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The Northern Maternal Child Network (NMCN), is committed to ensuring you receive timely information regarding best practices, guidelines, resources and events.
Visit our website for more information.
Feel free to send information regarding professional development to info@nmcn.ca for future newsletters.
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Call for Expressions of Interest: Ontario Perinatal Record Task Force
The Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH) is seeking members to form a time-limited Ontario Perinatal Record (OPR) Task Force. The OPR Task Force will review and update the content of the Ontario Perinatal Record and accompanying User Guide.
Background
Since 1979, a standard form to guide and document pregnancy care in Ontario has been in place. In 2017, the OPR was created to replace the Ontario Antenatal Record 1 and 2, to standardize the documentation of perinatal care. The 2017 version acts as a care map for pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period and aims to support evidence-informed care and shared decision making. A companion OPR User Guide was released in 2018 to guide the use of the form. PCMCH is planning to review and update the OPR in 2023/24 with input from partner organizations and all perinatal care provider disciplines who use the form (midwifery, obstetrics, family medicine and nursing).
OPR Task Force Mandate
The OPR Task Force will:
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Review the content of the current OPR and accompanying User Guide;
- Review approaches to documentation of perinatal care in other jurisdictions, as well as relevant literature, clinical practice guidelines and pathways;
- Recommend evidence-based content revisions to the OPR and User Guide; and
- Advise on province-wide implementation of a new version of the OPR.
Interested candidates are asked to complete an expression of interest via survey, no later than end-of-day on May 31, 2023.
More information about the task force and becoming a member can be found within the survey. If you have any additional questions, please contact Brittany Groom (brittany.groom@pcmch.on.ca), Senior Program Manager.
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Child-bright Research Project Webinar
Webinar Presenters: Carrie Costello, Parent Partner, and Annette Majnemer, Professor, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University and Senior Scientist, RI McGill University Health Centre
Learn about patient-oriented research (POR) at the CHILD-BRIGHT Network! CHILD-BRIGHT is an innovative pan-Canadian network that aims to improve life outcomes for children with brain-based developmental disabilities and their families. Presenters will provide an overview of an example of the way the parent-researcher partnerships can evolve in a POR network and will discuss the collaborative process between parent-partners as co-investigators and researchers on a CHILD-BRIGHT research project.
May 24, 2023 @11am-12pm ET
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Children's Mental Health: Research Messages for Informing Policy
Webinar Presenter: Charlotte Waddell, Director of Children’s Health Policy Centre and Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University
In this webinar, Charlotte Waddell will present a systematic review and meta-analysis, the findings of which can inform policymaking related to the prevalence of childhood mental disorders, including effective prevention and treatment approaches. Charlotte will share the implications of these findings,, particularly the need to substantially increase public investments in effective interventions and the policy urgency, given the emerging increases in childhood mental health problems since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 31, 2023 @11am ET
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Lessons in Leadership: Lived Experiences Reflected by Children's Healthcare Canada Leaders at the 2022 Annual Conference
At the Children's Healthcare Canada conference last year, an impactful discussion took place with leaders about their lessons learned in leadership. The session has been summarized into a final report.
This years conference will be held in Vancouver, BC December 3-5, 2023.
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Eating Disorders Nova Scotia: National Youth Peer Support Programs
Eating Disorders Nova Scotia (EDNS) received $1.28 million in funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to expand their peer support programs to youth (14 yrs+) and caregivers across Canada. Youth support programs will be delivered virtually by trained peer mentors and are available at no cost to anyone living in Canada.
For more information or to register, visit our website.
EDNS is looking forward to partnering with other organizations supporting youth across Canada. They would love to share more about the program and integration opportunities.
To arrange an information session, please email nicole.olguin@eatingdisordersns.ca
Full news release on the funding award from the Public Health Agency of Canada is here.
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Updates to the brain tumours learning hub from AboutKidsHealth
To mark May as Brain Tumour Awareness Month, AboutKidsHealth is sharing resources from their recently updated brain tumours learning hub. Updated resources include articles, illustrations and videos on the different types of brain tumours, treatments and support therapies.
The signs and symptoms a child experiences and the treatment they will need will depend on the type of brain tumour they have and where it is located in the brain. The learning hub features updated resources on the different types of brain tumours that can affect children, including:
To learn about the other types of brain tumours included in the hub, visit our website.
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The updates to the learning hub also included an expanded section on coping, mental health and supports for children and families going through brain tumour diagnosis and treatment. This section includes information for parents and caregivers on how to cope when your child has a brain tumour, how to help your child cope and how to support yourself as a caregiver. It also contains an article on talking to siblings about a cancer diagnosis, which describes how to manage different emotional responses, such as grief, jealousy and isolation. These articles also provide tips on how to maintain structure and routines where possible for families. Finally, there are links to guided meditations and animations that can help both parents and children manage stress and difficult emotions.
AboutKidsHealth is SickKids’ health-education website and features more than 3,500 articles on a range of health topics. For more information on brain tumours and other health topics, visit our website.
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Optimizing Youth Mental Health
Insufficient training, lack of access to multidisciplinary teams, and inadequate government funding have exacerbated a mental health crisis among children and youth: Fewer than 20 percent of kids with mental health concerns receive treatment when they need it. While paediatricians are often the first point of contact for families seeking care, the current system is falling short of adequately supporting them and, consequently, their patients.
Find out how you can advocate for the changes needed to optimize mental health care for Canadian children and youth. Learn more online.
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Safe Kids Week resources are now live!
Safe Kids Week is an annual campaign to raise public awareness of child safety issues in Canada, encouraging community involvement as part of the solution.
The topic of 2023’s Safe Kids Week digital campaign is child passenger safety.
This year Parachute is providing the following print resources in English and French:
- A Safe Kids Week 2023 Backgrounder
- A Safe Kids Week 2023 Social Media Guide
- Tip sheets for each stage of car seats (i.e., infants, rear-facing, forward-facing, booster and seat belts)
- Is your child in the right seat? print resource
- A car and booster seat Canadian legislation chart
Additionally, an Is your child in the right seat? video resource is available in the following languages: English, French, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Nepalese, Somali, Swahili, Tygrinya.
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