This is a statutory position and the responsibilities are defined under the Health Act, the School Act, the Community Care Facilities Licensing Act and Regulations, as well as the Municipal Act. The Medical Health Officer is appointed jointly by Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and by Order-in-Council of the Provincial Government.
The primary role of the Medical Health Officer is the protection and promotion of the health of the public through a combination of educational and environmental supports.
Health promotion has to do with your lifestyle, your biology, your health care and your environment or as the World Health Organization defines it "the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health".
The Medical Health Officer offers a number of articles on a wide variety of health issues to help you improve your health. Look for an emphasis on health promotion as self-responsibility, community empowerment and healthy public policy.
The Medical Health Officer for the Coast Garibaldi Area can be reached at paul.martiquet@cgh.bc.ca.
Articles and Press Releases
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Brochure/Information
Child Aand Family Health
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Child And Family Health
30-Aug-2013 - A Sensible Cannabis Policy
23-Aug-2013 - Magnet Therapy. Really?
16-Aug-2013 - Is It Healthy, Or Not?
09-Aug-2013 - What About Cholesterol?
01-Aug-2013 - Prescription Failed Drug Policy
01-Aug-2013 - My Health My Community
01-Aug-2013 - Diabetes Screening
01-Aug-2013 - What About Acrylamides
01-Aug-2013 - Sugar Obesity
01-Aug-2013 - Grocery Shopping
03-Jul-2013 - The Failure Of Canadian Drug Policy
04-Jun-2013 - Disordered Eating
04-Jun-2013 - Alcohol Harm Reduction
17-May-2013 - Taking Action On Chronic Disease
06-May-2013 - Addressing Mental Health
06-May-2013 - Are Antioxidants Over-Rated
03-May-2013 - Heart Health For Women
03-May-2013 - Injuries In Review
03-May-2013 - Diabetes In Canada-Reducing The Risk
03-May-2013 - Quackery Watch: Nosodes
03-May-2013 - Are Generics Just As Good
03-May-2013 - Food Safety During Pregnancy
03-May-2013 - Art For Healthy Aging
03-May-2013 - What You Should Know About Vitamin B12
03-May-2013 - Immunization Awareness
03-May-2013 - An Aids-Free Generation
29-Jan-2013 - Diabetes In Canada 1 - The Burden
29-Jan-2013 - Diabetes In Canada 2 - Children, Youth & First Nations
14-Jan-2013 - Hiv Aids In Canada
14-Jan-2013 - Investing In Our Future
14-Jan-2013 - The Pverty Line
14-Jan-2013 - The Health Of Boys And Young Men
13-Nov-2012 - Breastfeeding Is Best
13-Nov-2012 - Measuring Blood Pressure
13-Nov-2012 - What You Need To Know About E-Coli
13-Nov-2012 - When To Retire From Driving
13-Nov-2012 - Should Sugar And Fat Be The New Tobacco
13-Nov-2012 - Is Organic Better For You
04-Sep-2012 - Violence Against Women In Relationship
04-Sep-2012 - Scope For Improvement
04-Sep-2012 - Adults Should Be Vaccinated
02-Aug-2012 - Should You Be Gluten Free
02-Aug-2012 - Sugary Drinks
02-Aug-2012 - Prostate Cancer And The Psa Test
