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OHWN in the Headlines
- PQB News - March 15, 2018
Parksville workshop explores food security, mental health: Oceanside Health and Wellness hosts second session focused on youth. - PQB News - November 21 2017
Child poverty a 'hidden issue' in Parksville Qualicum Beach: Health and wellness forum addresses hunger, mental health - PQB News - August 27 2017
Child poverty 'hidden' scourge in Parksville Qualicum Beach Medical chief: Long-term health of local youth impacted
Oceanside Region Statistics
- Oceanside Local Health Area Profile 2018
- Local Health Area Profile 2015
- BC Community Health Profile, Qualicum Beach (PHSA, 2014)
- BC Community Health Profile, Parksville (PHSA, 2014)
Oceanside Region Governance and Health Care
- City of Parksville
- Town of Qualicum Beach
- Regional District of Nanaimo
- Island Health
- Oceanside Health Centre
Determinants of Health
- Population Health - the New Agenda (VIDEO - Vancouver Coastal Health)
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Canadian Council on Social Determinants of Health
- Canadian Public Health Association
- National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
- World Health Organization, Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health (2011)
Transportation
- For information on transportation challenges and potential community solutions, please review the 2016 report commissioned by Forward House Community Society, entitled Engaging Older Adults to Identify Barriers to Service and Develop Community Solutions in District 69 (2016).
- Regional District of Nanaimo Transit
Child Food Security
- BC Food Security Gateway
- Report from the Provincial Health Officer and Representative for Children and Youth - Growing Up in B.C. - 2015
- Dietitians of Canada - Healthy Eating and Food Security - Promising Practices in BC (2010)
- Farm to School BC
Homelessness/Affordable Housing
- Report by the Oceanside Task Force on Homelessness - Oceanside Homelessness Needs Assessment, March 2014
- Regional District of Nanaimo Affordable Housing planning and resources