularly at times of increased stress. It is not surprising that parents can sometimes find it challenging to communicate effectively with their child or teen about diabetes management.
- Responsibility
- IWK Social Work and Health Psychology, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1285
Core Biopsy of the Breast
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37869
IWK. Breast Health, IWK. Diagnostic Imaging.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0896
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
What is a stereotactic core biopsy of the breast? A Radiologist (a medical doctor who specializes in reading medical images including ultrasound and x-rays) takes samples of an area in your breast using a needle that is guided by a computer-controlled needle guide attached to the mammography equipment.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Breast Health
- IWK. Diagnostic Imaging
- Alternate Title
- Patient Information
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of health care
- Hospitalization
- Women's Health
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Therapeutics
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
- Neoplasms
- Health Services
- Blood
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Women--Health and hygiene
- Therapeutics
- Surgery, Operative
- Cancers
- Hospital patients
- Health services administration
- Diagnosis
- Medical Care
- Blood
- Abstract
- What is a stereotactic core biopsy of the breast? A Radiologist (a medical doctor who specializes in reading medical images including ultrasound and x-rays) takes samples of an area in your breast using a needle that is guided by a computer-controlled needle guide attached to the mammography equipment.
- Notes
- Formerly titled "Stereotactic Core Biopsy of the Breast".
- Responsibility
- IWK Breast Health, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0896
Creative arts in humane medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26048
Cheryl L. McLean [editor], Government of Alberta.
--[Toronto, ON]:
Brush Education
, c2014.
- Call Number
- WM 450.5.A8 C912c 2014
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
Creative Arts in Humane Medicine is a book for medical educators, practitioners, students and those in the allied health professions who wish to learn how the arts can contribute toward a more caring and empathic approach to medicine. Topical research and inspiring reallife accounts from international innovators in the field of humanistic medicine show how the creative arts in varied forms can contribute toward greater learning and understanding in medicine, as well as improved health and qual…
- Call Number
- WM 450.5.A8 C912c 2014
- Corporate Author
- Government of Alberta
- Other Authors
- McLean, Cheryl L
- Responsibility
- Cheryl L. McLean [editor], Government of Alberta
- Place of Publication
- [Toronto, ON]
- Publisher
- Brush Education
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 214 p
- ISBN
- 9781550594546
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Medicine in Art
- Humanities
- Medical Care
- Arts - therapeutic use
- Abstract
- Creative Arts in Humane Medicine is a book for medical educators, practitioners, students and those in the allied health professions who wish to learn how the arts can contribute toward a more caring and empathic approach to medicine. Topical research and inspiring reallife accounts from international innovators in the field of humanistic medicine show how the creative arts in varied forms can contribute toward greater learning and understanding in medicine, as well as improved health and quality of life for patients and practitioners.
- Contents
- Part I. Educating for Empathy Through the Arts -- Part II. The Arts and Practitioner Self Care -- Part III. Navigating with Narrative through Life Experience -- Part IV. The Creative Arts in Action for Change in Health.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Culture and health disparities : evaluation of interventions and outcomes in the U.S.-Mexico border region
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33455
John G. Bruhn.
--Cham, Switzerland:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The sister cities of the southwestern United States border are challenged by widespread environmental and health issues and limited access to help. And while different initiatives have been set up to improve health outcomes and lessen inequities in the border region, evaluation data are scarce. Culture and Health Disparities provides a perspective on U.S.-Mexico border health with an evidence-based guide for conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating health interventions. Taking into account…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Bruhn, John G.
- Responsibility
- John G. Bruhn
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 83 pages)
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783319064628 (electronic bk.)
- 9783319064611
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Healthcare Disparities
- Public Health
- Social Conditions
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public health
- Migration
- Public health - Mexican-American Border Region
- Medical care - Regional disparities
- Other Subjects
- Mexico
- United States
- Abstract
- The sister cities of the southwestern United States border are challenged by widespread environmental and health issues and limited access to help. And while different initiatives have been set up to improve health outcomes and lessen inequities in the border region, evaluation data are scarce. Culture and Health Disparities provides a perspective on U.S.-Mexico border health with an evidence-based guide for conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating health interventions. Taking into account the unique qualities of border life and their influence on general wellbeing, this important volume offers detailed criteria for creating public health programs that are medically, culturally, and ethically sound. The book identifies gaps in intervention research on major health concerns in the area, relating them to disparity-reduction efforts in the rest of the U.S. and arguing for more relevant means of data gathering and analysis. The author also asserts that progress can be made on both sides of the border despite concurrent social and political problems in the region. Included in the coverage: The border region as a social system. The development of health disparities: a life-course model. A social systems approach to understanding health disparities. A critique of U.S.-Mexico border health interventions. Evaluating interventions to reduce healthcare disparities. Ethical issues in health interventions across cultures and contexts. A text for researchers and practitioners working to promote border health and reduce service inequalities, Culture and Health Disparities asks pertinent questions and provides workable, meaningful answers.
