Useful Links

Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network (CFPCN)

• Afterhours clinic: Call 811

• Main site: https://cfpcn.ca/

  • Info to book appointments with pharmacists, dieticians, community social workers (and more) can be found on this site!

• One-Step-At-A-Time Counselling: https://cfpcn.ca/one-step-at-a-time/ 

Cardiac Risk Calculator

• http://chd.bestsciencemedicine.com/calc2.html

Diabetes 

• https://diabetes.ca/ 

Gender Diversity

• https://www.skippingstone.ca/ 

Headache

• https://migrainetracker.ca/

Home Physiotherapy Programs

• Knee: https://orthoinfo.org/globalassets/pdfs/2017-rehab_knee.pdf 

• Shoulder: https://orthoinfo.org/globalassets/pdfs/2017-rehab_shoulder.pdf

• Spine: https://orthoinfo.org/globalassets/pdfs/2017-rehab_spine.pdf

• Hip: https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/globalassets/pdfs/2017-rehab_hip.pdf

• Knee and Hip - step by step videos: https://www.ualberta.ca/glen-sather-clinic/patient-resources/exercises-for-arthritis.html

Mental Health 

• Access Mental Health: 403-943-1500 

• Anxiety Canada - CBT and general anxiety advice: www.anxietycanada.com

  • My Anxiety Plans: https://maps.anxietycanada.com/en/ 

• Community Counselling

  • Provide counseling on a sliding scale according to your ability to pay (self-referral) 

    • Calgary Counselling Centre: (403) 691-5991 www.calgarycounselling.com 

    • Carya: (403) 269-9888 http://caryacalgary.ca/ 

    • Catholic Family Services: (403) 233-2360 https://www.cfs-ab.org (*No association with Catholic faith necessary) 

• Distress Centre: http://www.distresscentre.com/ 

  • *24/7 phone crisis support for adults: 403-266-4357 (HELP)*

• Families Matter:  https://www.familiesmatter.ca/ 

• One Step At a Time Counselling: https://cfpcn.ca/one-step-at-a-time/ 

• Mindshift App: https://www.anxietycanada.com/resources/mindshift-cbt/ 

Nutrition

• Iron Intake Recommendations and Ideas: https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/nutrition/if-nfs-iron-and-your-health.pdf

• Iron for Babies and Young Children: https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/nutrition/if-nfs-iron-for-babies-and-young-children.pdf 

• Fish Consumption Recommendations: https://www.parentinginottawa.ca/en/becoming-a-parent-and-pregnancy/resources/documents/eating_fish_en.pdf 

Osteoporosis

• Calcium Calculator: https://osteoporosis.ca/bone-health-osteoporosis/calcium-calculator/#page-1 

Parenting and Child Health

• 10 valuable tips for successful breastfeeding: https://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/dca-dea/stages-etapes/childhood-enfance_0-2/nutrition/pdf/tips-cons-eng.pdf

• Constipation in Kids: https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=6&language=English

• Fish Consumption Recommendations: https://www.parentinginottawa.ca/en/becoming-a-parent-and-pregnancy/resources/documents/eating_fish_en.pdf 

• Reliable sources of information for general child health concerns: 

  • Canadian Pediatric Society - Caring for Kids: https://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/

  • About Kids Health: https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/healthyliving

  • HEAL (Health Education and Learning): https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/heal/heal.aspx

    • general information about the causes, symptoms and home management options for common minor illnesses and injuries, and when to seek medical care. 

    • ie croup, cough, ear pain, vomiting, fever. 

• Speech Development:

  • Under 12 months

  • Your 1 year old

  • Your 2 year old

  • Your 3 year old

  • Your 4 year old

  • Your 5 year old

  • Speech Sounds Checklist

Pregnancy 

• Postpartum Pelvic Floor Resources: https://cfpcn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Pelvic-Floor-Resources-for-Postpartum-Women-august-2018.pdf

• Pregnancy and early years advice (searchable database): https://www.healthyparentshealthychildren.ca/

• Pregnancy Exposure Fact Sheets (Answers to FAQ about pregnancy and breastfeeding exposures): https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/ 

• The facts on pregnancy and childbirth from Canada's experts (SOGC): https://www.pregnancyinfo.ca/

Prostate Cancer Screening 

• Prostate Specific Antigen Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTgS0DuhaUU 

Sexual Health

• Sexual and Reproductive Health: https://www.sexandu.ca/

• HPV (human papillomavirus): https://www.hpvinfo.ca/

Sleep

• Sleep CBTi tools: https://mysleepwell.ca/cbti/

• Sleep CBTi Books/Apps: https://mysleepwell.ca/cbti/sleepwell-recommends/

Women's Health

• Menopause: https://www.menopauseandu.ca/ 

• Menstrual Cycle Info: https://www.yourperiod.ca/ 

Book Recommendations

Children's Books:

• Breathe Like a Bear: 30 Mindful Moments for Kids to Feel Calm and Focused Anytime, Anywhere -  Kira Willey and Anni Betts

• How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids - Tom Rath

• It's Not The Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families And Friends - Robie H. Harris

• It's So Amazing!: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, And Families - Robie H. Harris

• It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender, And Sexual Health - Robie H. Harris

General Non-Fiction:

• Atomic Habits - James Clear

• Grit - Angela Duckworth

Parenting:

• How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk - Adele Faber

• How to talk so little kids will listen - Joanna Faber

• Siblings without Rivalry - Adele Faber

• Untangled - Lisa Damour, PhD

Pregnancy:

• Expecting Better - Emily Oster

Sexual Health:

• Come as you are - Emily Nagoski

Women's Health:

• The Vagina Bible - Dr. Jen Gunter

• Menopause Manifesto - Dr. Jen Gunter