MNCHP Bulletin for February 12, 2010
Posted by Meghan Boston-McCracken, Bilingual Information Specialist
February 12, 2010
I. NEWS & VIEWS
- Time to end pelvic exams done without consent
- Latest product recalls (also available in French)
- Canada switches to growth charts based on World Health Organization (WHO), not U.S. standards
- Inuit preschoolers often go hungry
II. RECENT REPORTS AND RESEARCH
- Promoting optimal monitoring of child growth in Canada: Using the new WHO growth charts (also available in French)
- A health professional’s guide to using growth charts (also available in French)
- Alcohol use in pregnancy changes fetal genes, animal study finds
- Cultural competence of healthcare professionals caring for breastfeeding mothers in urban areas
III. CURRENT INITIATIVES
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day: February 12
- National Nutrition Month (also available in French)
- Next steps for a mental health strategy for Canada (also available in French)
IV. UPCOMING EVENTS
- Shout Clinic homeless youth and harm reduction
- Bill 168: Ontario’s new legislation on sexual harassment and violence in the workplace
- Building blocks for building families
- Poverty in wealth
- Families in focus: 3rd conference on recent advances in the prevention and treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity
- 4th international conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- 2011 national conference: New conversations on suicidality
V. RESOURCES
- Is my child growing well? Questions and answers for parents (also available in French, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese)
- Free Ophea teaching resources to support early years audiences (also available in French)
- Positive discipline: what it is and how to do it
- Advancing environmental health in child care settings: A checklist for child care practitioners and public health inspectors
VI. FEATURED BEST START RESOURCES
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