Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional
graduate education and experience.(1; 2) As regulated
health professionals, nurse practitioners have a legislated
expanded scope of practice that gives them independent
authority to assess, diagnose and provide treatment.(3)
This broader scope of ...
Prenatal education has expanded significantly over the
past two decades, from its initial conception as an
opportunity to teach pain management in labour and
preparation for birth in the hospital environment to
including broader public-health principles of preparing
women and their families for pregnancy...
In February 2019, the Government of Ontario revealed
its plans to reform the Ontario health system. The plans
include the amalgamation of the province’s six
provincial agencies (i.e., Cancer Care Ontario, Health
Quality Ontario, eHealth Ontario, Trillium Gift of Life
Network, Health Shared Services Ont...
The health of British Columbians has continued to
improve over the past decade, with gains in healthadjusted life expectancy and a gradual decrease in the
gap between the life expectancy of women and men.(1)
These gains in health status have come, in part, as a
result of provincial efforts to strengthen ...
Canada, like most high-income countries, is experiencing an aging
population, with those over 65 being on track to represent 25% of the
Canadian population by 2050. This shift in population demographics is
requiring significant changes in the delivery of health and social services
including an increased ...
Improving labour-market participation of youth is a
common objective across most advanced economies.
Achieving this goal is critical to developing a strong
economy, as well as for ensuring the social cohesion and
inclusion of youth in society.(1) However, countries
around the world face the significant c...
Socio-economic status (SES) is (based on the
definition from BC Stats) a measure of the economic
and social status of an individual or group of
individuals based on education, income, occupation,
and other relevant indicators, relative to other
members of the population.(1) Given that it is an
indicator ...
What are the features of different non-urgent
transportation models and what approaches may improve
use of non-urgent transportation in Ontario?...
Under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 every
regulatory college in Ontario is expected to establish a
quality-assurance program to ensure the ongoing quality
of each profession’s practice....
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (hereafter
referred to as the Partnership) completed an
environmental scan in 2018 of cervical cancer screening
in Canada.(6) The scan found that organized cervical
cancer screening programs are available in most
provinces, with the exception of Quebec.(6) Organize...