- Contents
- 1. The Border Region: Its Culture and Health Disparities -- 2. Understanding Health Disparities -- 3. A Critique of U.S.-Mexico Border Health Interventions -- 4. Ethical Issues in Health Interventions Across Contexts and Cultures.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Defining prevention science
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33435
Zili Sloboda, Hanno Petras, editors.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Whoever coined the adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" could not have known how important this adage would become. The challenge of altering the health trajectories of poor lifestyle decisions for such behaviors as smoking, drinking, and using illicit drugs, violence, dropping out of school, engagement in risky sexual behaviors, and crime through prevention research has led to a new discipline, prevention science. DefiningPrevention Science covers this emerging field of scie…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Sloboda, Zili
- Petras, Hanno
- Responsibility
- Zili Sloboda, Hanno Petras, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 626 pages)
- Series Vol.
- [1]
- Series Title
- Advances in prevention science
- ISBN
- 9781489974242 (electronic bk.)
- 9781489974235
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Preventive Medicine - methods
- Preventive Health Services
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medicine, Preventive
- Medical care
- Abstract
- Whoever coined the adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" could not have known how important this adage would become. The challenge of altering the health trajectories of poor lifestyle decisions for such behaviors as smoking, drinking, and using illicit drugs, violence, dropping out of school, engagement in risky sexual behaviors, and crime through prevention research has led to a new discipline, prevention science. DefiningPrevention Science covers this emerging field of science: its goals,its conceptual and theoretical foundations, its methods, and especially its utility. Not content to simply differentiate the field from its close allies: epidemiology, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, economics, the text explains how these many disciplines enhance each other at both research and intervention levels, and how prevention science draws on these biological, behavioral, and social sciences to create an innovative knowledge base that has provided cost-effective, evidence-based prevention interventions and policies. To this end, familiar developmental benchmarks are recast in prevention/health promotion context, from the crucial importance of adolescence in encountering and deterring high-risk behaviors to the risks and resiliencies of single-mother families. An international group of contributors offers current findings, up-to-date methods for effective evidence-based interventions, and improvements in research technologies in these key areas: Physical, cognitive, and emotional vulnerability across the life course. The roles of developmental influences in prevention. Intervention development, delivery, and implementation. Bringing the intervention approach to research design. New directions in analytic methods. Cost analysis and policy implications. Defining Prevention Science aims to inspire further refinements in the field and encourage communication among researchers in its own and related disciplines, including public health, epidemiology, psychology, and criminology. This is the first volume in the series, Advances in Prevention Science, that provides the framework for other volume that will focus on such issues as: Prevention Science in School Settings: Complex Relationships and Processes; Preventing Crime and Violence; and The Prevention of Substance Use.
- Contents
- Prevention Science: An Epidemiological Approach -- Part I. Individual Physical, Cognitive, and Emotional Vulnerability Across the Life Course: Benchmarks and Developmental Challenges -- Benchmarks, Developmental Challenges, and Risks During the Prenatal and Infancy Period -- Childhood and the Entry into Adolescence: A Pivotal Period in Health-Related Behaviors and Prevention -- Adolescence and Early Adulthood -- Stressors and Vulnerabilities in Middle and Old Age: Opportunities for Prevention -- Part II. Environmental Influences and Implications for Intervention Development -- Family -- School Influences on Child and Youth Development -- Peer Networks -- Risk and Resilience Processes in Single-Mother Families: An Interactionist Perspective -- Environmental Influences: The Workplace and Mental Health-Models, Vulnerability Factors, and Interventions -- An Integrated Prevention Science Model: A Conceptual Foundation for Prevention Research -- Design of Prevention Interventions -- Implementation Science and the Effective Delivery of Evidence-Based Prevention -- Factors Affecting Implementation: Cultural Adaptation and Training -- Measuring Fidelity -- Part III. Research Design -- Translating the Intervention Approach into an Appropriate Research Design: The Next-Generation Adaptive Designs for Effectiveness and Implementation Research -- The Epidemiologic Case-Crossover and Case-Control Approaches in Prevention Research -- The Use of Simulation Models in Public Health with Applications to Substance Abuse and Obesity Problems -- Meta-analysis in Prevention Science -- Mixed Methods Research Design for Prevention Science: Methods, Critiques, and Recommendations -- Part IV. Analytic Methods -- Latent Class Analysis in Prevention Science -- Discrete-Time Survival Analysis in Prevention Science -- Using Mediation and Moderation Analyses to Enhance Prevention Research -- Advances in Missing Data Models and Fidelity Issues of Implementing These Methods in Prevention Science -- Part V. Cost Analysis and Policy -- Economic Analysis and Policy Studies: Special Challenges in the Prevention Sciences -- Strengthening Prevention Science to Ensure Effectiveness of Intervention in Practice: Setting up an International Agenda.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Determinants of indigenous peoples' health : beyond the social
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42378
editors Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay.
