@ritamc.bsky.social
🇨🇦Family doctor & primary care researcher. Uninvited Settler on traditional & sacred territory (aka Vancouver, BC) Here to question health policy, share research, and push for real solutions in primary care. Supporting 🏳️⚧️🌈 She/her Posts my own.
Not-for-profit primary care centres can partner with housing providers, social service groups and local governments to deliver care a community needs with multi-service hubs.
Learn more at the 2nd session of our webinar series TODAY @ noon PT.
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There is so much microbiome hype right now. Most of it just noise. I call it "scienceploitation" (use a real and exciting area of science to sell bunk).
One of our studies on point: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/7...
DTC microbiome testing = um, crap. 💩
Can you trust the results from gut microbiome tests? Nope. www.sciencenews.org/article/resu...
From study: "...results reveal major discrepancies, both within and across the different service providers."
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Absolutely 💔💔💔
This is the mantra of my childhood. The poster was on the wall at the top of our stairs, so we’d see it every day.
Lorraine Schneider, 1967.
NEW: I and colleagues reviewed 15,000 documents to illuminate how Jeffrey Epstein used VIP doctors to control and manipulate young women* — and how the doctors helped him, treating his needs as more important than the patients'. Gift link.
*see next post in thread
Valentines Day blooms in #eastvan
Also winter in Vancouver, so… I guess it evens out?
Winter in Vancouver.
BC residents have shrinking access to family doctors, despite more doctors and increased funding
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #primarycare
Thx Andy!
4min of Catherine O’Hara being fabulous and how telling us how she collaborates.
Yes. You need this.
Watch it now.
@thenfb @SchittsCreek
All of Us Shine by Hart Snider - NFB https://www.nfb.ca/film/catherine-ohara-all-of-us-shine/
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
Dog walkers in the fog, at sunrise.
#eastvan
Also, personal care:
🧼 Soap
🪥 Toothbrushes & toothpaste
🧴 Shampoo & conditioner
🩲 Menstrual pads & incontinence pads
💄 Makeup
🖐️ Hand sanitizer, towels, deodorant
Seasonal:
🍫 Chocolates and flowers for Valentine’s Day 💐
📍 Please drop off at 302 Columbia St
Urgent needs list from the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre:
🩲 Underwear & bras
🧦 Socks
🧥 Winter jackets
🌧️ Rain jackets & ponchos
🧶 Sweaters & hoodies
☂️ Umbrellas
🥾 Boots
🧤 Gloves
🧣 Scarves & toques
👖 Pants & warm tights
🛏️ Warm blankets & sleeping bags
💧 Water-resistant coverings
Gorgeous, Mt Baker looking dazzling at sunset
#Surrey
Sad to see that ABC once again voted against being a Living Wage certified employer
Last year Covenant House Vancouver served more than 160,000 meals to youth. The Drop-In Centre welcomed over 760 youth, the largest number in its history.
Youth have access to showers, laundry, clothes, mental health support, activities, and other services all thanks to CHV donors.
Attachment ‡ Access
To a family doctor or NP.
we need better measures of how well the primary care system is serving people in 🇨🇦
This new article https:// www.cmaj.ca/content/198/2/E53
Thanks to my colleagues, @meredithvanstone.bsky.social @lindsayhedden.bsky.social
