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Community Health Nursing photographs

Series consists of photographs of buildings associated with the Vancouver Health Department's public health programs. Arranged alphabetically by school name.

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Deputy Medical Health Officer's records

Series consists of registers of infectious diseases; photographs of victims of the 1931-1932 smallpox outbreak, tuberculosis hospitals and wards; minutes and correspondence of the Deputy Medical Health Officer.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Eating for a healthy baby

Eating for a healthy baby

Item is a video recording of an educational program entitled "Eating for a Healthy Baby," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. The program provides information about healthy food choices for expecting mothers, and covers topics including Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating; the food groups; examples of healthy meals, with a focus on Indian cuisine; protein intake for vegetarians; educational pregnancy programs; intake of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco; and diet considerations while breastfeeding.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Health Department central registry - file classification list

Series consists of computer print-outs of the Central Registry file classification system for the program and housekeeping records of the Health Department. This series was used by Central Registry as background information for the retrieval of files from the Records Centre.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Health Department central registry - program subject files

Series consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, publications and other materials pertaining to health care planning and policy, health promotion and the delivery of programs by the Vancouver Health Department. Files were organized by the creating office using a block-numeric file system. The series has been subdivided into following subseries based primarilly on the original file number blocks (indicated with square brackets):

  • Prevention Contract Services files [1000-1199]
  • Prevention Services files [2000-3999]
  • Legislated Program Area (Environmental Health) files [4000-5999]
  • Continuing Care Program Area files [6000-7999]
  • Government programs and committees files [8000-8999]
  • General Services files [9000-9999]
  • Smoking prevention and cessation files

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Healthiest Babies Possible client files

Series consists of records documenting the operation of the Healthiest Babies Possible program, founded in 1976 to minimize the risks of poor birth outcome by offering nutrition and lifestyle counselling to women who were identified as being at risk and whose circumstances were such that the services needed to be offered on an outreach basis.

The files include health histories and birth outcomes of the pregnant women enrolled in this program. Files consist of each woman's health history, general health status and assessment, and labour and delivery record, as well as an infant assessment. Record from the early years of the program have not survived.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Healthy eating for school age children

Healthy eating for school age children

Item is a video recording of a educational program entitled "Healthy Eating for School-Aged Children," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. Using the Canadian Guidelines for Healthy Eating as a reference, the program provides information for parents on healthy meals and snacks for children, as well as offers food shopping and storage tips. The program also describes the four food groups; healthy levels of dietary fat intake; balanced meals; and nutritious snacks. Recognizable locations within Vancouver include Nightingale Elementary School, Kingsgate Mall IGA, Chong Lee Seafood, Kam Tong Enterprises Ltd., and Sally's Cake House.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Healthy eating for school age children

Healthy eating for school age children

Item is a video recording of a educational program entitled "Healthy Eating for School-Aged Children," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. Using the Canadian Guidelines for Healthy Eating as a reference, the program provides information for parents on healthy meals and snacks for children, as well as offers food shopping and storage tips. The program also describes the four food groups; healthy levels of dietary fat intake; balanced meals; and nutritious snacks. Recognizable locations within Vancouver include Nightingale Elementary School, Kingsgate Mall IGA, Chong Lee Seafood, Kam Tong Enterprises Ltd., and Sally's Cake House.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Healthy eating for school age children

Healthy eating for school age children

Item is a video recording of a educational program entitled "Healthy Eating for School-Aged Children," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. Using the Canadian Guidelines for Healthy Eating as a reference, the program provides information for parents on healthy meals and snacks for children, as well as offers food shopping and storage tips. The program also describes the four food groups; healthy levels of dietary fat intake; balanced meals; and nutritious snacks. Recognizable locations within Vancouver include Nightingale Elementary School, Kingsgate Mall IGA, Chong Lee Seafood, Kam Tong Enterprises Ltd., and Sally's Cake House.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Listen to the children

Listen to the children

Item is a video recording of an educational program targeted at child caregivers entitled "Listen to the Children," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. The subject of the program is early childhood first language development.

