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Resources for staff and clinicians to use and interpret with their patients and patient's families.

MyHealth.Alberta.ca This link opens in a new window
Use MyHealth Alberta to find easy to understand health information on many topics, watch videos and access tools such as a symptom checker.

MedlinePlus - LGBTQ+ Health
MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and families. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Supporting Youth and Families

AHS Family & Community Resource Centre Info RX Gender Identity
Information Prescriptions provide a list of recommended resources on a variety of child health topics or chronic illnesses. Staff and community partners who have expertise in the clinical area have carefully chosen these consumer-friendly resources.
Gender-Diverse & Transgender Children
American Academy of Pediatrics HealthChildren.org resource for parents of gender-diverse children.
CampfYrefly
A personal leadership retreat for queer and trans youth ages 14-24 with camps held in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario. Campers explore their identity, build resilience, enhance self-esteem and develop skills that will positively impact their lives, homes, schools, and communities.
Supporting Your Gender Diverse Child
Guide to support parents and caregivers of trans, intersex, two-spirit, and gender diverse children and youth in the Ontario education system. Egale Canada, 2017.
Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning Environments That Respect Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Gender Expressions
Alberta Education, 2016. Archived.
Gender Identity and Diversity Information for Parents and Caregivers
Fact sheet written by the Mental Health Information Committee of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
LGBTQ Youth & Family Resources
Culture-based, evidence-based, and faith-based resources to decrease mental health risks and promote well-being. From the University of Maryland School of Social Work, Family Acceptance Project & National SOGIE Center.

AHS-reviewed and Alberta-optimized patient teaching handouts are available within Connect Care and at MyHealth.Alberta.ca/handouts. Within Connect Care, educational handouts are about care instructions related to various medical conditions, treatments, medications, before and after care as well as brief general info. These can be favorited by HCPs for future quick access, personalized with some specific instructions to a patient and then added to the After Visit Summary.

Lippincott, DynaMed, and Lexidrug offer additional sources of patient information, which you may consider using to support your patient's information needs. Use your clinical judgment when deciding if one of these supplementary sources is right for your patient. In DynaMed, use the search box to find a relevant topic, and use the left side navigation to select the "Patient Information" heading. In Lippincott Advisor, see the "Patient Teaching Handouts" section and in Lexidrug you'll find a "Patient Education" tab in the top menu.

See our related FAQ - What source should I use for patient education materials?

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