
Resources
Health Management
- Health Link Alberta - Alberta-based and physician-approved information about more than 1,000 health topics ranging from diseases to healthy living and disease prevention. Phone: 811
- Alberta Health Services - AHS provides health information about wellness and healthy living, nutrition, emergency health services, immunization, and much more.
- Alberta Healthy Living Program - This program provides services to those with chronic conditions in communities throughout Alberta. These services include information, education, techniques and support to help improve your health and quality of life with a chronic condition.
- Alberta Health Services Health Resources
- Immunize Alberta
- Arthritis Society
- Arthritis Research Canada
- GLA:D Canada Program – an 8 week education and exercise program for individuals with osteoarthritis.
- Alberta Rheumatology
- Osteoporosis Canada
- Bone & Joint Canada
- Health Education & Learning (HEAL) program - accessible, reliable information about common minor illness and injuries in children.
- Healthy Parents Healthy Children – information for newborn up to 5 years old
- Caring for Kids – information for parents from Canada’s paediatricians.
- Alberta Health Services Screening Programs
- Choosing Wisely – This resource is meant to promote conversations between clinicians and patients by helping patients choose care that is supported by evidence, not duplication , free from harm and truly necessary
- Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- Hypertension Canada
- Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Health Research: Heart Failure Patient Education Site
- Canadian Men’s Health Foundation
- Just for You – Men: Government of Canada
- Movember – information on prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health
- Pain Society of Alberta
- Tame the Beast – a freely available, non-commercial education space that hopes to inspire research-based action in the treatment of pain.
- Pain Revolution – an Australian movement changing how people understand pain
- Live, Plan, Be – Pain BC
- ParticipACTION - helps Canadians sit less and move more through innovative engagement initiatives and thought leadership.
- Get Active – Heart & Stroke Foundation
- Healthy Living – Government of Canada
- Health Basics Activity Video – at home body weight circuit video for all activity levels
- Cookspiration – Dietitians of Canada
About Primary Healthcare
Primary healthcare is a healthcare system that supports Albertans to be as healthy as they can be. Primary health care draws on the expertise of many different providers working together to provide seamless care by sharing:- perspectives
- expertise
- resources
- accountability
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Heart & Stroke Foundation
- Your Best Health: Adult Weight Management Online Learning Module
- Weight Management Tools - My Health Alberta
Maternity
- Food Safety Resources for Pregnant Women by Government of Canada
- Breastfeeding Your Baby
- Feeding Your Baby Infant Formula
- Feeding Your Baby Solid Foods from 6-12 Months of Age
- Eating for a Health Pregnancy
- Steps for establishing milk supply
- Directory of local resources for breastfeeding support
- Breastfeeding website with many resources
- La Leche League Canada
Mental Health
S.A.I.F. Society
http://www.stopabuse.ca/
Saffron Centre
http://www.saffron-ssac.com/
Sexual Assault Centre
https://www.sace.ab.ca/
SAGE (Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton)
http://www.mysage.ca/help/seniors-safe-house
Child and Family Services
http://www.humanservices.alberta.ca/services-near-you/edmonton-and-area-child-and-family-services.html
Catholic Social Services
http://www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca/CSSFindServicesbyLocation/default.aspx?id=163
Edmonton ADHD Support Group
http://adhdedmonton.com/
St Albert Family Resource Centre:
http://www.stalbertfrc.ca/
The Family Centre:
http://www.the-family-centre.com/workshops/
“Anger Management Workbook” by Nay Phd, W. Robert
Family Support Program - Catholic Social Services
http://www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca/CSSFindServicesbyCategory/childrenfamilyandcommunity.aspx?id=166
Depression and Anxiety Self-Management for Teens
Anxiety resources:
“Anxiety and Phobia Workbook” by Edmund J. Bourne
“When Panic Attacks” book by David D. Burns
Patient Education - Anxiety.pdf
“MindShift” – phone app from iTunes (free)
Anxiety info for teens
http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-stress/anxiety.html
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Canadian Mental Health Association
http://www.cmha.ca/mental_health/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#.VGuLo8n_m8w
“Assertiveness Workbook” by Randy Paterson
Toastmasters International –
http://www.toastmasters.org/
The Family Centre
http://www.the-family-centre.com/workshops/
Family Support Program - Catholic Social Services
http://www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca/CSSFindServicesbyCategory/childrenfamilyandcommunity.aspx?id=166
Alberta Caregivers Association website
http://www.caregiversalberta.ca/
Crisis Line for Adults.
If you or someone you know is experiencing a crisis, CALL 780-342-7777.
Crisis Line for Children
Children’s Mental Health – Crisis Line offers support by phone to children and teens during a crisis. Call 780-427-4491.
Patient Education - Depression.pdf
“Mind Over Mood” workbook by Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky
Depression resources
www.depressionhurts.ca
http://www.mindyourmind.ca/
Antidepressant skills workbook
http://www.comh.ca/antidepressant-skills/adult/
Anti depressant skills workbook for adolescents
http://www.sfu.ca/carmha/publications/dwd.html
Pilgrim’s Hospice
http://www.pilgrimshospice.ca/
St Albert Bereavement Fellowship
http://www.stalbertbereavement.ca/
Grief Support for Children
http://www.rainbows.ca
St Albert Family Resource Centre
http://www.stalbertfrc.ca
Parent Support Group – B.I.L.Y (Because I Love You)
http://www.bily.org/
Family Support Programs - Catholic Social Services
http://www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca/CSSFindServicesbyCategory/childrenfamilyandcommunity.aspx?id=166
Kids Kottage Foundation
http://www.kidskottage.org/
The Family Centre
http://www.the-family-centre.com
Patient Education - Post Partum Depression.pdf
Perinatal mood disorder
http://www.ppda.ca
Patient Education - Relationships.pdf
The Family Centre
http://www.the-family-centre.com
Family Support Programs - Catholic social service
http://www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca/CSSFindServicesbyCategory/childrenfamilyandcommunity.aspx?
Addiction support –
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/addiction.asp
Nutrition
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Diabetes Canada
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Kidney Foundation
- Kidney Community Kitchen
- AHS Nutrition Education Resources – includes resources on nutrition for life stages and health conditions
- Canada’s Food Guide
- Unlockfood.ca
- AHS Nutrition Education Resources – includes resources on nutrition for life stages and health conditions
- Prescription to Get Active - Several Edmonton, Calgary and Central Zone Primary Care Networks (PCNs) have partnered with local recreation facilities to offer an actual prescription for physical activity.
- Move YEG