Sunday, February 19, 2012

New Health Reference Sites


Answers to your health questions ... a Telus sponsored website addressing everything from diabetes to mental health to bone and joint.  I'm curious, from your expertise area, how you feel about the accuracy of the information and what you think about it being sponsored by a corporation?

BC also has the:
--> #8-1-1 HealthLink line http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/contact.stm 
--> #2-1-1 Community information line http://bc211.ca/index.html .  
Do you find people and families in your circles are using these supports?  Are these programs designed well?  Easy to use?

It's supports like this that I share with the Family Places (Family Resource Programs or FRP) where I work.  Many of our families are computer savvy and have access to the internet.  They feel confident navigating through a well designed website and are curious about new information.  When they arrive at Family Place, the parents are quick to share what they've learned with the other parents.  The families self-select if they use the information or not.  Overall, I am glad these three sources of information are readily available to the families of BC. 

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