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Self-Referring for Prenatal Care Self-referral is not available for IWK's Perinatal Centre but there are other options to self-refer for prenatal care. If you need prenatal care for your pregnancy, you should first visit your primary care provider. If your primary care provider is not specialized in caring for pregnant...

IWK and your personal health information At IWK Health, we’re committed to protecting the privacy of your personal health information. We collect personal health information because it helps us to provide care. The IWK may collect personal health information from other sources, if the law allows, or with your consent...

At IWK Health, we are working to improve health outcomes during the transition from pediatric to adult care. Transition from pediatric to adult health care is defined as the purposeful, planned movement of adolescents with chronic medical conditions from child-centred to adult-oriented health care (Blum, 2002) that is supported by...

Readiness Checklist for Youth The Readiness Checklist is an easy way to see how you're doing with managing your own health care. It helps you keep track of what you know, what you’re learning, and what you might need support with as you move toward adult care. You may want...