COUNSELLING
Amanda Turner
250 882 3930
Dawn Olson
250 419 2748
CHAT LINES
Exhale
1 866 4 exhale (394253)
Call Exhale to talk freely about your experience with abortion
All-Options.org
1 888 493 0092
We're here to listen - before, during and after pregnancy, no matter what choices you make.
SEXUAL HEALTH
250 592 3479
1 800 561 2416
HPV
HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The HPV vaccines protect against infection from certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause cancers of the anus, cervix, mouth, and throat, penis, vagina, and vulva as well as genital warts. There are 2 HPV vaccines available in Canada: Cevarix (HPV2) and Gardasil (HPV9).
Both vaccines protect against 2 types of HPV that cause about 70% of cases of cervical cancer and 8-% of cases of anal cancer. The HPV9 vaccine protects against 5 additional types of HPV that cause 15 - 20% of cervical cancer and 11% of anal cancers in women and 4% in men. The HPV9 vaccine also protects agains 2 types of HPV that cause about 90% of cases of genital warts.
For more information on how to get immunized visit ImmunizeBC www.immunizabc.ca
CONTRACEPTION
Faundes A. and Barzelatto J. The human drama of abortion: A global search for consensus. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press,2006
Maguire D. Sacred Choices: The right to contraception and abortion in ten world religions. Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2001
The Childbirth Choice Trust. No Choice: Canadian women tell their stories of illegal abortion. Toronto, Childbirth Choice Trust, 1998.
WOMENS HEALTH
BC CANCER AGENCY
Cervical Screening
Breast Exams (Mammograms)
TUBAL LIGATION
On Vancouver Island, a gynecologist in the hospital does tubal ligation. This is a permanent surgery done so that you can never get pregnant again. It requires that you have a pre-operative consultation with the specialist, so you need a referral from a family physician. Referral wait times can average 3 to 9 months, and the wait for surgery after the consultation can be another 3-9 months.
VASECTOMY
This is a short and low risk procedure done so that a man no longer ejaculates sperm, and is permanently sterile. It does not affect sexual performance. On Vancouver Island, men can be referred by their family physician to a urologist to have this done, or self-refer to one of the Vasectomy Clinics on the mainland; the Pollock Clinic, or the Rich/Follows Clinic.