Useful links
The vision of the Lower Outaouais Family Health Team is to be responsive to community needs.
Adults
- Addiction Services of Eastern Ontario1855-624-1415
- Canadian Mental Health Association613- 632-4924
- Mental Health Crisis Line613-722-6914 or toll free 1-866-996-0991
Asthma
- ADVAIRadvair.ca is a free online resource for people who have been prescribed advair.
- Air Square
- Asthma Kids
- Canadian Lung Association
- The Asthma Society of CanadaWe are the balanced voice for asthma in Canada, advancing optimal self-management, prevention, research and health care.
Children and Families
- Addiction Services of Eastern Ontario1-855-624-1415
- Canadian Mental Health Association613- 632-4924
- Mental Health Crisis Line613-722-6914 or toll free 1-866-996-0991
Chronic Pain
- The Arthritis SocietyThe Arthritis Society provides leadership and funding for research, advocacy and solutions to improve the quality of life for Canadians affected by arthritis
COPD
- ADVAIR
advair.ca is a free online resource for people who have been prescribed advair.
- Canadian Lung Association
- COPD (American Site)COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is an umbrella term used to describe progressive lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, refractory (non-reversible) asthma, and some forms of bronchiectasis. This disease is characterized by increasing breathlessness.
- COPD Canada
- Spiriva Moments
Diabetes
- BD Diabetes
- Canadian Diabetes AssociationOur mission is to lead the fight against diabetes by helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while we work to find a cure.
- Champlain DRCCWelcome to the Champlain Diabetes Regional Coordination Centre (DRCC) website, a resource for both people living with diabetes and healthcare providers in the Champlain region. The DRCC website has lists of services, tools and resources, along with links to regional partners in the prevention and management of diabetes.
- Diabetes Care guide
- Diabetes Québec
Heart Failure
- CHFNThe Canadian Heart Failure Network is the first organized group of health care professionals across Canada with the goal of improving out-patient treatment of heart failure throughout Canada. CHFN advocates for patients with heart failure and health care professionals who prevent and treat heart failure in Canada.
- Fondation des maladies du cœurOrganisme bénévole, la Fondation des maladies du cœur du Canada a pour mission d’améliorer la santé des Canadiens et Canadiennes, en favorisant la recherche, la promotion de la santé et les représentations en faveur de la santé afin de prévenir et réduire les invalidités et les décès dus aux maladies cardiovasculaires et aux accidents vasculaires cérébraux.
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
Hypertension
- Hypertension CanadaHypertension Canada is a newly integrated volunteer-based, not-for-profit organization representing over 50 years of expertise in the field of hypertension. The leadership of three organizations is aggressively moving forward to achieve a common vision – a vision that will bring about positive benefits for the millions of people in Canada who, on a daily basis, deal with the dangers and harmful effects of hypertension.
Nutrition
- Canadian Diabetes AssociationOur mission is to lead the fight against diabetes by helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while we work to find a cure.
- Diabetes Québec - French only
- Dietitions of CanadaLes diététistes du Canada (DC) est l’association professionnelle nationale pour les diététistes et représente près de 6000 membres à l’échelle locale, provinciale et nationale. Les DC est l'une des plus importantes organisations de professionnels en diététique au monde.
- Eat Right OntairioEatRight Ontario wants to help you improve your health and quality of life through healthy eating. This service provides easy-to-use nutrition information to help you make healthier food choices.
- Extenso - French onlyExtenso est un organisme à but non lucratif. Il a pour mission de sensibiliser la population à une meilleure santé nutritionnelle à travers une interprétation objective et une diffusion efficace des connaissances scientifiques actuelles en matière de nutrition.
- Health CanadaHealth Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.
- KidsHealthIf you're looking for information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak," you've come to the right place. KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.
- Osteoporosis Canada
- ProfilANUse eaTracker to check your food and activity choices, analyze your recipes and plan your meals.
Osteoporosis Program
- Diabetes Québec
- Dietitions of CanadaLes diététistes du Canada (DC) est l’association professionnelle nationale pour les diététistes et représente près de 6000 membres à l’échelle locale, provinciale et nationale. Les DC est l'une des plus importantes organisations de professionnels en diététique au monde.
- Eat Right OntairioEatRight Ontario wants to help you improve your health and quality of life through healthy eating. This service provides easy-to-use nutrition information to help you make healthier food choices.
- ExtensoExtenso est un organisme à but non lucratif. Il a pour mission de sensibiliser la population à une meilleure santé nutritionnelle à travers une interprétation objective et une diffusion efficace des connaissances scientifiques actuelles en matière de nutrition.
- Health CanadaHealth Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.
- KidsHealth - English onlyIf you're looking for information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak," you've come to the right place. KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.
- Osteoporosis Canada
- ProfilANUse eaTracker to check your food and activity choices, analyze your recipes and plan your meals.
Physical Activity and Exercise in Health and Chronic Disease
- CSEPThe Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) is the principal body for physical activity, health and fitness research and personal training in Canada. We foster the generation, growth, synthesis, transfer and application of the highest quality research, education and training related to exercise physiology and science.
- Eat Right OntairioEatRight Ontario wants to help you improve your health and quality of life through healthy eating. This service provides easy-to-use nutrition information to help you make healthier food choices.
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-T...The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is working to establish a patient-focused, results-driven, integrated and sustainable publicly funded health system. Its plan for building a sustainable public health care system in Ontario is based on helping people stay healthy, delivering good care when people need it, and protecting the health system for future generations.
Smoking Cessation
- Ottawa Model for Smoking CessationThe main goal of the OMSC is to reach large numbers of smokers with best practice tobacco dependence treatment, resulting in increased quit attempts and long-term cessation. To achieve this, we help to change the routines and practices of health professionals in the organizations that we assist.
- PregnetsThe mission of the network for the Prevention of Gestational and Neonatal Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (PREGNETS) is to improve the health of moms and their babies by offering information, resources and support to pregnant and postpartum women and their health care providers.
- Quit Run ChillQUITRUNCHILL is a FREE web program for smokers & ex-smokers. It's based on the assumption that almost everyone wants to be a bit healthier. It focuses on 3 ways to get healthier:
- Smokers Help LineSmokers' Helpline is evidence-based, non-judgmental and personalized.
- Tobacco Free
Weight Management - Obesity
- Canadian Diabetes AssociationOur mission is to lead the fight against diabetes by helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while we work to find a cure.
- Diabetes Québec
- Dietitions of CanadaLes diététistes du Canada (DC) est l’association professionnelle nationale pour les diététistes et représente près de 6000 membres à l’échelle locale, provinciale et nationale. Les DC est l'une des plus importantes organisations de professionnels en diététique au monde.
- Eat Right OntairioEatRight Ontario wants to help you improve your health and quality of life through healthy eating. This service provides easy-to-use nutrition information to help you make healthier food choices.
- ExtensoExtenso est un organisme à but non lucratif. Il a pour mission de sensibiliser la population à une meilleure santé nutritionnelle à travers une interprétation objective et une diffusion efficace des connaissances scientifiques actuelles en matière de nutrition.
- Health CanadaHealth Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.
- KidsHealth - English onlyIf you're looking for information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak," you've come to the right place. KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.
- Osteoporosis Canada
- ProfilANUse eaTracker to check your food and activity choices, analyze your recipes and plan your meals.