News & Announcements

With summer officially upon us and B.C. easing its pandemic restrictions, many families are turning their attention to social gatherings. Now that playdates and large parties are once again allowed, some parents and caregivers are expressing concerns...

Feelings First, a social media campaign to spread awareness and spark conversation around Social and Emotional Development (SED) in the early years, is launching in May 2021. It is brought to you by the BC Healthy Child Development Alliance – a...

Child Health BC now houses a wealth of video resources from KidCareCanada Society, an organization that focused on empowering parents to raise their children to be socially and emotionally healthy. We are very excited to continue to offer their...

One in four children and youth ages 15-24 will experience a mental health illness and research shows that 75% will not receive care in a timely manner. This results in more and more use of hospital emergency departments. In fact, in BC, there are an...

The CHBC Provincial Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal Guideline for Initial Management in Emergent/Urgent Care settings is now available on our website. The guideline consists of the following: 1. Part One: Background and Evidence 2. Part Two...

The team who conducted the research pilot of PEWS in the emergency department of Richmond Hospital has published the study results in BMC Emergency Medicine. The study was designed to help inform provincial decisions regarding a full implementation...

BRIGHT Coaching (https://www.child-bright.ca/bright-coaching), is a national research initiative that explores whether a standardized and nationally available online education tool and coaching resource is feasible and helpful to parents of children...

The BC Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) helps providers identify abnormal physiology quickly and when tracked across time, offers early warning of deterioration. PEWS has been implemented in many hospitals across BC. Take this short online...

The recently updated CHBC Provincial Least Restraint Guideline is shown below: Provincial Least Restraint Guideline

Beginning in March 2018 and continuing in a phased approach throughout 2019, BC PEWS ED is being implemented in Emergency Departments across the province. Through this large-scale initiative, BC is the first to launch a comprehensive, systematic...