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Risk in health care, often discussed in terms of its tolerability, is an abstract term that is patient- and context-specific. An older adult living at risk can be someone falling frequently at home risking a fractured hip, to someone self-neglecting…

Anxiety is a mental health condition affecting adolescents with negative side effects and consequences. Primary care providers are faced with a growing number of visits related to adolescent mental health and must be comfortable in assessing and…

As one of the foremost causes of healthcare resource consumption and disability among Canadian adults, chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) requires significant attention within healthcare delivery and research. While CNCP treatment is typically guided by…

Bipolar disorder (BD) has significant individual and family consequences and is consistently managed in the family practice setting when there is a lack of specialty services. Family appears to be an underutilized resource and yet is consistently…

Heart failure is a chronic, progressive disease that remains on the rise partially due to improvements in preventing cardiac related mortality from other causes. Implanted cardioverter defibrillators are indicated for patients that are at high risk…

Due to the aging population worldwide, need to access primary health care (PHC) services is increasing. Older adults are at a heightened risk of developing chronic diseases, poor health outcomes, and increased emergency department visits. Living in…

With the rise, worldwide, in numbers of people rapidly surviving into older adulthood, the increasing prevalence of dementia has become a global public health priority of significance. The most alarming increase in dementia burden occurs in low and…

Due to earlier recognition and advances in cancer treatment, increasing numbers of women are surviving breast cancer. In Canada, these women are transitioned back to their Primary Care Providers (PCPs), including Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and…

Stigma is a complex phenomenon with a myriad of detrimental health and social impacts that are not fully studied or understood. Persistent stigma exists towards individuals who have opioid use disorder (OUD) in British Columbia. OUD is a chronic,…