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HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL [17 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Organization
OBS

The John Howard Society is an organization of citizens who accept responsibility for understanding and dealing with the problems of crime and the criminal justice system. Our mission is to promote effective, just and humane responses to crime and its causes. The mission of the John Howard Society of Ottawa is committed to promoting a safe and healthy community through services that prevent crime. For the past fifty years, the Society has been accountable to this community through a volunteer board of directors who direct, control and inspire the organization. J. H. S. Ottawa is a not-for-profit charitable organization which has served citizens across the region since 1951. For over ten years we have offered a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary crime prevention approach. Our Services prevent crime by reducing the individual behaviors and circumstances which are linked to criminal activity and by developing the attitudes and skills which support a law-abiding lifestyle. Interventions are research-based and directed at client motivation, skill development and self-control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Organisation sociale

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

An effective rehabilitation program typically incorporates many components, each directed at a particular aspect of the disorder and its consequences so that the individual stops misusing drugs or alcohol, maintains abstinence, and leads a healthy lifestyle beyond treatment.

Key term(s)
  • rehabilitation programme
  • rehab programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Psychologie clinique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
  • Psicología clínica
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Record 3 2024-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Genetics
CONT

Precision nutrition(PN) is an approach to developing comprehensive and dynamic nutritional recommendations based on individual variables, including genetics, microbiome, metabolic profile, health status, physical activity, dietary pattern, food environment as well as socioeconomic and psychosocial characteristics. PN can help answer the question "What should I eat to be healthy?", recognizing that what is healthful for one individual may not be the same for another, and understanding that health and responses to diet change over time.

Key term(s)
  • personalised nutrition

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Génétique
CONT

Le développement de la nutrition de précision, basée sur les spécificités d'un individu (génétique, microbiote intestinale, environnement, mode de vie, facteurs sociaux) permet de pouvoir potentiellement proposer des recommandations individuelles [...] mieux adaptées.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
CONT

Determinants of health are the broad range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors that determine individual and population health. The main determinants of health include : income and social status, employment and working conditions, education and literacy, childhood experiences, physical environments, social supports and coping skills, healthy behaviours, access to health services, biology and genetic endowment, gender, culture, race/racism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
CONT

Les déterminants de la santé comprennent un large éventail de facteurs personnels, sociaux, économiques et environnementaux qui déterminent la santé d'une personne ou d'une population. Les principaux déterminants de la santé comprennent : le revenu et le statut social; l'emploi et les conditions de travail; l'éducation et la littératie; les expériences vécues pendant l'enfance; l'environnement physique; le soutien social et la capacité d'adaptation; les comportements sains; l'accès aux services de santé; la biologie et le patrimoine génétique; le genre; la culture; la race et le racisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
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Record 5 2021-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Nervous System
CONT

Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome(FIRES) is most common in school-age children. Typically, a previously healthy individual manifests with a sudden onset of recurrent multifocal and bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, following an unspecific febrile illness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Le syndrome épileptique par infection fébrile [...] décrit l'apparition brutale, potentiellement fatale, d'une encéphalopathie épileptique aiguë qui se développe chez des enfants et des adolescents en bonne santé, à la suite d'une maladie fébrile non spécifique.

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Mental health and hygiene

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Hygiène et santé mentales

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Risks and Threats (Security)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
  • Mental health and hygiene
DEF

... any hazard that affects the mental well-being or mental health of the worker by overwhelming individual coping mechanisms and impacting the worker's ability to work in a healthy and safe manner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Risques et menaces (Sécurité)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
CONT

[...] il est essentiel d'apporter une attention tant aux risques psychologiques qu'aux risques physiques en milieu de travail. Il est d'autant plus indispensable d'être proactif pour la gestion de la santé et sécurité au travail.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Riesgos y amenazas (Seguridad)
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
  • Psicología económica e industrial
  • Higiene y salud mental
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Record 8 2017-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

Rexdale Women’s Centre is an independent, not-for-profit, voluntary agency that serves high-need women and their families, residing in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada.