(2nd ed.)
--Toronto, ON:
Canadian Scholars
, c2015.
- Call Number
- WZ 80.5 I3 D479 2018
- Location
- Aberdeen Hospital
"This edited collection, comprised largely of contributions by Indigenous authors, offers the voices and expertise of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis writers from across Canada. The multitude of health determinants of Indigenous peoples are considered in a selection of chapters that range from scholarly papers by research experts in the field, to reflective essays by Indigenous leaders."-- Provided by publisher.
- Call Number
- WZ 80.5 I3 D479 2018
- Other Authors
- Greenwood, Margo
- Responsibility
- editors Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Publisher
- Canadian Scholars
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 364 p.
- ISBN
- 9781773380377
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Indigenous peoples - Health and hygiene - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Medical care - Political aspects - Canada
- Native peoples - Health and hygiene - Canada
- Abstract
- "This edited collection, comprised largely of contributions by Indigenous authors, offers the voices and expertise of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis writers from across Canada. The multitude of health determinants of Indigenous peoples are considered in a selection of chapters that range from scholarly papers by research experts in the field, to reflective essays by Indigenous leaders."-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Aberdeen Hospital
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
IWK. Birth Unit.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0803
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
What it is, how it is performed, when can it be given, effect on labour, side effects.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Birth Unit
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Reproductive Medicine
- Delivery of health care
- Hospitalization
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Therapeutics
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
- Maternal Health
- Health Services
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Therapeutics
- Surgery, Operative
- Reproductive health
- Maternal health services
- Hospital patients
- Health services administration
- Diagnosis
- Medical Care
- Abstract
- What it is, how it is performed, when can it be given, effect on labour, side effects.
- Responsibility
- IWK Birth Unit, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0803
Family Legal Health Program
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37895
IWK. Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience, IWK. Social Work Team, IWK. Communications and Public Affairs.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0957
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
What is the Family Legal Health (FLH) program? The FLH program offers free legal assistance to eligible IWK Health Centre patients and family members when a legal issue is impacting the patient's health.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience
- IWK. Social Work Team
- IWK. Communications and Public Affairs
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of Health Care - legislation & jurisprudence
- Legal Services
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Legal services
- Medical care--Law and legislation
- Abstract
- What is the Family Legal Health (FLH) program? The FLH program offers free legal assistance to eligible IWK Health Centre patients and family members when a legal issue is impacting the patient's health.
- Responsibility
- IWK Social Work Team, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0957
Financial matters
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37351
Nova Scotia Health. Cancer Care Program.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 4024
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Getting sick can be stressful in many ways. For some people, being sick has a big impact on their finances. Knowing your options and understanding how they work can help. This pamphlet explains what Short Term Illness (STI) and Long Term Disability (LTD) are, whether you can get help from Employment Insurance (EI), what the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability Benefit is, and what Income Assistance (IA) is. If you feel you have tried all options and are still having trouble meeting your financi…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health. Cancer Care Program
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Financial Support
- Government Programs
- Health Care Costs
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Government aid--Nova Scotia
- Medical care, Cost of
- Specialty
- Cancer Care
- Abstract
- Getting sick can be stressful in many ways. For some people, being sick has a big impact on their finances. Knowing your options and understanding how they work can help. This pamphlet explains what Short Term Illness (STI) and Long Term Disability (LTD) are, whether you can get help from Employment Insurance (EI), what the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability Benefit is, and what Income Assistance (IA) is. If you feel you have tried all options and are still having trouble meeting your financial needs, contact information for support is included.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program
- Pamphlet Number
- 4024
Goals of care : when you are very sick and/or dying in the hospital
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37320
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Department of Critical Care and Emergency Services, Nova Scotia Health Authoriity. QEII. Department of Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority. Legal Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2208
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
The goal of any hospital stay is to help treat symptoms and make you feel better (if possible) by providing the best treatments and interventions possible. This pamphlet explains what to expect when you are very sick and/or dying, and are admitted to the hospital. It lists treatments that may be used and when they may be needed. A list of definitions is also provided.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Department of Critical Care and Emergency Services
- Nova Scotia Health Authoriity. QEII. Department of Medicine
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Legal Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (9 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Advance Care Planning
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Advance directives (Medical care)
- Specialty
- Hospitals
- Abstract
- The goal of any hospital stay is to help treat symptoms and make you feel better (if possible) by providing the best treatments and interventions possible. This pamphlet explains what to expect when you are very sick and/or dying, and are admitted to the hospital. It lists treatments that may be used and when they may be needed. A list of definitions is also provided.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Department of Critical Care and Emergency Services; Department of Medicine
- Reviewed by: Legal Services, Nova Scotia Health
- Pamphlet Number
- 2208
Having Surgery at Scotia Surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38112
IWK. Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's).
