Preventative Care

Vaccines help:

• build up and strengthen your immune system

• protect you against disease in each stage of life

Immunization helps to prevent serious illnesses - including many that are easily spread in schools and child care centres.

Vaccines in Ontario’s routine immunization schedule are provided free of charge if you meet the eligibility criteria.

Our Family Health Team offers smoking cessation education for those who are thinking about quitting or are ready to quit using tobacco. When meeting with a nurse you will discuss strategies and methods for quitting, ways to overcome barriers to quitting, how to make a quit plan/manage withdrawal symptoms and how to prevent a relapse.
 

Breast Cancer Screening is testing done on people who are at risk of getting cancer, but who have no symptoms and generally feel fine. You can book your own mammogram if you are between the ages of 40 and 69. It is recommended to get one every 2 years. 

• Call the Ontario Breast Screening Program Appointment Booking Line at 1-807-684-7777.

Getting screened helps find colorectal cancer early, when it is more likely to be cured. When colorectal cancer is caught early, 9 out of 10 people with the disease can be cured. If someone does not get screened, they could have colorectal cancer and not know it.

The kind of screening test you get depends on whether you are at average risk of getting colorectal cancer or at increased risk for getting colorectal cancer.

For People at Average Risk

Someone is at average risk if they are 50 to 74 years old with no first-degree relative (parent, sibling or child) who has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

If you are at average risk of getting colorectal cancer:

• Get screened once every 2 years with the fecal immunochemical test (FIT)

There are several things you can do to lower your risk of cervical cancer:

• Consider HPV vaccination

• Go for regular cervical screening tests

• Do not smoke

• Reduce your chance of getting HPV by using condoms regularly