CHIUS Resources

CHIUS RESOURCES: TABLE OF CONTENTS

Updated June 24 2018

ACCESSIBILITY, HOUSING, FOOD SECURITY, FINANCIAL RESOURCES 

  • Accessibility & Transportation Resources
  • Housing & Shelters Resources
  • Food Security Resources
  • Income Supplement & Finance Resources

 

ADDICTIONS RESOURCES

  • Services & Resources for People Living with Addictions
  • Harm Reduction Programs
  • Detox Programs

 

ALLIED HEALTH SERVICES RESOURCES

  • Pharmacy Compass
  • Dental Coverage
  • Lower-cost Dental Clinics in BC
  • Optical Coverage

 

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RESOURCES

  • The Gathering Place
  • Leisure Access Program
  • Volunteering at Carnegie Centre
  • Qmunity: Gab Youth Drop-In
  • Mpowerment
  • CampOUT!
  • Bright Spot: A Therapeutic Day Program

 

DIABETES RESOURCES

  • General Diabetes Information
  • Self-Monitoring Tools for Diabetes

 

FALLS PREVENTION RESOURCES 

  • How to prevent falls – educational resource
  • Checklist for preventing falls at home
  • Preventing falls at home – handout

 

IMMUNIZATION RESOURCES

  • Recommended Vaccines for HIV+ Individuals
  • Adult Immunization Record Card

 

INDIGENOUS HEALTH RESOURCES

  • Schizophrenia: A guide for the First Nations Community
  • Your Legal Rights under the Mental Health Act: A guide for the First Nations Community
  • First Nations Mental Health & Addictions Liaison Worker
  • Depression: A guide for the First Nations Community
  • Bipolar Disorder: A guide for the First Nations Community

 

LGBTQ+ RESOURCES

  • General LGBTQ+ Resources
  • Trans/Non-Binary Resources

 

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

  • Screening Resources
  • Depression Resources
  • Anxiety Resources
  • Eating Disorders Resources
  • Contact for Mental Health Crisis

 

MONITORING/RECORDING RESOURCES

  • Sleep Journal
  • Physical Activity Tracker
  • Meal Planning Form and Grocery List
  • Blood Pressure Home Tracker
  • Medications Tracker

 

PAIN RESOURCES 

  • Daily Pain Diary
  • Managing Back Pain Handout
  • American College of Rheumatology – Patient Resources
  • Hot and Cold Therapy Handout
  • Energy Conservation Tips (for people living with fatigue secondary to disease or aging).
  • CORE Back tool

 

RESPIRATORY/CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH RESOURCES 

  • The Champion Lung Fitness Program
  • COPD Action Plan (Handout)
  • St Paul’s Hospital – COPD Clinic Referral Form
  • St Paul’s Hospital – Pacific Lung Clinic Referral Form
  • Vancouver General Hospital – The Lung Centre Referral Form
  • Richmond Community Respiratory Programs
  • Symptom Record for Heart Failure

 

SENIOR RESOURCES

  • Seniors Mental Health
  • Seniors Housing and Residential Care
  • Miscellaneous Seniors Resources
  • Note: For more `on falls prevention, refer to the Falls Prevention Resources Section

 

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (including HIV and HEP-C) RESOURCES

  • YOUTHCO Website Resources
  • “Gearing up to get down” (Handout on safe sex and HIV)
  • “The Hepatitis C Handbook: The goods on hep C, safer drug use, tattooing and piercing”
  • Positive Living BC Peer Navigation Brochure
  • Positive Living BC Prison Outreach – HIV Myths Brochure
  • Gilwest Clinic at Richmond Hospital
  • Recommended Vaccines for HIV+ Individuals
  • Information on PrEP
  • Further information on various STDs and Genitourinary Infections from Health Link BC

 

SKIN HEALTH RESOURCES

  • The Skin Care Centre Psoriasis and Phototherapy Clinic Website
  • BedBugs Information Handout
  • Getting rid of bed lice handout
  • Scabies handout

 

WOMEN’S RESOURCES

  • Violence against women
  • Educational handouts for sexual health and contraception
  • Abortion
  • Sexual Health, Contraception, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Breastfeeding and Raising Children
  • Miscellaneous/General Organizations for Women

 

YOUTH RESOURCES

  • Addictions
  • Youth Mental Health
  • Youth Pregnancy and Sexual Health
  • Puberty
  • Homeless youth
  • Foster care
  • Family and Sexual Violence
  • General Health and Wellness