02-Aug-2012 - Be Safe Around Water
02-Aug-2012 - You Are Getting Sleepier
28-Jun-2012 - Is It A Stroke
28-Jun-2012 - The "Healthy Plate" Guide To Eating Well
28-Jun-2012 - Preventing A Stroke
07-Jun-2012 - Using Tobacco - Ready To Quit
07-Jun-2012 - Your Best Cleaning Crew
07-Jun-2012 - Ramp Up Your Walking
07-Jun-2012 - Sense About Statistics
24-Apr-2012 - New Family Friendly Website
24-Apr-2012 - What To Do For A Wound
24-Apr-2012 - Weather Extremes
24-Apr-2012 - Is It A Heart Attack
24-Apr-2012 - Preparing Our Children
24-Apr-2012 - Eating Fish
24-Apr-2012 - Getting Your Fibre
24-Apr-2012 - Eating Like A Mediterranean
22-Feb-2012 - Alcohol And Cancer
21-Feb-2012 - Is Garlic Good For You
21-Feb-2012 - You Can Prevent Cancer
21-Feb-2012 - Sad And The Winter Blues
21-Feb-2012 - Mindcheck
21-Feb-2012 - Is Roid Rage Worth It
18-Jan-2012 - Alternative For Cannabis Policy
18-Jan-2012 - No Such Thing As Good Smoke
27-Oct-2011 - Improving Our Mental Health
27-Oct-2011 - Pap Tests
27-Oct-2011 - Deep Vein Thrombosis
27-Oct-2011 - Dental Erosion
26-Aug-2011 - Scepticism And Statistics
26-Aug-2011 - Promising Practices In Public Health
11-Aug-2011 - Science And Scepticism
03-Aug-2011 - Can We Afford Pverty
21-Jul-2011 - Nurse Family Partnership
21-Jul-2011 - How To Be Well Part 2
21-Jul-2011 - Emergency Food & Water Recommendations
21-Jul-2011 - Can Your Baby Hear The Birds
21-Jul-2011 - Prostate Bph
21-Jul-2011 - Creating A Sustainable Community
21-Jul-2011 - The Challenge Of Childhood Obesity
21-Jul-2011 - How To Be Well
21-Jul-2011 - Msg
21-Jul-2011 - Fallout Fears Overblown
31-May-2011 - Anti-Vaccinationist An Old Story
31-May-2011 - How Not To Drown This Summer
20-May-2011 - A Solution To Back Pain
20-May-2011 - Whats Your Cholesterol Ratio
10-May-2011 - Part-Time Fitness
10-May-2011 - Building A Healthy Future
10-May-2011 - Hypertension
10-May-2011 - The Health Benefits Of Physical Activity
25-Mar-2011 - Are Your Child's Eyes Working Properly
25-Mar-2011 - Food Security
25-Mar-2011 - Helping You Quit
25-Mar-2011 - Investing In Prevention
25-Mar-2011 - Literacy - A Determinant Of Health
25-Mar-2011 - Does Your Technology Control You
25-Mar-2011 - Nutrition And Advertising To Children
15-Dec-2010 - Controlling Cholestoral
15-Dec-2010 - Midwives In Bc
15-Dec-2010 - Protecting Against Hpv
06-Dec-2010 - The Epidemic Of Child Obesity
06-Dec-2010 - The Teenage Brain
27-Oct-2010 - Sugary Drinks
27-Oct-2010 - Health Parks, Healthy People
21-Oct-2010 - Hynotherapy
21-Oct-2010 - When To Stop Driving
21-Oct-2010 - Preventing Community Problems
04-Oct-2010 - Obesity Epidemic
04-Oct-2010 - Diabetes New Approach
04-Oct-2010 - Suntans Melanoma
04-Oct-2010 - Prosperity
04-Oct-2010 - Preventing Hiv By Knowing
27-Sep-2010 - Fasd Overview
27-Sep-2010 - Getting To Food Security
27-Sep-2010 - Vitamin D Promising
05-Aug-2010 - Fair Society Health Lives
05-Aug-2010 - Eight A Day
05-Aug-2010 - Summer Foodborne Illness
14-Jul-2010 - Child Labour In Bc
06-Jul-2010 - Improving On Suicide Prevention