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1294
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
An adaptation of PL-1039 "Welcome to Pre-op (Pre-operative) Clinic", this version has wayfinding directions specifically for IWK patients who will be having surgery at Scotia Surgery Inc, 2nd floor, East Coast MediCenter, 18 Acadia St, Dartmouth, NS. Please read all portions of the guide and bring all required information with you to avoid any possible cancellations.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's)
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of health care
- Hospitalization
- Child Health
- Health Services
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Therapeutics
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Therapeutics
- Surgery, Operative
- Hospital patients
- Health services administration
- Diagnosis
- Medical Care
- Children--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- An adaptation of PL-1039 "Welcome to Pre-op (Pre-operative) Clinic", this version has wayfinding directions specifically for IWK patients who will be having surgery at Scotia Surgery Inc, 2nd floor, East Coast MediCenter, 18 Acadia St, Dartmouth, NS. Please read all portions of the guide and bring all required information with you to avoid any possible cancellations.
- Responsibility
- IWK Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's), Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1294
Having Surgery at Scotia Surgery and a Phone Call with the IWK Pre-op Clinic
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38110
IWK. Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's).
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1292
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
An adaptation of PL-1039 "Welcome to Pre-op (Pre-operative) Clinic", this version has wayfinding directions specifically for IWK patients who will be having surgery at Scotia Surgery Inc, 2nd floor, East Coast MediCenter, 18 Acadia St, Dartmouth, NS. Please read all portions of the guide and bring all required information with you to avoid any possible cancellations.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's)
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of health care
- Hospitalization
- Child Health
- Health Services
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Therapeutics
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Therapeutics
- Surgery, Operative
- Hospital patients
- Health services administration
- Diagnosis
- Medical Care
- Children--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- An adaptation of PL-1039 "Welcome to Pre-op (Pre-operative) Clinic", this version has wayfinding directions specifically for IWK patients who will be having surgery at Scotia Surgery Inc, 2nd floor, East Coast MediCenter, 18 Acadia St, Dartmouth, NS. Please read all portions of the guide and bring all required information with you to avoid any possible cancellations.
- Responsibility
- IWK Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's), Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1292
Having Surgery at Scotia Surgery and a Visit to the IWK Pre-op Clinic Before Surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38111
IWK. Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's).
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1293
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
An adaptation of PL-1039 "Welcome to Pre-op (Pre-operative) Clinic", this version has wayfinding directions specifically for IWK patients who will be having surgery at Scotia Surgery Inc, 2nd floor, East Coast MediCenter, 18 Acadia St, Dartmouth, NS. Please read all portions of the guide and bring all required information with you to avoid any possible cancellations.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's)
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery of health care
- Hospitalization
- Child Health
- Health Services
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Therapeutics
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Therapeutics
- Surgery, Operative
- Hospital patients
- Health services administration
- Diagnosis
- Medical Care
- Children--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- An adaptation of PL-1039 "Welcome to Pre-op (Pre-operative) Clinic", this version has wayfinding directions specifically for IWK patients who will be having surgery at Scotia Surgery Inc, 2nd floor, East Coast MediCenter, 18 Acadia St, Dartmouth, NS. Please read all portions of the guide and bring all required information with you to avoid any possible cancellations.
- Responsibility
- IWK Pre-Operative Clinic (Children's), Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1293
Health care in Canada
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53522
Canadian Institute for Health Information.
--Ottawa, ON:
CIHI
, 2004.
- Call Number
- W 84 DC2 H34 2004 RES
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Sub-Location
- RESERVE
- Call Number
- W 84 DC2 H34 2004 RES
- Corporate Author
- Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Other Authors
- Statistics Canada
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, ON
- Publisher
- CIHI
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 106 p.
- ISBN
- 1553924061
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Public Health - statistics & numerical data
- Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
- Medical Care - statistics & numerical data
- Canada
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Sub-Location
- RESERVE
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 1 week