OBS

[The centre's] mission is to support immigrant, newcomer and refugee women, and their family members of all generations to become fully participating members of Canadian Society who are self-sufficient, financially secure, safe, happy, healthy and socially active. They accomplish this by enhancing [their] client's individual functioning skills and by facilitating their access to resources, agencies, and community services.

OBS

The Centre offers the following programs and services: Newcomer Assistance and Integration, Violence Prevention and Crisis Intervention, Support and Employment for Women, Parenting, Children’s Services, Ethno-Cultural Seniors Programs, Internet Access Computers, Welcoming Communities Program, Eating for Two, Feeding with Love, [and] Language Training.

Key term(s)
  • Rexdale Women’s Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
Key term(s)
  • Rexdale Women's Center

Spanish

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Record 9 2017-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

Action for Healthy Communities Society of Edmonton is committed to fostering individual and group participation and action to improve the comprehensive and holistic health of diverse communities.

OBS

Action for Healthy Communities: title in use since 2007.

OBS

Edmonton Healthcare Citizenship Society: title in use from 1995 to 2007.

OBS

Edmonton Healthcare Citizenship Project: title in use until 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 10 2017-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Pets
OBS

The Saint John SPCA Animal Rescue is a non-profit organization that provides rescue, temporary housing, care and assistance to stray and unwanted animals in [the] community. [The SPCA does its] best to find loving, caring and responsible Forever Homes for all of the animals in [its] care. [The organization] also [attempts] to educate [the] community about responsible pet ownership, the humane treatment of animals, and the importance of spaying/neutering your pets.

OBS

The mission of the Saint John SPCA Animal Rescue is to promote and provide the humane treatment of animals, recognizing that each has intrinsic value and is deserving of moral concern.... [The SPCA investigates] complaints from the public, rescue neglected and abused animals and prosecute offenders. [Its] goal is to end animal cruelty and neglect, endorse the timely spaying or neutering of companion animals, eradicate the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals and recognize animals as individual, sentient beings, improving the welfare of all animals through programs and services in sheltering, education, protection and advocacy.

Key term(s)
  • Saint John Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Animaux d'agrément
Key term(s)
  • Saint John Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spanish

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Record 11 2017-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Organization
OBS

Public Health Agency of Canada, Centre for Healthy Human Development. The Office of the Voluntary Sector leads the implementation of the Health Canada Framework for building the relationship with National Voluntary Health Organizations, which includes providing individual organizational and sector wide development grants to smaller National Voluntary Health Organizations dealing with non-life threatening or uncommon health issues. It also manages Health Canada's participation in the Federal Voluntary Sector Initiative(VSI)-a federal initiative and a major horizontal policy effort involving over 20 federal departments and agencies led by the Privy Council Office.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Organisation sociale
OBS

Agence de santé publique du Canada, Centre de développement de la santé humaine. Le Bureau du secteur bénévole dirige la mise en œuvre du cadre de Santé Canada afin d'établir la relation avec les Organismes bénévoles nationaux de santé, ce qui comprend l'octroi de subventions de développement organisationnel individuel ou dans l'ensemble du secteur à de plus petits organismes bénévoles nationaux de santé qui traitent des problèmes qui ne menacent pas la vie des gens ou des problèmes de santé peu communs. Le Bureau gère également la participation de Santé Canada au sein de l'Initiative entre le gouvernement du Canada et le secteur bénévole et communautaire - une initiative qui représente un effort de politique horizontale où interviennent plus de 20 organismes et ministères fédéraux dirigés par le Bureau du Conseil privé.

Spanish

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Record 12 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

Delta Family Resource Centre is a non-profit organization that envisions a healthy and empowered community where families and children thrive. [It is] a multi-ethnic, multi-site organization situated in a diverse community that is committed to enhancing the potential of families and children by supporting and addressing their identified needs. Delta Family Resource Centre provides a wide range of programs, services and activities for all ages and [it strives] to make sure that they enhance individual skills while simultaneously promoting a healthy community.