26-May-2010 - Vaccines For Travel
26-May-2010 - Don't Bite Me
26-May-2010 - Life Expentancy
26-May-2010 - Public Health In Canada
26-May-2010 - Healthy Communities
26-May-2010 - Adolescence
07-May-2010 - Good Oral Health
07-May-2010 - Cronic Pain Disease
06-Apr-2010 - Children's Vision
06-Apr-2010 - Teen Vaccines
06-Apr-2010 - What Is Seniorsbc
06-Apr-2010 - Bones
25-Feb-2010 - Mental Health 101
22-Feb-2010 - Revisiting Aboriginal Health
22-Feb-2010 - Steroids
15-Feb-2010 - What Are You Breathing
15-Feb-2010 - Sid Review
15-Feb-2010 - Education And Literacy As Determinates Of Health
13-Jan-2010 - Partners In Health
13-Jan-2010 - Teenage Depression
06-Jan-2010 - Sodium Pop Health
06-Jan-2010 - Child Poverty
04-Jan-2010 - Caffeine: Friend Or Foe
04-Jan-2010 - Stigma Of Mental Illness
04-Jan-2010 - Food Nutrition Labels
04-Jan-2010 - Improving Your Sleep
18-Nov-2009 - Health Care In Canada
18-Nov-2009 - Is Your Mp3 Player Deafening You
16-Nov-2009 - Your Mental Health: Alzimer's Disease
16-Nov-2009 - Preventing Falls For Seniors
16-Nov-2009 - Fight The Flu
14-Oct-2009 - Adolescent Health 1
13-Oct-2009 - Your Mental Health:Ocd
13-Oct-2009 - Secrets To A Long Life
13-Oct-2009 - Determinants Adolescent Health
27-Aug-2009 - Children's Mental Health
19-Aug-2009 - Smoking In Cars
12-Aug-2009 - Harm Reduction For Smokers
05-Aug-2009 - Fortification Delimma
05-Aug-2009 - Trends In Hiv-Idu
05-Aug-2009 - Health Of Aboriginals
04-Aug-2009 - Vch Pophlth Report
06-Jul-2009 - Adverse Drug Reactions
22-Jun-2009 - How's Your Heart
09-Jun-2009 - Dirty Air
04-Jun-2009 - Obesity Medication
04-Jun-2009 - Childhood Obesity
19-May-2009 - Vitamin D
19-May-2009 - Immunization In Canada
29-Apr-2009 - Superbugs
24-Apr-2009 - Prohibition L
24-Apr-2009 - Prohibition Ll
24-Apr-2009 - Tap Vs Bottled
31-Mar-2009 - New Look At Harm Reduction
31-Mar-2009 - Watching For Colorectal Cancer
31-Mar-2009 - Food Safety At Home
31-Mar-2009 - Talking Kids, Care 1
31-Mar-2009 - Talking Kids Care 2
05-Mar-2009 - Environment In The Home
19-Feb-2009 - Your Hearing
19-Feb-2009 - Literacy And You
09-Feb-2009 - Bike Helmets
29-Jan-2009 - Children's Mental Health
29-Jan-2009 - Healthy Aging
13-Jan-2009 - Teens & Tobacco
13-Jan-2009 - Food Cancer Prevention
13-Jan-2009 - Diabetes & You Ii
13-Jan-2009 - Fast Food - Fast Choice
13-Jan-2009 - Diabetes And You
08-Dec-2008 - Child Poverty In Bc
27-Nov-2008 - Literacy Matters
27-Nov-2008 - Toddler Vigilance
12-Nov-2008 - Water Xconnections
10-Nov-2008 - Healthy Bowels
30-Oct-2008 - Safe Internet
22-Oct-2008 - Baby Teeth
22-Oct-2008 - Sports Concussion
22-Oct-2008 - Are You Infested
30-Sep-2008 - Flu Shots
24-Sep-2008 - Supporting Breastfeeding
16-Sep-2008 - Your Baby's Hearing
16-Sep-2008 - Visiting The Doctor
09-Sep-2008 - The Early Years
28-Aug-2008 - Booster Seats
21-Aug-2008 - The Cost Of Eating In Bc
21-Aug-2008 - Prevention 101: Back To School
06-Aug-2008 - Climate Change Health
30-Jul-2008 - Determinants Of Health 2
22-Jul-2008 - About Public Health
21-Jul-2008 - Sodium - It's Everywhere
10-Jul-2008 - The Hpv Vaccine
