Parents: We would love to learn from you! You are invited to participate in a 50-60 minute conversation if you are a newcomer parent who has a child that has experienced fever(s). If you are a parent who is a: Newcomer from the Philippines, India, China, Nigeria or Syria living in Canada Has a … Read more
Featured in the University of Alberta Folio, Dr. Shannon Scott and Dr. Lisa Hartling talk about developing resources to help parents with questions about their children and COVID-19. Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a series of new information tools to help parents with questions about their children and COVID-19. The three videos … Read more
We are inviting parents and caregivers of children who have heart failure to participate in our research study to help us better understand how to prepare and educate families affected by children’s heart failure. Interviews will be 30-60 minutes, and all information gathered will be kept confidential and private. Please contact us or email echokt@ualberta.ca … Read more
The Stollery Children’s Hospital Emergency entrance, in Edmonton Alta. File photo. DAVID BLOOM/Postmedia Dr. Shannon Scott, Dr. Lisa Hartling, Hannah M. Brooks Edmonton Journal The outbreak of COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on how health information is communicated, how individuals seek health information and services, and how these services are delivered. There … Read more
Featured in the University of Alberta Quad, our previous Stakeholder Engagement and Research Coordinator Michelle Chan wrote about our research and resources for parents. If you have, or have ever taken care of, a young child, you might have experienced an unsettling panic when they start to exhibit symptoms of being unwell. Is that cough … Read more
When it comes to developing our parent tools, we make sure to involve families in the process from start to finish. This image gives you a snapshot into what our research process looks like for each of the health resources or knowledge translation (KT) tools we develop for families and caregivers. These tools are health resources … Read more
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Physical treatments can include physiotherapy, prescribed exercise plans, strengthening exercises, massage, and more.
Psychological treatments can include counselling or talk therapy, supportive therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, mediation, and more. They can be provided on a one-on-one basis or in a group setting.