Childcare professionals from Langara Child Development Centre discuss the importance of language development in children and the importance of intervening early when children have difficulties. Patience Towler, Vancouver Health Department Senior Speech Language Pathologist,introduces the purpose of the program: to recognize speech development issues in children, and understand when children should be referred to a language pathologist. The program then goes on to explain a general timeline for expressive language development in children; the difference between expressive language and language comprehension; skills required for language comprehension; and second or parallel language development in children. The program details how to recognize potential speech and language difficulties in children; watching children for difficulties in interactions with others; and communicating with the child's parents. This is followed by descriptions of the potential speech and language difficulties a child may have, including difficulties with pronunciation, fluency, and voice.

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Mountain View Cemetery registers

Series consists of cemetery registers from Mountain View cemetery, which was surveyed for a City burial ground in November 1886. The cemetery registers consist of an alphabetic index to the volumes which record burials for sections of the cemetery. These sections include the Old Cemetery, Horne Addition, Horne #2 Addition, Soldiers' Section, Abray Park Additions, Jones Addition, 1919 Addition and Societies' plots for the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Foresters and other groups. The alphabetic index (reels MCR 15-2 to 15-13) makes reference to page numbers in the registers corresponding to the cemetery section. In each register, the names are arranged by burial location in the section (range, block, plot, subdivision and lot number). Most registers (reels MCR 15-1, 15-14 to 15- 33) contain an alphabetic index of names in that volume. The index is sometimes found at the end of the volume. Entries usually give the following information: name of owner, name of deceased, age, birthplace, place of death, date of death, date of burial, sex, cause of death, name of physician, religion, marital status, amount paid for lot, amount paid for digging grave and remarks (usually the name of funeral company).

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Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Item is a video recording of an educational program entitled "Preventing Tooth Decay: Infants and Toddlers," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. The program provides information for parents on the importance of taking care of their children's baby teeth, and covers topics including the consequences of improper oral care; nursing tooth decay, and ways to prevent it; oral care practices for infants and toddlers; and foods which promote healthy teeth. The program concludes with a summary of recommendations for keeping children's teeth healthy.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Item is a video recording of an educational program entitled "Preventing Tooth Decay: Infants and Toddlers," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. The program provides information for parents on the importance of taking care of their children's baby teeth, and covers topics including the consequences of improper oral care; nursing tooth decay, and ways to prevent it; oral care practices for infants and toddlers; and foods which promote healthy teeth. The program concludes with a summary of recommendations for keeping children's teeth healthy.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Item is a video recording of an educational program entitled "Preventing Tooth Decay: Infants and Toddlers," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. The program provides information for parents on the importance of taking care of their children's baby teeth, and covers topics including the consequences of improper oral care; nursing tooth decay, and ways to prevent it; oral care practices for infants and toddlers; and foods which promote healthy teeth. The program concludes with a summary of recommendations for keeping children's teeth healthy.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Item is a video recording of an educational program entitled "Preventing Tooth Decay: Infants and Toddlers," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. The program provides information for parents on the importance of taking care of their children's baby teeth, and covers topics including the consequences of improper oral care; nursing tooth decay, and ways to prevent it; oral care practices for infants and toddlers; and foods which promote healthy teeth. The program concludes with a summary of recommendations for keeping children's teeth healthy.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Preventing tooth decay : infants and toddlers

Item is a video recording of an educational program entitled "Preventing Tooth Decay: Infants and Toddlers," produced by the Vancouver Health Department. The program provides information for parents on the importance of taking care of their children's baby teeth, and covers topics including the consequences of improper oral care; nursing tooth decay, and ways to prevent it; oral care practices for infants and toddlers; and foods which promote healthy teeth. The program concludes with a summary of recommendations for keeping children's teeth healthy.

Vancouver (B.C.). Health Department

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