Measuring low income and Canada's Official Poverty Line Consultation
Published on Monday, 14 January, 2019
Recently, the Government of Canada announced that the Market Basket Measure (MBM) will be used as Canada's Official Poverty Line. Statistics Canada is currently conducting a comprehensive review of the MBM.
The MBM is a measure of low income which is based on the cost of a basket of goods and services that individuals and families require to meet their basic needs and achieve a modest standard of living. Wherever individuals and families are living across the country, if they cannot afford the cost of this basket of goods and services in their particular community, they will be considered to be living below Canada's Official Poverty Line.
By participating in this consultation, you will be supporting Statistics Canada's ability to accurately measure low income and poverty.
MAID Reports Released
Published on Monday, 14 January, 2019
The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has released three reports on requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID), the result of an independent Expert Panel review conducted at the request of the federal government. The reports were released following their tabling in Parliament in December.The CCA was asked to examine three particularly complex types of requests for MAID that were identified for further review and study in the legislation passed by Parliament in 2016: requests by mature minors, advance requests, and requests where a mental disorder is the sole underlying medical condition.
The Expert Panel’s final reports reflect a broad range of knowledge, experience, and perspective from healthcare professions, diverse academic disciplines, advocacy groups, and jurisdictions where MAID is permitted. They gathered and interpreted, with the sensitivity required of the subject, the available evidence, and explored the societal, clinical, legal, and practical implications and issues associated with both permitting and prohibiting MAID in the three topic areas.
The CCA has a well-established approach for convening experts and assessing evidence to inform public policy development in Canada. It brought together a multidisciplinary expert panel of 43 individuals with expertise, knowledge and leadership in a range of disciplines including law, medicine, nursing, bioethics, social sciences, and health sciences, among others.
The CCA is a not-for-profit, independent, and non-partisan organization. The reports provide evidence to inform dialogue and decision-making and do not make recommendations about specific laws, practices, or cases.
Visit the website to download the reports.
National Palliative Care Framework
Published on Thursday, 10 January, 2019
The Honourable Ginette Pettitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, has tabled the Framework on Palliative Care in Canada in Parliament. The Framework can be found in English at: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/reports-publications/palliative-care/framework-palliative-care-canada.html and in French at : https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/systeme-soins-sante/rapports-publications/soins-palliatifs/cadre-soins-palliatifs-canada.html.
The next steps in advancing improved access to palliative care: Departmental officials will develop a Framework implementation plan, which will aim to action the guiding principles and goals reflected in the Framework. Health Canada will also establish the Office of Palliative Care to provide high level coordination of palliative care activities going forward.
Furthermore, Health Canada will continue to work with National Indigenous Organizations to explore the development of Indigenous-led engagement processes toward the development of a distinctions-based palliative care framework for Indigenous Peoples. These activities will start the process of embodying the principles and goals of the Framework on Palliative Care in Canada into measurable action so as to support improved access to palliative care for all Canadians.
Introducing the Opioids Clinical Primer
Published on Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
- Helping clinicians develop strategies for safer opioid prescribing
- Increasing awareness of opioid use disorder and the availability of evidence-based treatment
- Facilitating access to naloxone
- Educating regarding harm reduction
- Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: Principles of Assessment and Management
- Managing Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care with Buprenorphine
- Safer Opioid Prescribing Skills
- Mental Health, Chronic Pain, and Substance Use: Addressing the Connections
- Strategies for Managing Chronic Pain: Moving Beyond Opioids
- Treating Opioid Use Disorder: Initiating Buprenorphine in Primary Care, ED and Inpatient Settings
New Breastfeeding Resources
Published on Thursday, 18 October, 2018
During World Breastfeeding Week in Canada 2018 the Public Health Agency of Canada released Chapter 6: Breastfeeding of theFamily-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines. The Guidelines are dedicated to improving and creating consistency in maternal and newborn health and to inform evidence based practice across Canada. The aim of the guidelines is to positively impact health from preconception to postpartum, and throughout the life course of children, women and families.
Released are:
· Chapter 6: Breastfeeding
o Factsheet: Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: Canadian Recommendation and the Ten Steps To Successful Breastfeeding
o Infographic: Breastfeeding in Canada
You can access the PDFs of the chapter and related factsheet/infographic online at:https://www.canada.ca/en/
Over the next two years the Public Health Agency of Canada will be releasing the remaining chapters.
Resources about Cannabis
Published on Friday, 12 October, 2018
Starting on October 17, 2018, the poster and postcard will also be available for download on the Government of Canada webpages dedicated to cannabis public education here:
English: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/drugs-health-products/cannabis-10-ways-reduce-risks.html
French: https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/publications/medicaments-et-produits-sante/cannabis-10-facons-reduire-risques.html
· English Youth LRCUG: http://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/guides-and-publications/lrcug-for-youth (French will be available soon)
· English Brochure: http://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/pdfs---reports-and-books---research/canadas-lower-risk-guidelines-cannabis-pdf.pdf
· French Brochure: https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/pdfs---reports-and-books---research/canadas-lower-risk-guidelines-cannabis-fr.pdf
In the coming weeks an Evidence Summary of the LRCUG to provide a more detailed reference tool to health professionals will be available.
CNA has also made resources available for nurses and others.
Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines/Les soins à la mère et au nouveau-né dans une perspective familiale : lignes directrices nationales
Published on Thursday, 21 June, 2018
Annual General Meeting Agenda and Materials Available
Published on Thursday, 24 May, 2018
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Report to Members on Survey Results
Published on Tuesday, 3 April, 2018
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Updated Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines
Published on Wednesday, 6 December, 2017
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care in Canada - Underlying Philosophy and Principles (including Factsheet: Principles of Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care)
- Chapter 2: Preconception Care (including Factsheet: Optimizing Preconception Health and Infographic: Preconception Health)