Key term(s)
  • Delta Family Resource Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Services sociaux et travail social
Key term(s)
  • Delta Family Resource Center

Spanish

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Record 13 2013-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
DEF

A family, considered as a system, whose members work against each other.

OBS

A functional, healthy family is one in which all the members are fully functional and all the relationships between the members are fully functional. As human beings, all family members have available to them the use of all their human powers. They use these powers to cooperate, individuate and to get their collective and individual needs met.

OBS

"Troubled family" is a general-language term, which corresponds to the French term "famille perturbée".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Famille déréglée dans son fonctionnement.

CONT

Il existe une infinie variété de familles dysfonctionnelles, marquées par les difficultés de communication et le malheur de chacun.

Spanish

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Record 14 2007-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Environment
  • Agriculture - General
OBS

The Public Health and the Agricultural Rural Ecosystem(PHARE) Graduate Training Program is aimed at : drawing skills from across the country to responde to changing demographics and technology, addressing the challenges facing persons living in rural Canada as they seek a healthy, safe and sustainable lifestyle, building capacity in agricultural and health related fields as they pertain to rural Canada utilizing the best of available resources nationally and internationally, developing a critical mass of trainees who have a focus on agricultural and rural related issues and who will provide an agricultural/rural perspective to their individual field of study and/or who will train future trainees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Environnement
  • Agriculture - Généralités
OBS

Programme de formation graduée, formulaire de demande d'admission de l'Université de la Saskatchewan. L'abréviation française du programme demeure PHARE. Santé publique et écosystèmes ruraux agricoles (PHARE) a été utilisé par les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Santé publique et écosystèmes ruraux agricoles

Spanish

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Record 15 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

Genu valgum is the Latin-derived term used to describe knock-knee deformity. While many otherwise healthy children have knock-knee deformity as a passing trait, some individuals retain or develop this deformity due to hereditary or genetic disorders or metabolic bone disease. The typical gait pattern is circumduction, requiring that the individual swing each leg outward while walking in order to take a step without striking the planted limb with the moving limb. Not only are the mechanics of gait compromised but also, with significant angular deformity, anterior and medial knee pain are common.

OBS

The term "genu valgum" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Déformation du membre inférieur se caractérisant par une obliquité (inclinaison) de la jambe formant avec la cuisse un angle ouvert en dehors.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 16 2005-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

In a collaborative manner, the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre is committed to improving the quality of life for all individuals and to building a safe and healthy community. Since 1979, the Centre has been offering a wide range of social and community services which include : counseling for individuals, families, children and youth; crisis intervention; individual and group support to women facing abuse and to children who witness violence; services for older adults, caregivers and persons with disabilities; information, resources and referral workshops and self-help groups; community development initiatives; and other services.

Key term(s)
  • Eastern Ottawa Resource Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Dans un esprit de collaboration, le Centre des ressources de l'Est d'Ottawa s'engage à améliorer la qualité de vie de tous et à bâtir une collectivité saine et à l'abri du danger. Depuis 1979, le Centre des ressources de l'Est d'Ottawa offre toute une gamme de services sociaux et communautaires tels que : counselling pour particuliers, familles, enfants et jeunes; intervention de crise; counselling et groupes de soutien pour femmes vivant de l'abus et counselling pour enfants témoins de violence; services pour aînés victimes d'abus, appui aux aidants naturels et aux personnes ayant un handicap; ressources et ateliers d'information; initiatives de développement communautaire.

Spanish

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Record 17 1998-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
DEF

The maximum intake by an individual that is unlikely to pose risks of adverse health effects in almost all healthy individuals in a specified group.

OBS

tolerable upper intake level (TUIL): Term and acronym recommended by Health Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
OBS

Terme et acronyme recommandés par Santé Canada.

Spanish

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