AnnieDo

Science and health communicator // I strive to understand health care through dialogue and human narratives. These thoughts are my own only.

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

Taking the time to understand the source of suffering - looking at the whole person and not just assuming what quality of life should look like or what someone’s priorities should be.

[Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care (ePAC) @access2care]

Q3 coming your way!!!

A palliative approach to care focused on reducing suffering and improving quality of life. What does this look like in contexts of inequity?

#ThisIsPalliativeCare

[Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care (ePAC) @access2care]

Q3 coming your way!!!

A palliative approach to care focused on reducing suffering and improving quality of life. What does this look like in contexts of inequity?

#ThisIsPalliativeCare

[Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care (ePAC) @access2care]

Welcome to our Twitter Convo! As part of our Resource Guide launch we want to hear from you! Please quote tweet the questions below with your response using the hashtag #ThisIsPalliativeCare

Here's a sneak peak at our Q's. Warm up your keyboards, we start at noon PDT!

[Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care (ePAC) @access2care]

1/ Today we are launching a Resource Guide developed by the ePAC Action Team. This Guide adapts a #palliativeapproach to care to settings where people are living & dying in contexts of #inequity. Access the story and guide here: https://t.co/PwlvQEN6e0

[SE Research Centre @SEHCResearch]

R U an #OlderAdult(55+), #caregiver or health/social #careprovider working in home&community?
1⃣Participate in a 20min survey & help us explore a model to guide #mentalhealth conversations when receiving care https://t.co/YmZh5O7pB2
2⃣Enter draw for 1 of 10 $50.00 CAD gift cards!

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

@hkimia Ooof

[UniversityOfVictoria @uvic]

.@Kstajduhar (@UVicNursing) leads #UVic #PathwaysToImpact project that advances the #UNSDGs by developing a web-based toolkit to support palliative care in inner city settings.

Learn more: https://t.co/dcDLfZH2RN

With @access2care @VIHealthRes @_HSABC @BCC4PC @VictoriaHospice

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

Shout out to owning up to sharing poor advice in the past, it shows integrity and reflects how science is always changing. Ps, love the design and clear messaging too 👏🏻

[Center for BrainHealth @BrainHealth]

Founder and Chief Director Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD, shares how our brains will be stronger than ever in the 70th Anniversary @PreventionMag. "People will no longer have stigma from outdated views that intellect is fixed and the brain is unchangeable."
https://t.co/KvE35aa6qn

[Hannah Martin @HannahMaltay]

This is not about bringing sides together. This is about protecting the safety of Mi’kmaw rights holders & making room for us to exercise & assert our rights. They are the ones breaking the law. Their interests have no weight here. Stop making it about them and protect us.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

The Red Cross, an agency that steps in during disasters & humanitarian crises, has just been called in to provide aid at seven Ontario long-term care homes.

Is this really what it's come to?

We are failing our seniors, again.

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

Tired of sifting through webpages of jargon on any government page just to figure out how to plan for your #healthcare ? This #acp tool and guide is a straightforward, layperson language, no bs, community informed tool you can use to help document your values, wishes and beliefs.

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

It’s out!!! What a pleasure it’s been to be a part of this project and to work alongside some of the most compassionate, driven, and inspiring people I know. An equity informed advance care planning tool that’s easy to understand, use, and share.

[Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care (ePAC) @access2care]

🧵Thrilled to launch our equity-informed #ACP tools created in partnership w/ the ePAC Inner City Action Team, ePAC Crew, and the Palliative Outreach Resource Team (PORT) in #yyj. A labour of love and loss - we hope you find them useful! https://t.co/6PiqsGHiLB

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

The problem with conspiracy theories... and there are many... is that you can never prove them wrong. No matter how many facts you use, there will always be shadowy figures.

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

It's time we adopt an intersectionality lens in all our health practices. Doing so will allow us to explore the intersecting dimensions in the development of health inequities, providing us knowledge with how health can be promoted.

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

We've got it wrong -- anti-vaxx DO trust experts, they're just bad at knowing who has the correct expertise. Throwing facts at people firmly rooted in their beliefs won't create change. Nobody is prepared to change narratives until you provide them with a new one. #mondaythoughts

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

Body mass index is a population index not fit to use at the individual level! We constantly assess ourselves and others using BMI while unintendedly allocating self-worth. Arnold Schwarzenegger would be obese based on his height and weight. BMI doesn't mean sh*t. #healthliteracy

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

An increase in #antivaxx and other pseudoscience sentiments in the public, yet our public health professionals aren't using the words and terms that connect with people at an emotional level -- the way that experts who promote vaccination resistance do. #FactsArentEnough

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

Second day facilitating the UBC site for @PHA_BC 's 10th Summer School. It is so inspiring to hear and see all the hard work of our public health practitioners coming together from BC, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, & 19 remote sites to talk about #complexadaptivesystems

[AnnieDo @ThisIsAnnieDo]

The key highlight is "regardless of body mass", you don't have to go hard at the gym to be healthy - just start walking.

#healthylifestyle #fitness #TuesdayThoughts

[Clay Jones @SBMPediatrics]

People healthy enough to walk fast live longer on average than people not healthy enough to walk fast. https://t.co/Y1TVmT3gYd

[Emily Fridenmaker @emily_fri]

Doctors: Afraid to recommend a bandaid for a cut on Twitter because it might constitute medical advice.

Quacks: LET ME CURE YOUR CANCER WITH KALE AND YOUR DEPRESSION WITH OIL.