Women’s Health Resources
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Alberta Health Services Nutrition Services
General Health
Call 811 and ask for Dietician/Nutritionist for questions
811
Health Condition
Patients with long-term health condition can sign up for Alberta Healthy Living program. This program have access to a dietician.
1-844-527-1160
Pregnancy
Low-income families can sign up for services by Best Beginning Program. This program have access to a dietician.
403-228-8221
Diversity Liaisons
Diversity Liaisons of Alberta Health Services offer general nutrition sessions.
Women’s Health Topics

1. Breast Health
- Breast cancer screening
- 80% of women with breast cancer have no family history
- 90% of women with breast cancer have no gene mutation
- Self / clinical exam done at annual check-up
- Affects 1 in 8 women
- Family doctor’s referral needed for mammogram
2. Pap test
- Cervical cancer screening
- Sexually active women: start at 25
- 3 years after having sex: e.g. 25+3= start at 28
- Then once every 3 years till 69
- Pap test: family doctor / women’s health clinics
- Colposcopy test: family doctor’s referral needed
Consider Vaccination
- 100% of cervical cancer are caused by HPV
- sexual or skin-to-skin contact in genital area
- 75% of sexually active people will get HPV
- hide in body for years
- vaccine is good for females: 9 – 45 ; males: 9 – 26
- vaccine: 3 shots in 6 months
3. Sexual Health
- Talk to your Family doctor
- Sexual and Reproductive AHS Health Clinics (Appointments only)
Services these AHS clinics offer:
- Birth control information, supplies and prescriptions
- IUD & contraceptive implant insertions & removals
- STI, HIV, and syphilis testing and treatment
- Emergency contraception
- Pregnancy testing and pregnancy options support (parenting, adoption, abortion)
- Pap tests
- Post-abortion check-ups
- Care after a sexual assault

4. Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Women’s Reproductive system consult
- Minor surgeries
- Hysterectomy
- Hormone therapy
- Abnormal periods
- Abnormal cysts
- Severe PMS
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5. Pelvic Floor
- Bladder or bowel problems
- Uncontrolled loss of urine
- Treatment
- Family doctor’s referral needed

6. Osteoporosis
- Bone health test (bone density test)
- Affects 1 in 4 women over 50
- Family doctor’s referral needed
7. Colonoscopy
- Colon Cancer screening
- Affects 1 in 13 men, 1 in 16 women
- Home stool test FIT at 50, once a year
- Colonoscopy – family doctor’s referral needed
Resources
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