Disease and Injury Prevention

At HealthLink BC, we know that taking care of yourself and those closest to you is very important. Being proactive when it comes to preventing diseases and injuries will help you and your loved ones live happier and healthier lives. To assist towards this goal, we have gathered together a variety of helpful resources you can use in your daily life.

Featured Topics

Keeping Kids Healthy and Safe

These topics contain lots of great information and tips about the major health and safety concerns for parents of children between birth and 5 years of age.

• Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
• Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years

Lifestyle Changes that May Prevent Cancer

There are some basic things we can all do to dramatically reduce our risk of cancer. This article goes over them and provides tips on making these lifestyles changes permanent.

• Lifestyle Changes That May Prevent Cancer

Public Areas and Exposure to Infections

Taking a few easy preventative steps can help slow or halt the spread of germs, including bacteria and viruses, which can cause disease.

• Public Areas and Exposure to Infections

Early Disease Detection

Not all diseases can be prevented, but the best defense is early detection. This topic is about methods for detecting diseases and provides information about screening tests used to detect diseases early on.

• Early Disease Detection

Immunization Schedule

Immunizations are important for people of all ages. Learn more to help you decide the best time for you and your family to be immunized.

• Immunization Schedule

Useful Websites

WorkSafe BC

This is the area of the B.C. government dedicated to promoting workplace health and safety for the workers and employers of B.C. The Safety at Work section of the WorkSafe BC website offers workers across many industries information about preventing injury and illness while on the job.

• Safely at Work - WorkSafe BC

B.C. Smoking Cessation Program

The B.C. Smoking Cessation Program helps people stop smoking or using other tobacco products by assisting them with the cost of smoking cessation aids. The program is open to B.C. residents.

• B.C. Smoking Cessation Program

ImmunizeBC

ImmunizeBC works to improve the health of British Columbians and reduce the number of infections by vaccine-preventable diseases by providing information on immunizations to individuals, families, and health care providers. They also provide tools to make it easier for B.C. families to get immunized. ImmunizeBC offers a reminder tool that will deliver immunization reminders to your mobile phone. You can get reminders before your child's 2, 4, 6, 12, and 18 month immunizations are due, or receive a reminder for any scheduled appointments with your health care provider.

• ImmunizeBC
• ImmunizeBC - Get immunization reminders by text message!