In the Family and Home category you will find HealthLinkBC File topics on infants and children, adult and senior health, food safety and nutrition, and topics related to home safety and maintenance.
Family and Home
- Infants and Children
- Childhood Immunization
- Adult Health
- Senior Health
- Food Safety and Nutrition
- Home Safety and Maintenance
Please note that all HealthLinkBC File PDFs are two pages and under 1 megabyte each.
Infants and Children
- Baby's First Foods (#69c)
- Breastfeeding (#70)
- Chickenpox (Varicella) Vaccine (#44b)
- Dental Care for Your Infant and Toddler (#19)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib) Vaccine (#105)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Haemophilus influenzae Type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) Vaccine (#15b)
- Elementary School Age Children and Their Vision (#53b)
- Facts About Chickenpox (#44a)
- Facts about Influenza (the Flu) (#12b)
- Feeding Your Baby Formula: Before You Start (#69a)
- Feeding Your Baby Formula: Safely Making and Storing Formula (#69b)
- Fifth Disease Parvovirus Infection (#54)
- Group A Streptococcal Infections (#106)
- Hand Washing: Help Stop the Spread of Germs (#85)
- Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (#64)
- Harm Reduction for Families and Caregivers (#102b)
- Head Lice (#06)
- Hearing Loss in Children (#71a)
- Hearing Tests for Infants and Children (#71b)
- Helping Your 1 to 3 Year Old Child Eat Well (#69d)
- Hepatitis B Infant Vaccine (#25c)
- Immunization for Health Care Workers in B.C. (#66)
- Impetigo (#81)
- Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12d)
- Live Attenuated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12e)
- Meal and Snack Ideas for Your 1 to 3 Year Old Child (#69e)
- Measles (#14b)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine (#14a)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine (#14e)
- Meningococcal C Conjugate (Men-C) Vaccine (#23a)
- Molluscum Contagiosum (#08i)
- Mumps (#14c)
- Newborn Screening Test (#67)
- Numbing Creams and Patches for Immunizations (#50h)
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (#15c)
- Petting Zoo and Open Farm Visits (#61b)
- Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis) (#82)
- Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV 13) Vaccine (#62a)
- Protecting Your Baby against Hepatitis B at Birth (#25d)
- Q Fever (#79)
- Reye Syndrome (#84)
- Role of Pets in Human Disease (#61a)
- Roseola (#83)
- Rotavirus Vaccine (RotaTeq®) (#104)
- Rubella (#14d)
- Safe Sleeping for Babies (#107)
- Safety Tips for Swimmers (#39)
- Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) (#86)
- Sleep Related Infant Death (#46)
- Sun Safety for Children (#26)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Polio (Td-IPV) Vaccine (#18b)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine (#18c)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Polio (Tdap-IPV) Vaccine (#15a)
- The Harmful Effects of Second-hand Smoke (#30a)
- The Infants Act, Mature Minor Consent and Immunization (#119)
- Time for Bed (#92e)
- Toilet Learning (#92d)
- Travelling with Children (#41d)
- Understanding Harm Reduction: Substance Use (#102a)
- Unpasteurized Fruit/Vegetable Juices and Ciders: A Potential Health Risk (#72)
- Young Children and Their Vision (#53a)
- Your Child and Play From Birth to 3 Years (#92a)
- Your Child's Development From Birth to 3 Years (#92b)
- Your Child's Feelings (#92c)
Childhood Immunization
- A Better Immunization Experience for your Child (#50e)
- Chickenpox (Varicella) Vaccine (#44b)
- Childhood Vaccines are Safe (#50c)
- Childhood Vaccines: What is in the Vaccines and Why (#50d)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib) Vaccine (#105)
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Haemophilus influenzae Type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) Vaccine (#15b)
- Grade 6 Immunizations in B.C. (#50f)
- Grade 9 Immunizations in B.C. (#50g)
- Hepatitis B Infant Vaccine (#25c)
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines (#101b)
- Influenza (Flu) Immunization: Myths and Facts (#12c)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine (#14a)
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine (#14e)
- Meningococcal C Conjugate (Men-C) Vaccine (#23a)
- Numbing Creams and Patches for Immunizations (#50h)
- Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV 13) Vaccine (#62a)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine (#18c)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Polio (Tdap-IPV) Vaccine (#15a)
- The Benefits of Immunizing Your Child (#50b)
- The Infants Act, Mature Minor Consent and Immunization (#119)
- Your Baby's Immune System and Vaccines (#50a)
Adult Health
- Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: Information for Family Caregivers (#93b)
- Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: Understanding Gender Differences (#93c)
- Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) (#08g)
- Caffeinated Energy Drinks (#109)
- Cervicitis (#08f)
- Childhood Vaccines: What is in the Vaccines and Why (#50d)
- Chlamydia (#08l)
- Clostridium Difficile (C. difficile) (#114)
- Contact with Blood or Body Fluids: Protecting against Infection (#97)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) (#55a)
- Cryptococcal Disease (C. gattii) (#98)
- Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
- Dietary Fats and Your Health (#68f)
- Emergency Contraception (EC) (#91b)
- Facts About Chickenpox (#44a)
- Facts about Influenza (the Flu) (#12b)
- Fibre and Your Health (#68h)
- Folate and Your Health (#68g)
- Food Sources of Calcium and Vitamin D (#68e)
- Foods to Avoid for People at Higher Risk of Food-borne Illness (#76)
- Genital Herpes (#08d)
- Gonorrhea (#08a)
- HIV Testing in Pregnancy (#38a)
- HIV and HIV Tests (#08m)
- HTLV-1 Virus (#34)
- Hand Washing: Help Stop the Spread of Germs (#85)
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (#36)
- Health Advice for Travellers (#41a)
- Health Risks in the Wilderness (#24)
- Health Risks of Alternative Tobacco Products (#30b)
- Healthy Eating and Healthy Aging for Adults (#68j)
- Healthy Eating for Chronic Hepatitis (#40c)
- Healthy Snacks for Adults (#68i)
- Hearing Loss in Adults (#71c)
- Heart Healthy Eating (#68a)
- Hepatitis A Vaccine (#33)
- Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (#25b)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine (#25a)
- Hepatitis C Virus Infection (#40a)
- Immunization for Health Care Workers in B.C. (#66)
- Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12d)
- Influenza (Flu) Immunization: Myths and Facts (#12c)
- Iron and Your Health (#68c)
- Iron in Foods (#68d)
- Lifestyle Steps to Lower Your High Blood Pressure (#68b)
- Listeriosis (#75)
- Live Attenuated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12e)
- Living Well with Hepatitis C Virus Infection (#40b)
- Managing Constipation with Diet: Adults (#68l)
- Measles (#14b)
- Meningococcal Quadrivalent Vaccines (#23b)
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (#73)
- Mumps (#14c)
- Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Disease) (#60)
- Norovirus (#87)
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) (#08c)
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) (#15c)
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (#62b)
- Polio Vaccine (IPV) (#13)
- Pregnancy and Alcohol Use (#38d)
- Pregnancy and Dental Health (#38b)
- Pregnancy and Nutrition: Folate and Preventing Neural Tube Defects (#38c)
- Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults (#93a)
- Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) (#08o)
- Preventing Water-Borne Infections For People with Weakened Immune Systems (#56)
- Pubic Lice (#08h)
- Q Fever (#79)
- Quitting Smoking (#30c)
- Swimmer's Itch (#52)
- Syphilis (#08e)
- Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine (#18a)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Polio (Td-IPV) Vaccine (#18b)
- The Harmful Effects of Second-hand Smoke (#30a)
- The Pregnant Traveller (#41g)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (#04)
- Toxoplasmosis (#43)
- Travel Immunizations for Adults (#41c)
- Traveller's Diarrhea (#41e)
- Trichomoniasis (#08p)
- Urethritis (#08b)
- Using Hormonal Methods of Birth Control With Other Medications (#91a)
- Vaginal Yeast Infection (#08j)
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) (#74)
- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) (#55b)
- Vitamin and Mineral Supplements for Adults (#68k)
- Waterborne Infections in British Columbia (#49a)
Senior Health
- Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: Information for Family Caregivers (#93b)
- Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults: Understanding Gender Differences (#93c)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) (#55a)
- Cryptococcal Disease (C. gattii) (#98)
- Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
- Dietary Fats and Your Health (#68f)
- Facts about Influenza (the Flu) (#12b)
- Fibre and Your Health (#68h)
- Financial Abuse of Older Adults (#93d)
- Folate and Your Health (#68g)
- Food Sources of Calcium and Vitamin D (#68e)
- Foods to Avoid for People at Higher Risk of Food-borne Illness (#76)
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (#36)
- Health Risks of Alternative Tobacco Products (#30b)
- Healthy Eating and Healthy Aging for Adults (#68j)
- Healthy Snacks for Adults (#68i)
- Hearing Loss in Adults (#71c)
- Heart Healthy Eating (#68a)
- Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12d)
- Influenza (Flu) Immunization: Myths and Facts (#12c)
- Iron and Your Health (#68c)
- Iron in Foods (#68d)
- Lifestyle Steps to Lower Your High Blood Pressure (#68b)
- Live Attenuated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12e)
- Managing Constipation with Diet: Adults (#68l)
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (#62b)
- Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults (#93a)
- Preventing Water-Borne Infections For People with Weakened Immune Systems (#56)
- Quitting Smoking (#30c)
- Seniors' Falls Can Be Prevented (#78)
- Shingles Vaccines (#111)
- Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine (#18a)
- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Polio (Td-IPV) Vaccine (#18b)
- The Harmful Effects of Second-hand Smoke (#30a)
- Traveller's Diarrhea (#41e)
- Vitamin and Mineral Supplements for Adults (#68k)
- Why Seniors Should Get the Inactivated Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (#12a)
Food Safety and Nutrition
- Allergy Safe Adult Care Facilities (#100b)
- Allergy Safe Child Care Facilities (#100c)
- Baby's First Foods (#69c)
- Caffeinated Energy Drinks (#109)
- Dietary Fats and Your Health (#68f)
- Disinfecting Drinking Water (#49b)
- E. coli Infection (#02)
- Feeding Your Baby Formula: Before You Start (#69a)
- Feeding Your Baby Formula: Safely Making and Storing Formula (#69b)
- Fibre and Your Health (#68h)
- Folate and Your Health (#68g)
- Food Safety for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (#59b)
- Food Safety in Child Care Facilities (#59d)
- Food Safety: Easy Ways to Make Food Safer (#59a)
- Food Safety: Instructions on Food Labels (#59c)
- Food Sources of Calcium and Vitamin D (#68e)
- Foods to Avoid for People at Higher Risk of Food-borne Illness (#76)
- Healthy Eating and Healthy Aging for Adults (#68j)
- Healthy Eating for Chronic Hepatitis (#40c)
- Healthy Snacks for Adults (#68i)
- Heart Healthy Eating (#68a)
- Helping Your 1 to 3 Year Old Child Eat Well (#69d)
- Home Canning – How to Avoid Botulism (#22)
- Iron and Your Health (#68c)
- Iron in Foods (#68d)
- Lifestyle Steps to Lower Your High Blood Pressure (#68b)
- Living Well with Hepatitis C Virus Infection (#40b)
- Managing Chewing and Swallowing Difficulties in Care Facilities (#110a)
- Managing Constipation with Diet: Adults (#68l)
- Manganese in Drinking Water (#49g)
- Meal and Snack Ideas for Your 1 to 3 Year Old Child (#69e)
- Pasteurized and Raw Milk (#03)
- Pregnancy and Nutrition: Folate and Preventing Neural Tube Defects (#38c)
- Prevent Choking in Babies and Young Children: For Child Care Providers (#110b)
- Severe Allergic Reactions to Food: Children and Teens (#100a)
- Unpasteurized Fruit/Vegetable Juices and Ciders: A Potential Health Risk (#72)
- Vitamin and Mineral Supplements for Adults (#68k)
Home Safety and Maintenance
- Arsenic in Drinking Water (#49c)
- Asbestos: When Should I Worry? (#32)
- Bed Bugs (#95)
- Contact with Blood or Body Fluids: Protecting against Infection (#97)
- Disinfecting Drinking Water (#49b)
- Drinking Water Chlorination Facts (#49d)
- Getting Rid of Rodents (Rats and Mice) (#37)
- Health Risks of Alternative Tobacco Products (#30b)
- Immunization for Health Care Workers in B.C. (#66)
- Lead Paint and Hazards (#31)
- Lead in Drinking Water (#49e)
- Maintenance and Operation of Sewage Disposal Systems (#21)
- Manganese in Drinking Water (#49g)
- Nitrate in Well Water (#05a)
- Radon in Homes and Other Dwellings (#42)
- Residential Hot Tubs and Pools: Health and Safety Tips (#27a)
- Residential Hot Tubs and Pools: Safe Water Quality (#27b)
- Safety Tips for Swimmers (#39)
- Seniors' Falls Can Be Prevented (#78)
- Sun Safety for Children (#26)
- Ultraviolet Radiation (#11)
- Water Fluoridation Facts (#28)
- Well Water Testing (#05b)
