North Vancouver Island Public Health

10/07/2025

10/07/2025

📢Looking for free, evidence-informed and culturally relevant mental health resources in multiple languages?
BC Children’s Hospital and Our Kids’ Health have created resources and short videos, tailored to families from diverse cultural groups, available in many languages including Arabic, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Ukrainian, and for Black communities.

Check out the latest information at keltymentalhealth.ca/multilanguage
BC Children's Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
Our Kids' Health Network

10/03/2025

Many new parents expect feeding to come naturally. For Sarah, it didn’t—until a public health nurse showed her new techniques and reminded her she wasn’t alone.

Public Health Nurses can help with:

- Latching and positioning
- Feeding assessments and tips
- Emotional support when it feels overwhelming

You can call or visit your local public health unit anytime, or register for Right From the Start during pregnancy for early support.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/iU6q50X6isg

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada

10/03/2025

Have a heart-to-heart with yourself. Getting the HPV vaccine when you’re young can protect against several cancers later in life. It’s safe, effective, and free for all people ages 9-26 in BC.
Learn more about the HPV vaccine and how to book an appointment at HealthLinkBC.ca/HPV

09/22/2025

09/18/2025

The HPV immunization program expanded this summer, offering the vaccine at no cost to more people, the cancer-preventing vaccine is now free for all people ages 9 to 26, plus people 27 to 45 who are living with HIV or who self-identify as belonging to the gay, bisexual, questioning, Two-Spirit, transgender and non-binary communities.
School-aged children are routinely offered the vaccine in grade 6. The vaccine is also available at some pharmacies or public health units.

09/01/2025

Supporting Your Eater in Training - Reframing Picky Eating

💻To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-your-eater-in-training-reframing-picky-eating-tickets-1380863021469

08/29/2025

Back-to-school ready? Make sure your child’s vaccines are, too.

Take a few minutes to:

- Review the recommended vaccines for their age
- Check their immunization records
- Book any needed vaccines through a public health unit, doctor, or pharmacist

A simple step today helps protect your child and their classmates.

Check vaccines before school starts: islandhealth.ca/immunizations

08/29/2025

Vancouver Coastal Health is notifying people who dined at Sea Monkey Coffee — located onsite at Sunday Cider in Gibsons (1632 Sunshine Coast Hwy.) — about a possible exposure to hepatitis A from Aug. 1 to 25 inclusive.

Note: this notification is only for people who dined at Sea Monkey Coffee on the noted dates. It is not intended for customers of any other business at the address, including Sunday Cider, or for people who dined at Sea Monkey Coffee outside these dates. People who consumed only drinks from this venue are also not at risk of exposure.

Symptoms of hepatitis A include:

• Feeling very tired
• Feeling sick to your stomach and not feeling hungry
• Losing weight without trying
• Pain on the right side of the belly, under the rib cage (where your liver is)
• Fever
• Sore muscles
• Yellow skin and eyes (jaundice), dark urine, and clay-coloured stools

Getting immunized with one dose of hepatitis A vaccine can help to prevent infection if given within two weeks of exposure. Therefore, VCH recommends anyone who dined at Sea Monkey Coffee from Aug. 14 to 25 receive a hepatitis A vaccine as soon as possible.

A free dose of hepatitis A vaccine is available for those who are eligible at clinics and pharmacies throughout the VCH region.

A current list of locations — as well as information about causes, tests, treatments and prevention — can be found at https://www.vch.ca/en/health-topics/hepatitis-a.