| Refreshed toolkit for health-care providers helps promote safer sleep practices for Indigenous infants | <img alt="" src="/Health-Professionals-Site/PublishingImages/Copy%20of%20PHSA%20News%20FeatureRegular%20Image%20template.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Refreshed toolkit for health-care providers helps promote safer sleep practices for Indigenous infants | We have learned Indigenous infants are disproportionately impacted by sudden, unexpected infant death during sleep. The refreshed toolkit is intended to support providers in their discussions of safer infant sleep with Indigenous families. | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/refreshed-toolkit-safe-sleep-indigenous-babies | | 2023-03-16T07:00:00Z | | |
| Third edition of Honouring Our Babies Safer Infant Sleep toolkit resource designed for health-care providers | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Save_the_date_Safer%20Sleep%20Webinar_.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Third edition of Honouring Our Babies Safer Infant Sleep toolkit resource designed for health-care providers | Did you know? Sudden, unexpected infant death during sleep is one of the leading causes of postnatal death among infants under one year of age in Canada. | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/third-edition-of-honouring-our-babies-safer-infant-sleep-toolkit-resource-designed-for-health-care-providers | | 2023-02-24T08:00:00Z | | |
| Critical Update: Provincial Fetal Spiral Electrode (FSE) Shortage | <img alt="" src="/perinatal-stories-site/PublishingImages/Fetal%20Spiral%20Electrode%20Example.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Critical Update: Provincial Fetal Spiral Electrode (FSE) Shortage | | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/statement-concerning-recall-on-philips-fetal-spiral-electrodes | | 2023-02-21T08:00:00Z | | |
| January is Perinatal Depression Awareness Month in Canada | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Perinatal%20depression%20awareness%20month%202023.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | January is Perinatal Depression Awareness Month in Canada | Each January, Perinatal Depression Awareness Month in Canada aims to raise awareness that there is help for those experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/january-is-perinatal-depression-awareness-month-in-canada | | 2023-01-23T08:00:00Z | | |
| Gender-affirming perinatal care online course now available | <img alt="" src="/perinatal-stories-site/PublishingImages/Perinatal_Care_Course.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Gender-affirming perinatal care online course now available | Designed specifically for perinatal care providers and staff, this online course, which emphasizes safe, respectful and celebratory care, is offered free of charge. | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/gender-affirming-perinatal-care-safe-respectful-and-celebratory | | 2022-12-12T08:00:00Z | | |
| Statement affirming the importance of perinatal depression screening in BC | | Statement affirming the importance of perinatal depression screening in BC | The BC Reproductive Mental Health program and Perinatal Services BC encourages all providers to continue to use the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to screen for depression. | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/statement-affirming-the-importance-of-perinatal-depression-screening-in-bc | | 2022-12-07T08:00:00Z | | |
| From the first hour of life: Improving infant and young child feeding practices | <img alt="Image of smiling woman holding her newborn baby" src="/Health-Professionals-Site/PublishingImages/07_2022-09-28_PSBC-Breastfeeding-week_1200x675_v2.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | From the first hour of life: Improving infant and young child feeding practices | Thank you for joining us for the Breastfeeding Week webinar. It was an opportunity to engage health-care providers and health-system partners across B.C. in a conversation about protecting, promoting and supporting breast/chest feeding. | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/from-the-first-hour-of-life-improving-infant-and-young-child-feeding-practices | | 2022-10-13T07:00:00Z | | |
| B.C. newborn screening expands; early detection improves quality of life | | B.C. newborn screening expands; early detection improves quality of life | | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-newborn-screening-expands | | 2022-10-12T07:00:00Z | | |
| National Breastfeeding Week: Stepping up to provide parents with more information and timely access to support | <img alt="Collage of women holding their infants" src="/Health-Professionals-Site/PublishingImages/Article_thumbnail_reduced.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | National Breastfeeding Week: Stepping up to provide parents with more information and timely access to support | Current breast/chest feeding rates in B.C. don’t meet the global recommendation. This National Breastfeeding Week, Oct. 1-7, learn how we can all step up to support and sustain practices that safeguard breast/chest feeding. | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/national-breastfeeding-week-stepping-up | | 2022-10-05T07:00:00Z | | |
| September 9th is International FASD Awareness Day | | September 9th is International FASD Awareness Day | | http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/about/news-stories/stories/september-9th-is-international-fasd-awareness-day | | 2022-09-09T07:00:00Z | | |
