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Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Tube feeding at home is called home enteral nutrition (HEN). A disaster can directly affect you and your ability to give yourself tube feeds at home. This booklet teaches you how to be prepared for a disaster. Keep this booklet with your HEN Emergency Pack.
When your child has a new burn or wound, food is very important. Your child needs more calories (energy) to help heal the skin.; Learn how nutrition can help your child to heal. This handout explains how to:; -Optimize meal times; -Offer high-calorie foods; -Offer high-protein foods; You will also …
This booklet contains a collection of quick and delicious recipes that can help toddlers, children & youth bond with parents and siblings.
This pamphlet lists places to find high-quality information online. It also explains how to find a dietitian, and how a dietitian can help with food allergies in children.
This handout teaches those diagnosed or at risk of osteoporosis what their diet should consist of. Included: calcium and vitamin D recommended doses, foods to avoid, getting calcium from both food and supplement sources.
Developed by and for youth and families, these tools will assist you in learning about, participating in and managing your transition.
A list of questions to help youth manage their health and get ready for adult care.
A guide for parents and families to support their youth (12-24 years old) in the planning and preparation for adulthood and adult health care.
This handout explains why your baby may have low blood sugar, how nurses check your baby's blood sugar, and how you can help your baby.
This app is designed for children aged 8-12 and their parents to build healthy habits by following the simple, yet effective, Live 5-2-1-0 message: FIVE or more vegetables and fruits, no more than TWO hours of recreational screen time, at least ONE hour of active play, and ZERO sugary drinks every …
This app is designed for children aged 8-12 and their parents to build healthy habits by following the simple, yet effective, Live 5-2-1-0 message: FIVE or more vegetables and fruits, no more than TWO hours of recreational screen time, at least ONE hour of active play, and ZERO sugary drinks every …
Toddler's First Steps provides trusted information on how to nurture the healthy development of your child. As your child grows, they will learn and change at an amazing speed. This resource provides guidance on how to support your child as they go through the many stages of toddlerhood and encount…
Learn about how oral immune therapy benefits premature or ill babies. This pamphlet explains how to how to hand express colostrum and breast milk for your baby.
Learn more about how lab and imaging tests are used to help detect (diagnose) and treat blood cancers (types of leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative disorders). Includes tips to help keep track of test results and a handout with suggested questions to ask yo…
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Threatened preterm labour is a term of labour that happens at least 3 or more weeks before your expected date of birth. This information will help you understand how your Home Care Nursing Team and your doctor are planning to keep you and your baby safe and healthy while you are at home.
Learn how to safely handle chemotherapy medicine at home.
Is hitting, biting and bullying normal behaviour in young children? When does such behaviour start? What can you do to make sure it doesn't continue? Or will it stop on its own? Why are some children more aggressive than others? When should you start to worry?; This interactive 2-disc DVD set uses …
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This pamphlet provides parents of children who have undergone Neurosurgery at BC Children's Hospital with information on: How to help their child with pain and discomfort after surgery, how to care for the wound, how to get the stitches (sutures) out, what activities are safe for their child to do,…
Provides information about symptoms to look for after a transfusion.