10-Jul-2008 - Walk To Fitness
26-Jun-2008 - Foodborne Illness
19-Jun-2008 - Omega-3S: As Good As "They" Say
19-Jun-2008 - Literacy And Your Health
29-May-2008 - Healthy Aging
29-May-2008 - Is It A Heart Attack
20-May-2008 - Second Hand Smoke
20-May-2008 - Active Communities
20-May-2008 - Preventing Community-Acquired Mrsa
01-May-2008 - Air Pollution
01-May-2008 - Sensitive Teeth
22-Apr-2008 - Eating Local
14-Apr-2008 - Helping Schools To Be Healthy
14-Apr-2008 - Celiac Disease
01-Apr-2008 - Nutrition Top 10
01-Apr-2008 - Dangerous World
13-Mar-2008 - Sustainable Seafood
13-Mar-2008 - Salt, Everyone
04-Mar-2008 - Hiv - Why Get Tested
04-Mar-2008 - Never Shake A Baby
04-Mar-2008 - Failing Drug Policies
05-Feb-2008 - "Vaccine-Autism" Myth
31-Jan-2008 - Breastfeeding Is Best
31-Jan-2008 - Bisphenol A
15-Jan-2008 - Harm Reduction 11
15-Jan-2008 - Know Before You Go
15-Jan-2008 - Homelessness
15-Jan-2008 - Six Percent Solution
15-Jan-2008 - Value Of Vaccination
15-Jan-2008 - Flouridation
15-Jan-2008 - Our Sexual Health
15-Jan-2008 - Housing Tb
15-Jan-2008 - End Child Poverty
15-Jan-2008 - Watch Out For Winter
15-Jan-2008 - Managing Your Pain
09-Oct-2007 - Harm Reduction 1
04-Oct-2007 - All Drivers Calling
01-Oct-2007 - Truth About Head Lice
20-Sep-2007 - In Support Of Breastfeeding
17-Sep-2007 - Road Safety
17-Sep-2007 - Annual Physical No More
22-Aug-2007 - Colorectal Cancer
15-Aug-2007 - First Nations Health
07-Aug-2007 - Fitness At Work
31-Jul-2007 - Participaction's Back
24-Jul-2007 - Dancing For Health
18-Jul-2007 - Vitamin D
18-Jul-2007 - Kids Environment
04-Jul-2007 - Healthy Lungs
26-Jun-2007 - Pet Therapy
20-Jun-2007 - Chlorination
13-Jun-2007 - Raw Food Diet
07-Jun-2007 - Walking To Health
30-May-2007 - Mobile Mammograms
23-May-2007 - New Drivers
23-May-2007 - Healthy Computing
23-Apr-2007 - Youth Against The Odds
28-Mar-2007 - Food Insecurity
22-Mar-2007 - Food Security
13-Mar-2007 - Prepared For Poison
07-Mar-2007 - Gambling Public Health
27-Feb-2007 - Climate Change Ii
06-Feb-2007 - The New Cfg
31-Jan-2007 - Quit Now
29-Jan-2007 - Crossing The Street
17-Jan-2007 - Men's Cancer
10-Jan-2007 - Bad Habits
10-Jan-2007 - Good Habits
03-Jan-2007 - Facts Of Drinking
19-Dec-2006 - The Growing Child
18-Dec-2006 - Insomnia
23-Nov-2006 - Household Mould
09-Nov-2006 - Ca-Mrsa
01-Nov-2006 - Vulnerable Youth
25-Oct-2006 - Minor Head Injury
17-Oct-2006 - Going Wild
11-Oct-2006 - Healthy Aging
02-Oct-2006 - Rural Health In Canada
26-Sep-2006 - Breastfeeding
25-Sep-2006 - Preventing Suicide
25-Sep-2006 - Disordered Eating 1
25-Sep-2006 - Disordered Eating 2
30-Aug-2006 - Phc Reform
22-Aug-2006 - Bugs & Drugs
22-Aug-2006 - Bugs & Drugs
09-Aug-2006 - Supplements
31-Jul-2006 - Fish-Mercury
26-Jul-2006 - Shellfish Wariness
18-Jul-2006 - Bicycle Helmets
12-Jul-2006 - Building A Baby
04-Jul-2006 - Strokes3
20-Jun-2006 - Energy Drinks
14-Jun-2006 - Back Pain
07-Jun-2006 - Domestic Violence
30-May-2006 - Action Schools! Bc
24-May-2006 - Helping Healthy Living 2
02-May-2006 - Canada Health Day
25-Apr-2006 - Hantavirus
