The Pierre-Janet Hospital Centre manages funds for training in mental health issues throughout the region of Ottawa under the operationalization of regional training in mental health.

Below is a summary of training activities for the 2010-2011 season. You'll find information on how to register for interesting training sessions on topics related to Relationship-building and Leadership and specific intervention strategies for working with children and their families. The latter includes workshops on topics such as Divorce, single parenthood and bleded families, Dependance and domestic violence, Nutrition and eating problems in young girls and young women, Drug, alcohol and medication interactions in young psychiatric patients, Improving tools for working with youth, etc.

http://www.pierre-janet.qc.ca/pages/pdf/PRFSMO_2010-11_Web.pdf

Public health authorities have noticed a significant movement of injection drug users from downtown to outlying neighborhoods, like Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and the Plateau Mont-Royal, in recent months.

Noting a significant change in the consumption habits of drug users in Montreal and facing an "epidemic" of hepatitis C, the Public Health Directorate is forced to see re-evaluate its intervention strategy.

http://www.24hmontreal.canoe.ca/24hmontreal/actualites/archives/2010/07/20100728-171757.html

This issue of The SexEducator is produced by the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, the Université du Québec à Montréal and Tel-Jeunes. The issue covers the following topics, among others: knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of young people with regard to sexuality and STBBIs, beyond the physiological consequences of STBBIs, treatment of STBBIs and prevention.

Given the resurgence of sexually transimitted and blood-borne infections among young people in Québec, it is essential to increase preventive actions.

http://publications.msss.gouv.qc.ca/acrobat/f/documentation/2010/10-314-01A.pdf

The third edition of the Health Status of Quebec's population (2010) was produced by the Director of Health Status Monitoring of the Director General of Public Health as part of the monitoring mandate set out in the Public Health Act of Quebec.

Intended primarily for members of the Department of Health and Human Services and its network, this document presents the latest iand most relevant information about the Quebec population and its determinants in a clear and concise manner that is easy to consult.

http://publications.msss.gouv.qc.ca/acrobat/f/documentation/2010/10-228-01.pdf

This newsletter is distributed on the third week of every month. The goal of the publication is to identify situations of threat (real or perceived) to the health of the population in the field of infectious diseases. It also aims to keep track of ongoing monitoring and improving surveillance systems by providing information relating to data quality. It is produced by the Monitoring Office of the Directorate of Public Health Protection (DPSP) of the Department of Health and Social Services of Quebec.

http://publications.msss.gouv.qc.ca/acrobat/f/documentation/2006/06-271-02W-vol5_no2.pdf

This document, written by the members of the Youth Committee of the Quebec Federation of rehabilitation centres (FQCRPAT) deals with leading practices in clinical intervention and coordination of services. In it, readers will find a comprehensive overview of the latest data and statistics that indicate the prevalence of teen drinking and drug use, as well as key practices and tools used in clinical settings.

http://www.acrdq.qc.ca/upload/doc/doc82.pdf

Thanks to a sponsorship from GlaxoSmithKline, ACCÉSSS is offering its health network members and the general public a document on A(H1N1) Influenza translated into English, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Tamil, Punjabi, Urdu, Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. The folders are available on www.accesss.net

A brochures for teens 12 to 18 and young adults 18 to 25 promotiong the use of condoms and safe sex. A user guide to condoms completes the content.

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The Institut national de santé publique du Québec has published a guide intended for perinatal and early-childhood care providers to educate them on the safe use of soft baby carriers.Care providers had concerns about the use of those carriers, this publication is a tool that will help them give advice to parents. The documents has provides a lot of recommendations for the parents.

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Source Institut national de santé publique du Québec

Most adolescents and adults identify themselves as heterosexual. However, paediatricians and other health care providers must be aware of the significant psychological, social and medical issues that face young people who are gay, lesbian or bisexual. Almost all of these issues arise from the stigmatization that these youth face, rather than from the orientation itself. More>>

Source: Canadian Paediatric Society

Voici un document qui propose une vision globale et intégrée de la périnatalité, de la prise de décision d'avoir un enfant jusqu'à ce que celui-ci atteigne l'âge de un an. Elle présente les orientations retenues visant à ajuster l'offre de services aux besoins actuels de la population.

Current practices could lead to serious public health problems:
While premature deliveries have become more common in the industrialized world, the long-term consequences on the health of newborns are still not well understood. But the impact of premature births is far from negligible, according to an editorial by Dr. Michael Kramer of McGill University and the Research Institute of the Montreal Children's Hospital at the MUHC, to be published Dec. 11 in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Read Dr. Kramer's editorial

Source: Montreal Children Hospital