20-Apr-2006 - What's Your Poison
11-Apr-2006 - Menopause
04-Apr-2006 - Screen Tests
29-Mar-2006 - Arsenic
21-Mar-2006 - Food Chemistry
15-Mar-2006 - Problem Gambling
07-Mar-2006 - Plan B
01-Mar-2006 - Travellin' Bug1
21-Feb-2006 - Ostroporosis
14-Feb-2006 - Living Wills
06-Feb-2006 - Antidepressants
31-Jan-2006 - Ideal Body
25-Jan-2006 - Heart Healthy
16-Jan-2006 - Impact Of Diabetes
10-Jan-2006 - Harm Reduction
10-Jan-2006 - Diabetes 1
10-Jan-2006 - Alcohol's Effects
20-Dec-2005 - Success By 6
13-Dec-2005 - Dine Safely
12-Dec-2005 - Of Bc Bears And Beavers
28-Nov-2005 - Accident Waiting
22-Nov-2005 - On The Pig's Back Nov 25
14-Nov-2005 - Rubbish
09-Nov-2005 - Immunize Nov 11
02-Nov-2005 - Trust In Health
25-Oct-2005 - Crystal Meth
18-Oct-2005 - Tobacco October
14-Oct-2005 - Winter Chicken And Influenza
19-Sep-2005 - Lets Get Physical
19-Sep-2005 - Tennis Anyone
23-Aug-2005 - Looking Forward To Another School Year
27-Jul-2005 - Injuries
20-Jul-2005 - Suicide
13-Oct-2004 - Internet Safety1
07-Oct-2004 - How's Your Iron1
07-Oct-2004 - Childhood Obesity
30-Aug-2004 - Hypertension
22-Jun-2004 - Your Drinking Water
24-Nov-2003 - Towards A Sustainable Community
12-Nov-2003 - You Can Dodge Type 2 Diabetes
22-Oct-2003 - Birth Control
19-Sep-2003 - Youth Sexual Health Survey
05-Sep-2003 - Community Capacity And Health
18-Aug-2003 - Learn To Walk
18-Aug-2003 - A Prescription For Exercise
18-Aug-2003 - "Activate" Your Kids
18-Aug-2003 - Promoting The Health Of Our Youth
21-Jul-2003 - Change. What Stage Are You At?
08-Jul-2003 - Outliving Our Bones
02-Jul-2003 - How Safe Can You Get
09-Jun-2003 - Excuses For Older Adults
27-May-2003 - Brain Attacks
20-May-2003 - Fad Diets
14-May-2003 - Menopause
28-Apr-2003 - Move For Health
22-Apr-2003 - Resiliency
15-Apr-2003 - The Value Of Connecting
14-Apr-2003 - Adolescents And Depression
31-Mar-2003 - All About Sars
17-Mar-2003 - Otitis Media
10-Mar-2003 - Coming To A Neighbourhood Near You?
03-Mar-2003 - The Rapist’S Drug Of Choice
25-Feb-2003 - Quit It!
17-Feb-2003 - About Your Pregnancy
10-Feb-2003 - The Abcs Of Adhd
04-Feb-2003 - Sexuality: Talking To Your Kids
23-Dec-2002 - When Your Child Gets A Cold
16-Dec-2002 - Active Kids Are Healthy Kids!
16-Dec-2002 - Healthy Kids — Healthy Weight
09-Dec-2002 - Eating For Your Heart!
02-Dec-2002 - Cholesterol: Friend Or Foe?
18-Nov-2002 - Now That’S Funny!
04-Nov-2002 - “I Heard That…” Health Myths Explored
16-Sep-2002 - Smoking Quitters Among Us
16-Sep-2002 - Baby Signs
26-Aug-2002 - Talking With Your Teen
29-Jul-2002 - Breastfeeding Benefits All Around
03-Jun-2002 - Language Late Bloomer?
29-Apr-2002 - Your Health Online
01-Apr-2002 - Bullying
25-Mar-2002 - Youth And Heart Disease
18-Mar-2002 - Preventing Birth Defects
11-Mar-2002 - Growing Up: Part 2
04-Mar-2002 - Growing Up: Adventure? Challenge?
25-Feb-2002 - Depression: The Private Illness
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Disease
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Safety And Injury Prevention
Travel Health
Water Quality